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General

• AABB: All 8 individual 2021 recipients | Includes 5 females, 1 from Netherlands, 2 each from Canada & the USA.
• 2021 AABB Awards (45 min. video) | I'll highlight only 3 but you can see all at link above.
  • Dr. Anneke Brand (The Netherlands) | Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award
  • Dr. Heather Hume (Canada) | Emily Cooley Memorial Award
  • Dr. Dana Devine (Canada) | Hemphill-Jordan Leadership Award
• In Memoriam: David J. Anstee, PhD, FRCPath, FMedSci, internationally renowned expert in transfusion medicine, died on Oct. 18. | Anstee’s career at the UK’s NHSBT) spanned more than 50 years. Received 2019 AABB’s Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award and Lectureship. He co-wrote Applied Blood Group Serology with Peter D. Issitt, widely considered one of the most influential books for professionals in immunohematology. (23 Nov. 2021)
• In Memoriam: Anneke Brand, MD, PhD, professor emeritus at Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands and 2021 recipient of AABB’s Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award and Lectureship, died on Sunday, 21 Nov. (23 Nov. 2021)
• Booster shots prompt stronger, longer protection than original shots: study (22 Nov. 2021)
  • Demonbreun AR, Sancilio A, Vaught LA, et al. Antibody titers before and after booster doses of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines in healthy adults. (Free full text) MedRxiv. Epub 21 Nov. 2021.
• Patient's immune system 'naturally' cures HIV in the second case of its kind (20 Nov. 2021) | Related
  • Rare case of woman's body ridding itself of HIV (16 Nov. 2021)
  • Turk G, Seiger K, Lian X, et al. A possible sterilizing cure of HIV-1 infection without stem cell transplantation. Ann Intern Med. 2021 Nov 16. Epub ahead of print.
  • Gupta RK, Peppa D, Hill AL, et al. Evidence for HIV-1 cure after CCR5 32/ 32 allogeneic haemopoietic stem-cell transplantation 30 months post analytical treatment interruption: a case report. Lancet HIV. 2020 May;7(5):e340-e347. Epub 2020 Mar 10. (Free full text) | PubMed abstract
  • Jiang C, Lian X, Gao C, et al. Distinct viral reservoirs in individuals with spontaneous control of HIV-1. Nature. 2020 Sep;585(7824):261-7. Epub 2020 Aug 26. (Free full text) | PubMed abstract
  • Woldemeskel BA, Kwaa AK, Blankson JN. Viral reservoirs in elite controllers of HIV-1 infection: Implications for HIV cure strategies. EBioMedicine. 2020 Dec;62:103118. Epub 2020 Nov 10. (Free full text) | PubMed abstract
• Full ICUs amid COVID surges could lead to thousands of extra deaths (19 Nov. 2021) | Related:
  • French G, Hulse M, Nguyen D, et al. Impact of hospital strain on excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic - United States, July 2020-July 2021. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 Nov 19;70(46):1613-16. (Free full text) | PubMed abstract
• A new, gel-based wearable can catch infections before the naked eye can (19 Nov. 2021)
• Blood could be manufactured for transfusion within a decade after ‘Rosetta Stone’ moment for embryo scientists (17 Nov. 2021) | Related:
  • Tyser RCV, Mahammadov E, Nakanoh S, et al. Single-cell transcriptomic characterization of a gastrulating human embryo. Nature. 2021 Nov 17. Epub ahead of print.
• New approaches urged to boost collection of plasma in EU (15 Nov. 2021)
• UK: Families should mobilise to influence Covid-19 inquiry, expert says (14 Nov. 2021)
• Israel: Evogene announces participation in the second research period of the CRISPR-IL Consortium with ~$14.4 million in new funding (10 Nov. 2021)
• USA: Analysis: COVID-19 pills are coming, but no substitute for vaccines, disease experts say (9 Nov. 2021)
• USA: Transfusion report examines lessons learned from the covid-19 pandemic for hospital transfusion services (9 Nov. 2021) | Related:
  • Rajbhandary S, Shmookler A, Cohn CS, et al. Hospital transfusion service operations during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: Lessons learned from the AABB hospital survey in preparation for the next infectious disease outbreak. Transfusion. 2021 Nov;61(11):3129-38. Epub 2021 Sep 1. (Free access) | PubMed abstract
• U.S. government to buy $1 billion more worth of Merck's COVID-19 pill molnupiravir (9 Nov. 2021)
• Global Covid-19 cases surpass 250 million, 5 million deaths (8 Nov. 2021) | U.S. accounts for 20% of cases, India 14%, Brazil 9%: 3 nations account for more than 40% of all cases.
• Regeneron’s antibody drug shows protection against Covid-19 for up to 8 months (8 Nov. 2021)
• Blood transfusions in kidney transplant recipients raise venous thromboembolism risk (7 Nov. 2021) | Related:
  • Massicotte-Azarniouch, Sood MM, Fergusson DA, et al. Blood transfusion and venous thromboembolism in kidney transplant patients. Presented at: Kidney Week 2021, November 2-7, 2021. Poster PO2119.
• Fewer blood transfusions for patients with AML has humanistic, economic benefits (5 Nov. 2021)
• Merck's Molnupiravir: First pill to treat Covid gets approval in UK (4 Nov. 2021)
• Canada: AI making progress in collaborative projects across Canada (4 Nov. 2021)
• UK: Oxford scientists find gene that doubles risk of dying from Covid-19 (4 Nov. 2021)
• Climate crisis: Big Pharma lays out its green credentials (2 Nov. 2021)
• Canada: University of Alberta-industry partnership poised to close Canada’s drug supply gaps (2 Nov. 2021)
• Comprehensive patient blood management program can reduce use of transfusions, improve patient outcomes (1 Nov. 2021) | Related:
  • Warner MA, Schulte PJ, Hanson AC, et al. Implementation of a comprehensive patient blood management program for hospitalized patients at a large United States medical center. Mayo Clin Proc 2021. Epub 1 Nov. 2021.
• Curious case of SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant in a dog (1 Nov. 2021) | Related:
  • Doerksen T, Lu A, Noll L, et al. Near-complete genome of SARS-CoV-2 Delta (AY.3) variant identified in a dog in Kansas, USA. Viruses. 2021 Oct 19;13(10):2104. (Free full text) | PubMed abstract
• NIH researchers identify how two people controlled HIV after stopping treatment (29 Oct. 2021) | Related:
  • Blazkova J, Gao F, Marichannegowda MH, et al. Distinct mechanisms of long-term virologic control in two HIV-infected individuals after treatment interruption of anti-retroviral therapy. Nat Med. 2021 Oct 28. Epub ahead of print.
• USA: At least 89% of vaccinated American adults will qualify for Covid-19 booster shots (29 Oct. 2021) | Guidelines for who is considered high risk for Covid-19 include people in certain jobs, teachers/health care workers, as well as anyone who is overweight, depressed or a long list of other medical conditions. Nearly 75% of people age 20 and over are overweight, according to the CDC.
• USA: Immunocompromised may need a fourth Covid-19 shot, CDC says (27 Oct. 2021)
• USA: What is the chargemaster? (20 Oct. 2021) [Relates to USA's lack of a universal healthcare system. Studies show prices for drugs, procedures, lab tests are highly variable.] | Related:
  • Adkins BD, Kneib J, Plummer WD, et al. Extracorporeal photopheresis chargemasters show haphazard billing practices. Transfusion. 2021 Oct;61(10):2844-8. Epub 2021 Jul 23.
  • Arvisais-Anhalt S, McDonald S, Park JY, et al. Survey of hospital chargemaster transparency. Appl Clin Inform. 2021 Mar;12(2):391-8. 1729168. Epub 2021 May 5.
• Canada: Treatment and detection of vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT) (CBS, 15 Oct. 2021)
• Delta and Delta Plus evade the antibody response (8 Oct. 2021)
• UK: Rosalind Franklin laboratory processes one millionth COVID-19 PCR test (Press release, Health Security Agency: 8 Oct. 2021)
• Papilloma viruses capable of spreading via blood (12 Sept. 2019) | Related:
  • Cladel NM, Jiang P, Li JJ, et al. Papillomavirus can be transmitted through the blood and produce infections in blood recipients: Evidence from two animal models. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2019;8(1):1108-21. (Free full text) | PubMed abstract

Canada

• CBS to recommend end to ban on donations from men who have sex with men (16 Nov. 2021)
• 'It's made such an impact': blood donors help save life of Winnipeg boy diagnosed with leukemia (5 Nov. 2021)
• CBS: The science of giving (13 Oct. 2021) | The move to make CBS more inclusive for donors.
• CSTM (Career opportunity): The Canadian Society for Transfusion Medicine is looking for a CSTM webmaster
• CSTM: 4 new blogs by Eric Ching:
  • Cold agglutinins - tech tips (21 Oct. 2021)
  • Tech tips: Neutralization/Inhibition: No red cell clumping is a positive test! (4 Oct. 2021)
  • Mix and match - high incidence antigens (29 Sept. 2021)
  • Did you know? Revisiting visual hemolysis in laboratory investigation of transfusion reaction (29 Sept. 2021)
• CBS: Professional education events (14 in Nov. 2021)

Australia

• Calls for stem cell donation to change in Australia to reduce reliance on overseas donors (23 Nov. 2021)
• Newcastle council drives lifesaving donations (1 Nov. 2021)

Bangladesh

• Expatriate Bangladeshis donate blood in Mauritius celebrating Mujib Borso/Golden Jubilee of independence of Bangladesh (9 Nov. 2021)

Botswana

• BNBTS made a plea to alleviate dire national shortage of blood reserves, ahead of December's festive season. (16 Nov. 2021)

Brazil

• Two suspected cases of mad cow disease reported in Brazil, but Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease not linked to beef consumption (13 Nov. 2021)

India

• HIV blood transfused to pregnant woman; Bihar sacks lab tech for clearing infected blood sample (29 Nov. 2021)
• Odisha woman dies after transfusion of wrong group blood at Rourkela Govt Hospital (12 Nov. 2021)
• Granulocytes transfusion: New treatment option at Post Graduate Institute of Child Health (PGICH) in Noida (9 Nov. 2021)
• Doctors transfuse blood in unborn anaemic twins, one survives (31 Oct. 2021)

Israel

• Amid backlash from Haredim, blood bank eyes axing gender-neutral wording (17 Nov. 2021)

Kenya

• Nyanza blood bank experiences shortage over unpaid bills (18 Nov. 2021) | Power was disconnected last Friday, donors protest

South Africa

• Tortilla the tortoise gets her groove back after blood transfusion (22 Nov. 2021)
• SANBS appeals for blood donations amid declining stocks (12 Nov. 2021)

South Sudan

• Malaria in South Sudan: prevention is key (18 Nov. 2021) | Patients with severe malaria often develop anemia and safe stocked blood banks are a necessity. Blood is typically only donated by a patient's relatives. One of the problems is that families rarely own phones.

Syria

• No free treatment in Aleppo’s public hospitals, patients appeal to businessmen for help (24 Nov. 2021)

The Gambia

• Nation secures additional funds ($50 million) from the World Bank to improve health care, including a national blood transfusion center (20 Nov.2021)

UK

• Thousands of Brits with HIV to be offered new long-acting treatment (18 Nov. 2021)
• N. Ireland: ‘My son Olcan’t life can be saved by the right bone marrow donation’ (12 Nov. 2021)
• Alfie’s race against time: Boy dying of crippling disease needs urgent donor bone marrow match (5 Nov. 2021) | Family hopes someone of Chinese-Western origin will come forward as his mother is from China.
• Hull mum's desperate plea for blood donors as NHS suffers major shortage, lowest number of blood donors in 25 years during the pandemic (5 Nov. 2021)
• Infected Blood Inquiry - News:
  • Contaminated blood scandal victim suffered mystery illness for decades before uncovering truth (15 Nov. 2021)
  • Blackpool mum tells her story of being infected with Hepatits C (12 Nov. 2021)
  • 'No one listened to us': Two mothers reveal how infected blood scandal devastated their lives as they battled chronic illness while fighting for justice (7 Nov. 2021)
  • Another view of Armour's marketing rep: 'No sign of respect for harmed or grieving' (5 Nov. 2021)
  • Firm claimed products were safe despite using untested donors (4 Nov. 2021)
  • US companies claimed AIDS proposals were ‘too expensive’, blood inquiry told (2 Nov. 2021)
• NHSBT/UKHSA: Safe supplies 2020: progress in a pandemic (Updated: 29 Oct. 2021) Related:
  • 2020 Annual Report (Scroll down page)
• Testing at private lab suspended following NHS Test and Trace investigation (Press release, Health Security Agency:15 Oct. 2021)

USA

• Code Red: Utah's medical community urgently requests blood donations (24 Nov. 2021)
• Biden administration asks federal appeals court to immediately lift pause on business vaccine mandate (23 Nov. 2021)
• Blood donations help save 2-year-old 'Barrett the Brave' (23 Nov. 2021)
• Blood donations saved lives in Waukesha, more donations needed, says Versiti Blood Center spokesman (22 Nov. 2021)
• ImpactLife offers way for blood donors to get appreciation from their recipients (22 Nov. 2021)
• Biden administration suspends enforcement of business vaccine mandate to comply with court order (19 Nov. 2021)
• Jeffrey L. Carson, MD, recognized for global impact on improving transfusion medicine(18 Nov. 2021)
• Texas: Blood shortage leaves empty shelves for patients needing transfusion (14 Nov. 2021)
• Jury awards $14.75 million in downstate Illinois medical malpractice lawsuit (12 Nov. 2021)
• FDA recalls 2.2 million Ellume COVID-19 home tests due to false positives (11 Nov. 2021)
• HHS to invest $650M to increase access to rapid COVID-19 testing (10 Nov. 2021)
• Phase 3 trial of gene therapy SB-525 for hemophilia A on FDA hold (10 Nov. 2021)
• New Orleans: 11-year-old with sickle cell disease prepares for bone marrow transplant, younger sister matched as donor (10 Nov. 2021)
• Federal appeals court issues stay of Biden's vaccine mandate for private companies with 100 or more workers (6 Nov. 2021)
• Many states and cities are offering to pay kids $100 or more if they get vaccinated (5 Nov. 2021)
• COVID-19 vaccines for children 5-11 must be covered without cost sharing, CMS says (4 Nov. 2021)
• Virginia: Red alert: Need for blood donors spikes, as region experienced 6 massive transfusion protocols in 5 days (4 Nov. 2021) | COVID-19 fatigue also played a role.
• "They have really endless resources": Big Pharma spending $263M to keep drug prices high (3 Nov. 2021) | Pharmaceutical industry employed three lobbyists for every member of Congress. Millions of those dollars are in the form of campaign donations.
• Texas: South Texas blood supply strained from rise in auto accidents and other traumas (3 Nov. 2021) | 20,160 people died in motor vehicle crashes in first half of 2021, an 18.4% increase from 2020.
• FDA: Florida company receives untitled letter from FDA for marketing unapproved HCT/PS (AABB Weekly Report, 3 Nov. 2021) | Related:
  • FDA letter to Riverside Biologics Health (27 Oct. 2021)
• FDA: Manufacture of Blood Components Using a Pathogen Reduction Device in Blood Establishments: Questions and Answers, Guidance for Industry (Nov. 2021)

Industry news

• Takeda Canada wins purchase deal for Adynovate for hemophilia A (19 Nov. 2021)
• bluebird bio announces new data from its lentiviral vector (LVV) gene addition programs for patients with ß-thalassemia and sickle cell disease who require regular RBC transfusions will be presented at ASH Annual Meeting in Dec. (4 Nov. 2021)
• B Medical Systems: Blood Centers of America and B Medical Systems sign new agreement to better serve blood bank members with their cold chain needs (18 Nov. 2021) | Firm created CSF61, a contact shock freezer designed to fast freeze blood plasma ahead of its long-term storage in freezers.
• Catalyst Biosciences: Catalyst halts MarzAA program for hemophilia patients with inhibitors, despite positive results (17 Nov. 2021) See company press release
• Ellume: See USA above
• Also See General news above (Merck and Regeneron)
• Big pharma: See General news and USA above

Diseases in the news

• Babesia: See Journals below (Karshima, et al)
• COVID-19: See General news, UK, USA above and Journals below
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: See Brazil above
• Ebola: INOVIO, GuardRX and Geneva University Hospitals collaborate on clinical trial of Ebola DNA vaccine candidate booster (18 Nov. 2021) | USA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) funded the trial.
• HBV/HCV: See UK above and Journals below (van Balen, et al.)
• HIV: See General news, Canada, and UK above
• HPV: See General news above
• Syphilis: See Journals below (Drews SJ)

Resource Library

• NOTE: Starting January 2021 items in the Resource Library will consist of new or recently added ones. The remaining resources will be in Resource Library Archives. You can also access each country's archived resources individually:
  • Australia | Canada | UK
• CANADA:
  • CBS, BC & Yukon Region WNV Update (20 Aug. 2021)
  • BC MOH/CBS/PBCO: BC Contingency Plan for Arboviruses & The Blood Supply 2021 (Reviewed June 2021)
  • NEW CBS: FAQ: SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in immunoglobulin products (Updated: 5 Oct. 2021)
  • NEW CBS: Learning about organ and tissue donation portal (K-12) | Portal created by CBS collaborating with Canada's organ/tissue donation and transplant organizations.
  • CBS: Funded research projects
  • NEW CBS: Yan M. Adverse reactions reporting. Canadian Blood Services; Rev. Sept. 2021 [cited 2021/10/05]
  • CBS: FAQ: Information for health professionals on safety of transfused blood collected from COVID-19-vaccinated donors
  • CBS: Khandelwal A. Impact of COVID-19 on blood donation in Canada [Internet]. Ottawa: Canadian Blood Services; 2021 May.
  • CBS: COVID-19: Update on organ donation and transplantation services (Links to many resources)
  • CBS Clinical Guide to Transfusion:
    • NEW Chapter 11: Trudeau JD, Dawe P, Shih AW. Massive hemorrhage and emergency transfusion. In: Clarke G, Chargé S, editors. Clinical Guide to Transfusion. Canadian Blood Services, 2021 Sept.7 [cited 2021/10/05].
    • Chapter 6: Donor Selection, Donor Testing and Pathogen Reduction (13 Apr. 2021)
    • Chapter 16: Preoperative Autologous Donation (21 Apr. 2021)
  • CBS: Ch. 2. Blood Components [Clinical Guide to Transfusion] (Updated: 15 Jan. 2021)
  • CBS: Upcoming educational events (5 in Oct. 2021)
  • Héma-Québec: Multiple videos on [blood donation, plasma donation, stem cell donation, mother's milk donation, sickle cell anemia & more]
  • ORBCoN: September newsletter 
  • ORBCoN: Massive Hemorrhage Protocol
  • PBCO:
    • 2019-20 year end data presentation
    • 2019-20 BC transfusion reaction presentation
• NEW Australia/NZ:
  • Guidelines for the prescription of blood and blood products by nurse practitioners, ed. 1 (ANZSBT, Oct. 2021) | 22 pp. pdf
  • Guidelines for the laboratory estimation of fetomaternal haemorrhage, ed 2 (ANZSBT, Sept. 2021) | 23 pp. pdf
• ISBT: Abstracts of 31st Regional ISBT Congress, Virtual meeting (2-8 June). Vox Sang 2021;116, (S1): 5-198. Epub 31 May, 2021. | Related:
  • Author index (189-198)
• ISBT: Introduction to Blood Transfusion: from donor to recipient. ISBT Science Series (2020) Epub 2020 Dec 11 (Free ebook, 332 pp.)
• UK:
  • NEW NHSBT: Blood Assist | Covers 8 core stages of blood administration, including positive patient identification, consent, compatibility, transfusion reactions and more.
  • Live illustrations from the Annual SHOT Symposium 2021 (by Jenny Leonard):
    • Expertise in Practice
    • Ideas & Developments
    • Learning from the Outside
    • Looking at Transfusion as a Whole
  • SHOT Report 2020 (240 pp.)
  • Cases from the 2020 Annual SHOT Report (137 slides)
  • SHOT:
    • Transfusion Aide Memoire (2021) | Transfusion essentials for health care professionals
    • Safe transfusions in haemopoietic stem cell transplant recipients (2021)
    • SHOT definitions (Rev. Feb. 2021)
    • TACO pretransfusion checklist (2021)
  • NHS: The role of the haematology /transfusion consultant scientist in the delivery of clinical and laboratory haematology services: An education and training solution and a workforce solution. National School of Healthcare Science Haematology Workforce Working Group (September 2020)
  • UK SHOT: Animated videos (31 Mar. 2021)
    • Understanding Human Factors in Transfusion Pt 1 (5:55 mins)
    • Understanding Human Factors in Transfusion Pt 2 (7:24 mins)
  • SHOT webinar on Haemolytic Transfusion Reactions (12 Mar. 2021) | 55 Min. video
  • NHSBT: Patient Blood Management launches Blood Assist app to support and promote safe blood component administration(1 Feb. 2021) | App can be downloaded onto personal devices or centrally in clinical areas.
• USA (AABB):
  • Monthly podcasts from the Journal Transfusion
  • Pocket Reference Cards:
    • Taken from NHSN Biovigilance Component: Hemovigilance Module Surveillance Protocol v2.6 (March 2021)
    • Standard for Surveillance of Complications Related to Blood Donation (Dec. 2014)
    • Severity Grading Tool for Blood Donor Adverse Events (Dec. 2014)

Journals, etc.

• Free full text papers | * 1 or more Canadian authors
• Free sample journal issues:
  • Transfus Med Rev 2021 Jan;35(1):1-66. (Free text articles)
  • 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)
• Open access journal: The Lancet Digital Health 2019 May;1(1):e1-e44.
• Open access journal: Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy, Journal of the Brasilian Association of Hematology, Hemotherapy and Cell Therapy (ABHH)
• Transfus Med Hemother 2019 Oct; 46(5): Many open access articles
• Open access journal (May 2020): The Lancet Microbe
• Adkins BD, Kneib J, Plummer WD, et al. Extracorporeal photopheresis chargemasters show haphazard billing practices. Transfusion. 2021 Oct;61(10):2844-8. Epub 2021 Jul 23.
• Alberto EC, Zheng Y, Milestone ZP, et al. Patterns of paediatric massive blood transfusion protocol use in trauma and non-trauma patients. Transfus Med. 2021 Oct 27. Epub ahead of print.
• Allard S, Cort J, Howell C, et al. Transfusion 2024: A 5-year plan for clinical and laboratory transfusion in England. Transfus Med. 2021 Oct 24. Epub ahead of print.
• * Al-Riyami AZ, Al Hinai D, Al-Rawahi M, et al. Molecular blood group screening in Omani blood donors. Vox Sang. 2021 Oct 13. Epub ahead of print.
• Amini-Kafiabad S, Pourfatollah AA. Viral safety of recovered plasma for contract fractionation; an Iranian experience, 2006-2015. Transfus Med. 2021 Nov 24. Epub ahead of print.
• Ananworanich J, Mogg R, Dunne MW, et al. Randomized study of rivaroxaban vs. placebo on disease progression and symptoms resolution in high-risk adults with mild COVID-19. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Sep 15:ciab813. Epub ahead of print. | PubMed abstract
• Arechavala-Gomeza V, Aartsma-Rus A. Sharing "negative" results in neuromuscular research: a positive experience. (Editorial) J Neuromuscul Dis. 2021;8(5):765-7.
• Arian M, Vaismoradi M, Badiee Z, Soleimani M. Understanding the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on health-related quality of life amongst Iranian patients with beta thalassemia major: a grounded theory. Prim Health Care Res Dev. 2021 Nov 10;22:e67. (Open access) | PubMed abstract
• Arvisais-Anhalt S, McDonald S, Park JY, et al. Survey of hospital chargemaster transparency. Appl Clin Inform. 2021 Mar;12(2):391-8. 1729168. Epub 2021 May 5.
• Asirvatham ES, Mammen JJ, Lakshman J, et al. Assessment of performance of blood banks in India: a national level cross sectional study. Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus. 2021 Oct;37(4):640-7. Epub 2021 Jan 24.
• Ay C, Feistritzer C, Rettl J, et al. Bleeding outcomes and factor utilization after switching to an extended half-life product for prophylaxis in haemophilia A in Austria. Sci Rep. 2021 Jun 21;11(1):12967. | PubMed abstract
• Bellos I, Pergialiotis V. Tranexamic acid for the prevention of postpartum hemorrhage in women undergoing cesarean delivery: an updated meta-analysis. (Review) Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2021 Sep 25:S0002-9378(21)01053-X. Epub ahead of print.
• Bermúdez-Forero MI, Soto-Viáfara JA, Gardeazábal-Acuña PA, et al. Effect of the first year of COVID-19 pandemic on the collection and use of blood components in Colombia monitored through the national haemovigilance system. Transfus Med. 2021 Oct 24. Epub ahead of print. | PubMed abstract
• Blazkova J, Gao F, Marichannegowda MH, et al. Distinct mechanisms of long-term virologic control in two HIV-infected individuals after treatment interruption of anti-retroviral therapy. Nat Med. 2021 Oct 28. Epub ahead of print.
• Coates MM, Ezzati M, Robles Aguilar G, et al. Burden of disease among the world's poorest billion people: An expert-informed secondary analysis of Global Burden of Disease estimates. PLoS One. 2021 Aug 16;16(8):e0253073. | PubMed abstract
• Cladel NM, Jiang P, Li JJ, et al. Papillomavirus can be transmitted through the blood and produce infections in blood recipients: Evidence from two animal models. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2019;8(1):1108-21. | PubMed abstract
• Cortellazzi P, Carini D, Bolzoni L, et al. Emilia-Romagna Regional Blood System accreditation as an example of improvement through application of specific requirements: a retrospective analysis. BMJ Open Qual. 2021 Nov;10(4):e001408. | PubMed abstract
• Demonbreun AR, Sancilio A, Vaught LA, et al. Antibody titers before and after booster doses of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines in healthy adults. MedRxiv. Epub 21 Nov. 2021.
• Di Carlo S, Cavallaro G, Palomeque K, et al. Prehospital hemorrhage assessment criteria: a concise review. J Trauma Nurs. 2021 Sep-Oct 01;28(5):332-8.
• Doerksen T, Lu A, Noll L, et al. Near-complete genome of SARS-CoV-2 Delta (AY.3) variant identified in a dog in Kansas, USA. Viruses. 2021 Oct 19;13(10):2104. | PubMed abstract
• * Drews SJ. Prevention of transfusion-transmitted syphilis by blood operators: How much is enough when transfusion-transmission has not been identified for decades? (Editorial) Transfusion. 2021 Nov;61(11):3055-60. Epub 2021 Oct 6.
• * Drews SJ, Abe KT, Hu Q, et al. Resistance of SARS-CoV-2 beta and gamma variants to plasma collected from Canadian blood donors during the spring of 2020. Transfusion. 2021 Oct 18. Epub ahead of print. | PubMed abstract
• Eisler L, Chihuri S, Lenke LG, et al. Development of a preoperative risk score predicting allogeneic red blood cell transfusion in children undergoing spinal fusion. Transfusion. 2021 Nov 10. Epub ahead of print.
• Fadeyi EA, Saha AK, Soltani S, et al. A comparison between liquid group A plasma and thawed group A plasma for massive transfusion activation in trauma patients. Vox Sang. 2021 Nov 2.Epub ahead of print.
• France JL, France CR, Rebosa M, et al. Promoting awareness of donation-related iron depletion among high risk blood donors. Transfusion. 2021 Oct 4. Epub ahead of print.
• Franchini M, Cruciani M, Mengoli C, et al. ABO blood group and COVID-19: an updated systematic literature review and meta-analysis. (Review) Blood Transfus. 2021 Jul;19(4):317-26. Epub 2021 May 12. | PubMed abstract
• French G, Hulse M, Nguyen D, et al. Impact of hospital strain on excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic - United States, July 2020-July 2021. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 Nov 19;70(46):1613-16. | PubMed abstract
• Garcia LO, Speransa DMR, Rodrigues CB, et al. Validation of blood components transport through a pneumatic tube system. Hematol Transfus Cell Ther. 2021 Nov 16:S2531-1379(21)01305-5. Epub ahead of print.
• Gupta RK, Peppa D, Hill AL, et al. Evidence for HIV-1 cure after CCR5 32/ 32 allogeneic haemopoietic stem-cell transplantation 30 months post analytical treatment interruption: a case report. Lancet HIV. 2020 May;7(5):e340-e347. Epub 2020 Mar 10. | PubMed abstract
• Hamm RF, Wang EY, Levine LD, et al. Implementation of a protocol for management of antepartum iron deficiency anemia: a prospective cohort study. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2021 Nov 19:100533. Epub ahead of print.
• Herishanu Y, Avivi I, Aharon A, et al. Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Blood. 2021 Jun 10;137(23):3165-73. | PubMed abstract
• * Hurskainen T, Deng MX, Etherington C, et al. Tranexamic acid for prevention of bleeding in cesarean delivery: An overview of systematic reviews. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2021 Sep 12. Epub ahead of print.
• * Ibrahim B, Dawson R, Chandler JA, et al. The COVID-19 pandemic and organ donation and transplantation: ethical issues. BMC Med Ethics. 2021 Oct 21;22(1):142. | PubMed abstract
• Ilonze C, Anderson M, Stubblefield A, et al. Use of infusion ports in patients with sickle cell disease: Indications and complications. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 Nov 16:e29445. Epub ahead of print.
• Innerhofer N, Treichl B, Rugg C, et al., On Behalf Of The Retic Study Group. First-line administration of fibrinogen concentrate in the bleeding trauma patient: searching for effective dosages and optimal post-treatment levels limiting massive transfusion-further results of the RETIC Study. J Clin Med. 2021 Aug 31;10(17):3930. | PubMed abstract
• Jiang C, Lian X, Gao C, et al. Distinct viral reservoirs in individuals with spontaneous control of HIV-1. Nature. 2020 Sep;585(7824):261-7. Epub 2020 Aug 26. | PubMed abstract
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