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November's newsletter includes
- Eclectic international news, including a survey of primary care physicians in 11 countries with interesting data on adverse events, costs, & wait times
- Diseases in the news, including HCV, HIV, and babesiosis
- Industry news featuring ongoing troubles for Amgen and Cutter
- Journal articles including several by Canadian authors, one a systematic review of ABO-identical vs non-ABO identical platelets
- Two new 'Guidance for Industry' docs from the FDA
- New TM blog: We can work it out (Musings on public vs private health systems)
- and much more...
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Featured Conference
Vancouver, BC, Canada:
CSTM 2010 Annual Meeting
(Conjoint Scientific Meeting with
CBS and
H-Q)
TraQ / BC PBCO News
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BC Action Plan for West Nile Virus and the Blood
Supply - 2009
- BC Update for WNV and the Blood Supply (Updated: 28 Aug. 2009)
- BC PBCO website
- The latest: New on TraQ
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Aging population a concern for the blood supply
- Saberton PJ, Paez A, Newbold KB, Heddle NM. Geographical variations in the correlates of blood donor turnout rates: an investigation of Canadian metropolitan areas. Inter J Health Geogr 2009 Oct13; 8:56.
- Admitting errors reduces them: Quebec to use Jewish General as model for error registry
- CBS decision to close N.B. blood centre flawed, docs tell agency
- Héma-Québec: Blood donations and the A(H1N1) flu vaccine
- UBC Certificate Course in Laboratory Quality Management (Registration - deadline Nov. 30, 2009)
General
- AABB annual meeting news
- Schoen C, et al.
A survey Of primary care physicians In eleven
countries, 2009: perspectives on care, costs,
and experiences. Health Affairs 2009;28(6):
w1171–w1183.
- Includes fascinating comparative data on adverse events & wait times
- News item: U.S. physicians lag behind those in other countries in IT use
-
Director of Public Prosecutions refuses to say
why charges relating to HCV-infected RhIg were
dropped against the former principal biochemist
with the Blood Transfusion Service Board
- Background: DPP drops case over HCV scandal
UK
- IBMS & other partners in UK Transfusion Laboratory Collaborative endorse recommended minimum standards for hospital transfusion laboratories
- Who is excluded from giving blood?
- NHS lifetime ban on 'high-risk' gay men donating blood to be reviewed
USA
- New flu victim: blood supply
- Ensuring adequate blood supplies for victims of combat-related trauma
- Blood donations aid Fort Hood victims
- $36 billion charged for blood tests & transfusions for premature infant market (Press release for nanotechnology firm but nonetheless interesting)
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NIH & HHS award $1.4 million to investigate
potential benefits of RFID for automatic
identification & tracking of blood products
across entire TM supply chain
- Also see TraQ's Technology clearinghouse
- US hospitals queue for lawsuit against Australia's CSL and Baxter
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**More - Regional and International News
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General
- Dodd R. Managing the microbiological safety of blood for transfusion: a US perspective. Future Microbiol 2009 Sep;4:807–18.
- CBBS: Emerging Infectious Diseases
- US biovigilance network
Avian flu
- Asad S, Sweeney J, Mermel LA. Transfusion-transmitted babesiosis in Rhode Island. Transfusion 2009 Sep 16 [Epub ahead of print]
- Gubernot DM, Nakhasi HL, Mied PA, Asher DM, Epstein JS, Kumar S. Transfusion-transmitted babesiosis in the United States: summary of a workshop. Transfusion 2009 Oct 10 [Epub ahead of print]
- Johnson ST, Cable RG, Tonnetti L, Spencer B, Rios J, Leiby DA. Seroprevalence of Babesia microti in blood donors from Babesia-endemic areas of the northeastern United States: 2000 through 2007. Transfusion 2009 Oct. 10 [Epub ahead of print]
Chagas
HCV
- See Ireland above
HIV
- See Hong Kong & Taiwan above
H1N1 Swine flu
- WHO: Updates
- Agencies, etc.
- CDC: Swine influenza (USA)
- NEJM H1N1 Influenza Center
- Public Health Agency of Canada: Human swine influenza
- WHO: Swine influenza
- Healthmap.org: Swine flu
vCJD
WNV
- Canada: BC Update for WNV and the Blood Supply (Updated: 28 Aug. 2009)
- Agencies, etc.
- AABB: 2009 WNV Biovigilance Network
- Canada: CBS WNV website
- CDC (USA): WNV viremic blood donor activity
- TraQ WNV clearinghouse
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Amgen's troubles keep compounding; Aranesp
studies reveal greater risks
- Hershman DL, Buono DL, Malin J, McBride R, Tsai WY, Neugut AI. Patterns of use and risks associated with erythropoiesis-stimulating agents among medicare patients with cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst 2009 Nov 10. [Epub ahead of print]
- NY Attorney General leads multi-state coalition in lawsuit against biotech giant Amgen. Complaint alleges kickbacks to medical providers to increase sales of Aranesp
- Cutter: HIV-infected hemophiliacs to sue Cutter, which aggressively marketed non-heat treated Koate in Asia in the 1980s after other markets dried up due to AIDS
Also see Industry News**
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Books /
Journals/Newsletters
(free full
text) (*
1 or more Canadian
authors
- Immunohematology (ARC): Back issues
- Transfusion (AABB): TOC - Current issue
- Journal of Blood Services Management (quarterly with AABB's Transfusion)
- Transfusion Alternatives in Transfusion Medicine (NATA): TOC - Current issue
- Transfusion Medicine (BBTS): TOC - Current issue
- Transfusion Medicine Reviews: TOC - Current issue
- Vox Sang (ISBT): TOC - Current issue
Also see Babesiosis above
Boulet S, Krause C, Tixier H, Bardou M, Sagot P. Relevance of new recommendations on routine antenatal prevention of rhesus immunization: an appraisal based on a retrospective analysis of all cases observed in two French administrative areas of 3 million inhabitants. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2009 Sep;146(1):65–70.
Hershman DL, Buono DL, Malin J, McBride R, Tsai WY, Neugut AI. Patterns of use and risks associated with erythropoiesis-stimulating agents among medicare patients with cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst 2009 Nov 10. [Epub ahead of print]
Karp JK, King KE. International variation in volunteer whole blood donor eligibility criteria. Transfusion 2009 Sept. 24 [Epub ahead of print]
* Ramirez-Arcos S, Goldman M. Skin disinfection methods: prospective evaluation and postimplementation results. Transfusion 2009 Oct. 10 [Epub ahead of print]
* Saberton PJ, Paez A, Newbold KB, Heddle NM. Geographical variations in the correlates of blood donor turnout rates: an investigation of Canadian metropolitan areas. Inter J Health Geogr 2009 Oct13; 8:56.
Schoen C, et al. A survey Of primary care physicians In eleven countries, 2009: perspectives on care, costs, and experiences. Health Affairs 2009;28(6): w1171-w1183.
* Shehata N, Tinmouth A, Naglie G, Freedman J, Wilson K. ABO-identical versus nonidentical platelet transfusion: a systematic review. Transfusion 2009 Nov;49(11): 2442–53.
* Yazer MH, Triulzi DJ. The role of the elution in antibody investigations. Transfusion 2009 Nov;49(11): 2395–9.
**Also see TraQ literature clearinghouses
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Canada
Web-based IVIG Request Module (Support documents & training materials are accessible to public)
CBS: Clinical guide to transfusion | transfusionmedicine.ca
CE/CPD: UBC Certificate Course in Laboratory Quality Management (Registration - deadline Nov. 30, 2009)
Musings on Transfusion Medicine (blog):
We can work it out (Musings on public vs private health systems)
**Also see TraQ's:
Continuing education | Patient resources | Nursing resources | Resource library | Links | Video library
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Government, Association, &
Related News & Updates
USA
FDA - Draft Guidance for Industry: Recommendations for the Assessment of Blood Donor Suitability, Blood Product Safety, and Preservation of the Blood Supply in Response to Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Virus (Nov. 2009)
FDA - Guidance for Industry: An Acceptable Circular of Information for the Use of Human Blood and Blood Components (Oct. 2009)
**TraQ's
Government news
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TraQ case study: Mini-Case B7 (Case of a disappearing antibody)
See all of our interactive case studies
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