What's New - March 2019 (By topic)
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NEW TraQ's February newsletter
General
- What a no-deal Brexit could mean for the haematology and haematology-oncology communities (editorial) The Lancet Hematol 2019 Mar 1;6(PE110) (Free full text) | Download pdf
- Doping probe of German doctor leads to 21 athletes from 8 countries (20 Mar. 2019)
- The Body Economy: Blood products in the Marketplace (Dalhousie University, 2:29 min. animated video) (16 Mar. 2019) Related website:
- Impact Ethics | Managed by Memorial University Centre for Bioethics
- Does a restrictive blood transfusion strategy improve outcomes in lower gastrointestinal bleeding? [JR Saltzman in NEJM Journal Watch] (14 Mar. 2019)
- Kherad O, Restellini S, Martel M, Sey M, Murphy MF, Oakland K, et al. Outcomes following restrictive or liberal red blood cell transfusion in patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2019 Apr;49(7):919-25. Epub 2019 Feb 25.
- Managing neonatal thrombocytopenia of alloimmune origin (15 Mar. 2019, Hematology Advisor)
- Bertrand G, Blouin L, Boehlen F, Levine E, Minon JM, Winer N; working group on fetomaternal platelet alloimmunization of the French Group of Thrombosis, Hemostasis (GFHT). Management of neonatal thrombocytopenia in a context of maternal antiplatelet alloimmunization: expert opinion of the French-speaking working group. Arch Pediatr. 2019 Feb 28. pii: S0929-693X(19)30030-2. [Epub ahead of print]
- Tainted blood timeline | Excellent site with links to resources in UK, Canada, etc.
- No, European blood is not 'incompatible' with that of refugees (8 Mar. 2019)
- New method to assess platelet health could help ER doctors (13 Mar. 2019)
- Ting L H, Feghhi S, Taparia N, Smith AO, Karchin A, Lim E, et al. Contractile forces in platelet aggregates under microfluidic shear gradients reflect platelet inhibition and bleeding risk. Nature Communications, 2019;10 (1) (Free full text)
- Aluminium hazard in transfusions? (5 Mar. 2019)
- Perl T, Kunze-Szikszay N, Bräuer A, Quintel M, Röhrig AL, Kerpen K, et al. Aluminium release by coated and uncoated fluid-warming devices. Anaesthesia. 2019 Feb 21. [Epub ahead of print]
- Kasper CK. Judith Graham Pool and the discovery of cryoprecipitate. Haemophilia. 2012 Nov;18(6):833-5. (Free full text) | To celebrate International Women's Day
- Blood doping:
- Blood doping whistleblower released but still a suspect, say Austrian authorities (6 Mar. 2019)
- Blood doping cases a reminder for cycling not to get complacent (8 Mar. 2019)
- Austrian cyclist Preidler admits to blood extraction as doping investigation widens (4 Mar. 2019)
- Police walk in at the perfect moment to catch Austrian skier blood doping at World Nordic Ski Championships in Norway (1 Mar. 2019)
- Canada's CBC 'Unspeakable' TV series on 'Tainted Blood Scandal'
Canada
- CSA Z902 2020, draft version of Standards for Blood and Blood Components, open for public review (Jan. 16 - Mar. 16, 2019)
- Animal blood shortage in BC prompts Victoria woman to make interesting trade (8 Mar. 2019)
- CSTM: Call for abstracts (Deadline extended to 25 Mar. 2019)
- ORBCoN: 14th Annual TM Education Videoconference Symposium (19 April 2019)
- ORBCoN: Choosing plasma wisely: when and when not to use plasma (Spring Symposium, 2 May 2019, Toronto)
- ORBCoN: February 2019 Report
- CBS: Upcoming educational events
- Note: Jan/Feb educational events includes 'Best Practices in Providing Culturally Competent Care for Trans Blood Donors. Does Blood Donation Effectively Reduce Hemoglobin for Donors Taking Testosterone?'
India
- 3-yr-old transfused with wrong group (13 Mar. 2019)
Nepal
- Docs stress need for haemovigilance system (7 Mar. 2019)
Nigeria
- Private sector key to blood availability – experts (12 Mar. 2019)
Pakistan
- Blood shortages estimated at 40%/year, as blood donation rate is less than one per cent (10 Mar. 2019)
South Sudan
UK
- NICE approves Daratumumab combination therapy for relapsed multiple myeloma (19 Mar. 2019)
- What a no-deal Brexit could mean for the haematology and haematology-oncology communities (editorial) The Lancet Hematol 2019 Mar 1;6(PE110) | Download pdf
- Mysterious outbreak of HTLV-I linked to self-flagellation religious ritual (14 Mar. 2019)
- Tang AR, Taylor GP, Dhasmana D. Self-flagellation as possible route of Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type-1 transmission. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Apr; 25(4):811-13. (Free full text)
- Essex and Herts Air Ambulance to carrying blood on its helicopters and rapid response vehicles (14 Mar. 2019) | Blood to be warmed to body temperature using a donated MEQU warmer
- Air Zermatt demo of MEQU Portable IV-Blood warmer (56 sec. video)
- Nurses given parking fines despite displaying permits as they took blood donations at Angel Centre in Tonbridge (7 Mar. 2019)
- Infected Blood Inquiry:
- Guidance on how witnesses will be questioned (13 Mar. 2019)
- Insight: The work of the Inquiry - legal team (7 Mar. 2019)
- Charity profited from dying HIV patients via punishing equity deals (2 Mar. 2019)
- Interview with Emma Cave, Professor of Healthcare Law at Durham University, who will advise Inquiry on medical ethics (1 Mar. 2019)
- FAQs about legal representation and law firms working with the Inquiry
- Also see General above (Tainted blood timeline)
USA
- ARC's promotion of Game Of Thrones fans to donate runs into controversy over MSM donor regulations (13 Mar. 2019)
- CSL Plasma has a 'flat-out ban' on trans donors, so Minnesota sues (8 Mar. 2019)
- Fargo, ND: People need to donate blood regularly, especially during winter (9 Mar. 2019) | Story features interesting tidbits such as baby boomers donate more than millennials
- Everything you need to know about donating blood before you do it (27 Feb. 2019)
- Repeated mistakes led to fatal blood transfusion at St. Luke’s in Houston (26 Feb. 2019) Related:
- Texas woman dies after receiving wrong ABO group red cells (27 Feb. 2019) | News item documents cascade of errors made
- Polar vortex exposed a major flaw in our volunteer blood supply system (28 Feb. 2019) | Op ed by Jonathan Thon, co-founder and CEO of Platelet BioGenesis, who notes platelets have shelf life of 2 days after donor screening for disease
- Couple forced off cruise ship in Mexico when woman might require transfusion (26 Feb. 2019)
Industry news
- Grifols acquires $1.9 billion stake in Shanghai RAAS Blood Products (7 Mar. 2019)
- Ambrosia: Rise and fall of the startup that wants to slow aging by injecting 'young blood' (27 Feb. 2019)
- Also see USA above (Op ed by Jonathon Thon, CEO of Platelet BioGenesis and CSL Plasma ban on trans donors)
Diseases in the news
- HCV/HIV: See UK above (Infected Blood Inquiry)
Resource Library / Links
- NEW TraQ's February newsletter
- NEW: Always on my mind (Musings on infected blood inquiries)
- TM blog: Unforgettable (Musings on the CBC's Unspeakable about Canada's 'tainted blood scandal')
- AUSTRALIA:
- Australia/New Zealand: ANZBT Guidelines
- BloodSafe ELearning Australia has new free courses based on Patient Blood Management Guidelines: Module 6 - Neonatal and Paediatrics:
- PBM for Neonatal and Paediatrics
- Neonatal Preterm
- Fetal and Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia
- Paediatric Haematology/Oncology
- Paediatric Surgical
- Paediatric Major Haemorrhage
- Paediatric Iron Deficiency Anaemia
- CANADA:
- Héma-Québec: Plasma donation: what happens after (3:40 min. video)
- CBS BloodTechNet program
- CBS-sponsored LearnTransfusion series
- Choosing Wisely Canada's transfusion recommendations (Entertaining and informative 2-2.5 min. animated videos)
- Blood & Blood Clots
- Educational resources housed on CanadiEM dedicated to the management of bleeding and thrombosis
- Resources include Interactive Quizlets, Blog Posts, and Podcasts
- ORBCoN
- February 2019 Report
- Bloody Easy 4 (Guide to Transfusion Medicine, ed. 4)
- Bloody Easy Blood Administration, v. 2
- 2018 webcast schedule
Journals, etc.
Free full text papers | * 1 or more Canadian authors
- Free sample journal issues
- Brit J Haematol 2019 Jan; 184(1):1-112. | Special Issue: Themed Issue: Hodgkin Lymphoma Today and Tomorrow
- Brit J Haematol 2017 June;177(6):827-1007. | Special Issue:Low to middle income countries
- Immunohematology (J of American Red Cross): 1988-2017. (Articles in these years are free)
- AABB journal Transfusion 2019 Jan; 59(1):1-431.
- Transfus Med Rev 2019 Jan;33(1):1-68.
- Vox Sang 2019 Jan;114(1):1-103.
- Sweden (Lund University TM research group): 2018 research papers (n=32)
- Aplin K, Pitt T, Allen J, Roy A, Tidey K, Ball J, McDonald CP. Extending the 30-minute rule for red cell units - investigation of the bacterial risk of 60-minute exposures to ambient temperature. Vox Sang. 2019 Mar 4. [Epub ahead of print]
- Bertrand G, Blouin L, Boehlen F, Levine E, Minon JM, Winer N; working group on fetomaternal platelet alloimmunization of the French Group of Thrombosis, Hemostasis (GFHT). Management of neonatal thrombocytopenia in a context of maternal antiplatelet alloimmunization: expert opinion of the French-speaking working group. Arch Pediatr. 2019 Feb 28. pii: S0929-693X(19)30030-2. [Epub ahead of print]
- Busch MP, Bloch EM, Kleinman SH. Prevention of transfusion transmitted infections. Blood. 2019 Feb 26. pii: blood-2018-11-833996. [Epub ahead of print]
- Caramello V, Camerini O, Ricceri F, Ottone P, Mascaro G, Chianese R, et al. Blood bank preparedness for mass casualty incidents and disasters: a pilot study in the Piedmont region, Italy. Vox Sang. 2019 Mar 12. [Epub ahead of print]
- Clausen FB, Barrett AN; Noninvasive Fetal RHD Genotyping EQA2017 Working Group. Noninvasive fetal RHD genotyping to guide targeted anti-D prophylaxis-an external quality assessment workshop. Vox Sang. 2019 Mar 4. [Epub ahead of print]
- Cruikshanks A, Bryden DC. What to do when complications occur. (review) Anaesthesia. 2018 Jan;73 Suppl 1:95-101.
- Jankite MK. Blood transfusion: cost, quality, and other considerations for the surgical management of the critically ill. Crit Care Nurs Q. 2019 Apr/Jun;42(2):173-6.
- Kasper CK. Judith Graham Pool and the discovery of cryoprecipitate. Haemophilia. 2012 Nov;18(6):833-5. | To celebrate International Women's Day
- Kherad O, Restellini S, Martel M, Sey M, Murphy MF, Oakland K, et al. Outcomes following restrictive or liberal red blood cell transfusion in patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2019 Apr;49(7):919-25. Epub 2019 Feb 25.
- Muñoz M, Stensballe J, Ducloy-Bouthors AS, Bonnet MP, De Robertis E, Fornet I, et al. Patient blood management in obstetrics: prevention and treatment of postpartum haemorrhage. A NATA consensus statement. Blood Transfus. 2019 Feb 6. [Epub ahead of print]
- Perl T, Kunze-Szikszay N, Bräuer A, Quintel M, Röhrig AL, Kerpen K, et al. Aluminium release by coated and uncoated fluid-warming devices. Anaesthesia. 2019 Feb 21. [Epub ahead of print]
- Perelman I, Khair S, Dermer E, Tinmouth A, Saidenberg E, Fergusson D. The epidemiology of multicomponent blood transfusion: a systematic review. Transfus Med. 2019 Mar 11. [Epub ahead of print]
- Shahverdi E, Moghaddam M, Abolghasemi H. First report of the rare RhCE-depleted D--phenotype in sixteen people of Iranian origin. Vox Sang. 2019 Feb 19. [Epub ahead of print]
- Tang AR, Taylor GP, Dhasmana D. Self-flagellation as possible route of Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type-1 transmission. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Apr; 25(4):811-13.
- Ting L H, Feghhi S, Taparia N, Smith AO, Karchin A, Lim E, et al. Contractile forces in platelet aggregates under microfluidic shear gradients reflect platelet inhibition and bleeding risk. Nature Communications, 2019;10 (1).
- Tormey CA, Hendrickson JE. Transfusion-related red blood cell alloantibodies: induction and consequences. Blood. 2019 Feb 26. pii: blood-2018-08-833962. [Epub ahead of print]
- Vishram B, Reynolds C, Brailsford SR, Hewitt P. In the NAT era, is routine lookback to recipients still required when donors seroconvert for HIV infection? Vox Sang. 2019 Feb 28. [Epub ahead of print]
- Windegger TM, Nghiem S, Nguyen KH, Fung YL, Scuffham PA. Cost-utility analysis comparing hospital-based intravenous immunoglobulin with home-based subcutaneous immunoglobulin in patients with secondary immunodeficiency. Vox Sang. 2019 Mar 18. [Epub ahead of print]
- Wu PC, Chyan TW, Feng SH, Chen MH, Pai SC. Genotyping and serotyping profiles showed weak Jka presentation for previously typed as Jk null donors. Vox Sang. 2019 Feb 28. [Epub ahead of print]
- Zonneveld R, van der Meer-Kapelle L, Sylva M, Brand A, Zijlstra M, Schonewille H. Severe fetal hemolysis and cholestasis due to high-titer maternal IgG anti-A antibodies. (Case report) Pediatrics. 2019 Mar 14. pii: e20182859. [Epub ahead of print]