What's New - Chronological (May 2019)
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23 May
- Medical mistrust is a significant barrier to blood donation among minorities, research finds (21 May 2019)
- Spratling R, Lawrence RH. Facilitators and barriers to minority blood donations: a systematic review. Nurs Res. 2019 May/Jun;68(3):218-26.
- UK (Infected Blood Inquiry):
- Witness told extra money 'a matter for the assembly' of Northern Island (23 May 2019)
- Government accused of creating hierarchy of contaminated blood victims by allowing varying payments across the UK (23 May 2019)
- 'Four-year wait' to be told of hepatitis C infection (22 May 2019)
- Former PM John Major 'must answer to inquiry' (22 May 2019)
- Could some deaths have been prevented? (21 May 2019)
22 May
- Canada: ORBCoN releases Home Infusion Toolkit v2.0
- Ireland: Gay man challenges IBTS deferral policy on MSM donating blood in High Court (20 May 2019)
- UK (Infected Blood Inquiry):
- Vlaar APJ, Toy P, Fung M, Looney MR, Juffermans NP, Bux J, et al. A consensus redefinition of transfusion-related acute lung injury. Transfusion. 2019 Apr 16. [Epub ahead of print] (Open access)
20 May
- UK (Infected Blood Inquiry): PM urged to pay 'tainted blood' victims compensation now (19 May 2019)
- USA: Plasma donors are vital to saving lives (19 May 2019) | Reply by President & CEO of the Immune Deficiency Foundation to this article:
- Blood money (13 May 2019)
- Park M, Hur M, Yi A, Kim H, Lee HK, Jeon EY, et al. Utility of temperature-sensitive indicators for temperature monitoring of red-blood-cell units. Vox Sang. 2019 May 5.[Epub ahead of print]
- Stowell CP, Stowell SR. Biologic roles of the ABH and Lewis histo-blood group antigens Part I: infection and immunity. Vox Sang. 2019 May 9. [Epub ahead of print] (Open access)
18 May
- Canada: CBS warns of imminent shortage of self-administered subcutaneous immune globulin, SCIg (17 May 2019)
- Pakistan: Lack of awareness, quacks to blame for HIV outbreak (15 May 2019)
- Pakistan: HIV is the new panic as 500 cases test positive in two weeks (17 May 2019)
- UK: Rise in parents paying for private cord blood banking (16 May 2019)
- UK (Infected Blood Inquiry): Welsh victims of contaminated blood scandal to receive £10,000 less than those in England (17 May 2019)
- USA: Naval medical center provides whole blood units on homefront (16 May 2019)
15 May
- UK (Infected Blood Inquiry):
- Thesis: Madison F. Audit and feedback to improve laboratory test and transfusion ordering in critical care: a systematic review & assessment of adherence to best practices (10 May 2019)
11 May
- AABB: Proposed draft Standards for Immunohematology Reference Laboratories, 11th ed, available for public comment (May 10-July 10, 2019)
- Thailand: Hospital admits cancer patient infected with HIV by blood transfusion was promised free treatment (10 May 2019)
- UK (Infected Blood Inquiry):
- Highgate mother slams 'long, long history of deceit' at hearings into blood scandal (11 May 2019)
- Bristol woman who lost both parents within 8 days when she was 9, speaks at national inquiry (9 May 2019)
- Teenager with haemophilia turned to life of crime after HIV diagnosis left him devastated (9 May 2019)
- Haemophiliac boy's mother, who raised alarm about giving contaminated blood products to son, was labelled 'neurotic' (9 May 2019)
- USA: FDA releases 2017 Report on Fatalities Following Blood Collection and Transfusion | Report includes data from previous four fiscal years to allow comparisons
- Wiersum-Osselton JC,Whitaker B,Grey S,Land K,Perez G,Rajbhandary S,et al. Revised international surveillance case definition of transfusion-associated circulatory overload: a classification agreement validation study. Lancet Haematol 2019. EPub 9 May.
9 May
- ASCO/ASH Guideline update for cancer-associated anemia management with erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (7 May 2019)
- Bohlius J, Bohlke K, Castelli R, Djulbegovic B, Lustberg MB, Martino M, et al. Management of cancer-associated anemia with erythropoiesis-stimulating agents: ASCO/ASH clinical practice guideline update. Blood Adv. 2019 Apr 23;3(8):1197-1210. (Free full text)
- AABB: Proposed 32nd edition of Standards for Blood Banks and Transfusion Services is available for public comment (May 9 - July 9, 2019)
- Australia: Nation's ethnic face is changing, and so are its blood types (8 May 2019)
- Canada: Blood donation waiting period for men who have sex with men reduced to three months (8 May 2019)
- Nepal: Death of a child due to blood mismatch raises concerns over top heart centre’s safety protocols (6 May 2019)
- Pakistan: Speakers call for implementation of ban on reuse of syringes (7 May 2019)
- UK (Infected Blood Inquiry)
- Paramedic contracted hepatitis C from transfusion after misdiagnosed of VWD (8 May 2019)
- Parents whose young son with haemophilia was HIV-infected from blood products and died at 22 tell inquiry time will never heal their pain (8 May 2019)
- Key files overlooked by Department of Health (7 May 2019)
- Are we nothing more than experiments?' Norfolk grandmother to give evidence on infected blood today (7 May 2019)
- Open access journal: The Lancet Digital Health 2019 May;1(1):e1-e44.
- Laget L, Izard C, Durieux-Roussel E, Gouvitsos J, Dettori I, Chiaroni J, Ferrera-Tourenc V. Relevance and costs of RHD genotyping in women with a weak D phenotype. Transfus Clin Biol. 2019 Feb; 26(1):27-31. Epub 2018 Jun 1.
- Lieberman L, Greinacher A, Murphy MF, Bussel J, Bakchoul T, Corke S, et al; International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines (ICTMG). Fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia: recommendations for evidence-based practice, an international approach. Br J Haematol. 2019 May;185(3):549-62. Epub 2019 Mar 3.
- Ramirez-Arcos S, Kou Y, Cayer MP, De Grandmont MJ, Girard M, Cloutier M. The impact of red blood cell manufacturing variables on bacterial growth dynamics: a pilot study. Vox Sang. 2019 May 2. [Epub ahead of print]
- Spratling R, Lawrence RH. Facilitators and barriers to minority blood donations: a systematic review. Nurs Res. 2019 May/Jun;68(3):218-26. (Free full text access)
5 May
- Canada (ORBCoN): April 2019 newsletter
- Fiedler SA, Oberle D, Chudy M, Scheiblauer H, Henseler O, Halbauer J, et al. Effectiveness of blood donor screening by HIV, HCV, HBV-NAT assays, as well as HBsAg and anti-HBc immunoassays in Germany (2008-2015). Vox Sang. 2019 Apr 22. [Epub ahead of print] (Free full text)
- Garland-Kledzik M, Gaffley M, Crouse D, Conrad C, Miller P, Martin RS. Effects of a more restrictive transfusion trigger in trauma patients. Am Surg. 2019 Apr 1;85(4):409-13.
- Gorlin JB. Iron replacement: precautionary principle versus risk-based decision making. (editorial) Transfusion 2019;59(5):1613-15. Epub 3 May 2019. (Free full text)
- Sayers MH. Iron supplementation? Ferritin screening? Why questions persist. Transfusion 2019;59(5):1616. Epub 3 May 2019. (Free full text)
3 May
- UK (Infected Blood Inquiry):
- Witness videos (May 1, 2019 to present)
- Transcripts and written witness statements (May 1, 2019 to present)
- UK opens inquiry into tainted-blood scandal from which at least 2,400 people died from contaminated blood in 1970s and '80s (1 May 2019)
- Inquiry testimony raises questions about accuracy of medical authority assurances that blood was safe for hepatitis C after Sept. 1991 (1 May 2019)
- North Devon woman who lost husband to contaminated blood scandal hopes inquiry will lift lid on country’s ‘biggest disaster’ (1 May 2019)
- 'I'm the only one left': Haemophiliac tells blood inquiry how group of infected school friends vowed that whoever survived would find out what was killing them all (1 May 2019)
- Contaminated blood scandal is the worst disaster in NHS history and the most grotesque (30 April 2019)
- USA: Vitalant blood center allows donors to sign up for text alerts when their blood is sent to a hospital (2 May 2019)
- Industry news: U.S. drugmakers partner with England’s NHS to combat HCV in deal worth $1.3B over 5 years (30 April 2019)
1 May
- UK (Infected Blood Inquiry):
- Contaminated blood scandal is the worst disaster in NHS history and the most grotesque (30 April 2019)
- North Devon woman who lost husband to contaminated blood scandal hopes inquiry will lift lid on country’s ‘biggest disaster’ (1 May 2019)
- 'I'm the only one left': Haemophiliac tells blood inquiry how group of infected school friends vowed that whoever survived would find out what was killing them all (1 May 2019)