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General

• In Memoriam: Lawrence ‘Larry’ Petz, MD (15 June 2022)
• Baby boomer? You're at higher risk for hepatitis C (30 July 2022)
• Monkeypox outbreak spreading: WHO declares global health emergency (25 July 2022)
• International study identifies risks for long COVID in children (22 July 2022) | Related:
  • Funk AL, Kuppermann N, Florin TA, et al. Post–COVID-19 conditions among children 90 days after SARS-CoV-2 infection. JAMANetwOpen. 2022; 5(7):e2223253. (Open access)
• How to select the best combination of antibodies to treat HIV (21 July 2022) | Related:
  • LaMont C, Otwinowski J, Vanshylla K, et al. Design of an optimal combination therapy with broadly neutralizing antibodies to suppress HIV-1. Elife. 2022 Jul 19;11:e76004. Epub ahead of print.
• Many people with debilitating blood disorder hemophilia B may be cured within 3 years by new gene therapy, doctor said (21 July 2022) | Related:
  • Chowdary P, Shapiro S, Makris M, et al. Phase 1-2 trial of AAVS3 gene therapy in patients with hemophilia B. N Engl J Med. 2022 Jul 21;387(3):237-47.
• Psychological models may aid in improving ICT adherence in beta-thalassemia (20 July 2022) | Related:
  • Eziefula C, Shah FT, Anie KA. Promoting adherence to iron chelation treatment in beta-thalassemia patients. Patient Prefer Adherence. 2022 Jun 7;16:1423-37. (Free full text) | PubMed abstract
• Whole blood exchange being studied as a potential treatment for Alzheimer's disease (19 July 2022) | Related:
  • Urayama A, Moreno-Gonzalez I, Morales-Scheihing D, et al. Preventive and therapeutic reduction of amyloid deposition and behavioral impairments in a model of Alzheimer's disease by whole blood exchange. Mol Psychiatry. 2022 Jul 15. Epub ahead of print.
• High blood viscosity may predict mortality in COVID-19 hospitalization (18 July 2022)
• Animal blood plasma products and derivatives market size, top key players, types, applications & regional forecasts to 2030 (17 July 2022)
• USA: Walmart’s health and wellness chief discusses retail giant’s move to healthcare/telehealth provider, a step with implications for clinical laboratory testing (15 July 2022)
• New EU rules on blood, tissue, cells to be adapted to evolving science (15 July 2022)
• Concizumab reduces treated bleeds in hemophilia A or B with inhibitors (15 July 2022)
• Blood test could predict future risk of leukaemia (14 July 2022) | Related:
  • Robertson NA, Latorre-Crespo E, Terradas-Terradas M, et al. Longitudinal dynamics of clonal hematopoiesis identifies gene-specific fitness effects. Nat Med. 2022 Jul 4. Epub ahead of print. (Open access) | PubMed abstract
• EU seeks to upgrade safety rules for blood, tissue, cell donations (14 July 2022)
• Pharma companies sue for the right to buy blood from Mexicans along border (14 July 2022)
• Long COVID patients are seeking experimental 'blood washing' treatment abroad, investigation finds (12 July 2022)
• Secrecy: A demon of gene therapy’s past bedevils its future (11 July 2022)
• Is BA.5 the ‘Reinfection Wave’? (11 July 2022)
• Patients with blood cancers show immune response to COVID-19 vaccine boosters (11 July 2022)
• SNUH team finds a key cell that keeps top hematopoietic stem cells young (11 July 2022)
• Sickle cell disease could be treated with common plant, study finds (10 July 2022) | Related:
  • Adeniyi O, Baptista R, Bhowmick S, et al. Isolation and characterisation of quercitrin as a potent anti-sickle cell anaemia agent from Alchornea cordifolia. J Clin Med. 2022 Apr 13;11(8):2177. (Free full text) | PubMed abstract
• New paper examines transfusion utilization and appropriateness (8 July 2022) | Related:
  • Dawson J, Schwabl C, Pronovost P, et al. Transfusion utilization and appropriateness: Thinking differently at a tertiary academic medical center. Physician Leadersh J. 2022 July;9(4):18-23. (Abstract)
• An aggressive leukemia is much more lethal for black patients than whites - Why? (7 July 2022) | Related:
  • Larkin K, Nicolet D, Kelly BJ, et al. High early death rates, treatment resistance, and short survival of Black adolescents and young adults with AML. Blood Adv. 2022 Jul 5:bloodadvances.2022007544. Epub ahead of print. (Free full text) | PubMed abstract
• What health care supplies might we run out of next? (6 July 2022)
• Scientists uncover HIV’s sweet spot (5 July 2022) | Related:
  • Ma T, McGregor M, Giron L, et al. Single-cell glycomics analysis by CyTOF-Lec reveals glycan features defining cells differentially susceptible to HIV. Elife. 2022 Jul 5;11:e78870. (Free full text) | PubMed abstract
• Study shows HIV speeds up body’s aging processes soon after infection (30 June 2022) | Related:
  • Breen EC, Sehl ME, Shih R, et al. Accelerated aging with HIV begins at the time of initial HIV infection iScience 2022; 25(7):104488. eCollection 2022 Jul 15. (Open access)
• Scientists prevent 'exhaustion' in cancer-fighting T cells (28 June 2022) | Related:
  • Belk JA, Yao W, Ly N, et al. Genome-wide CRISPR screens of T cell exhaustion identify chromatin remodeling factors that limit T cell persistence. Cancer Cell. 2022 Jun 17:S1535-6108(22)00231-8. Epub ahead of print.
• Factors associated with blood transfusion during hysterectomy are identified (28 June 2022) | Related:
  • Elfazari T, Nayak AL, Mallick R, et al. Surgical indication and approach are associated with transfusion in hysterectomy for benign disease. JSLS. 2022 Apr-Jun;26(2):e2022.00013. (Free full text) | PubMed abstract
• WHO: Monkeypox outbreak 'unusual' and worrying but not yet global emergency (27 June 2022)
• Molecular imaging biomarker predicts response to CAR T cell therapy (12 June 2022)

Canada

• CSTM: Moncton Education Day (24 Sept. 2022) | Registration opens 25 July, closes 19 Sept.
• Héma-Québec needs more Black people to donate blood (30 June 2022)
• ORBCoN resources:
  • June newsletter
• CBS: Professional education events (1 in July 2022)

Australia

• Wagga baker Jenny Nixon is urging residents to donate their bone marrow (29 July 2022)
• How James Harrison, the "Man With The Golden Arm", saved nearly 2.5 Million babies' lives (22 July 2022)
• Mum, I’ve got this. You don’t need to worry (14 July 2022)

Bangladesh

• Expediting convalescent plasma availability in Bangladesh (13 April 2021)

Ghana

• Ghana confirms first cases of deadly Marburg virus (18 July 2022)

India

• Mhow: 20K people to be screened for sickle cell anaemia (24 July 2022)
• Inforpark organizes blood donation camp for a day (17 July 2022)
• Researchers report India's first EMM-negative blood type case, world's 11th (15 July 2022)
• VP Venkaiah Naidu inaugurates blood transfusion unit & advanced diagnostic lab at TSCS (15 July 2022)
• Focus on preventive steps to ease burden of genetic diseases: VP (14 July 2022)
• Rule out HIV, hepatitis, syphilis: Pune's Mylab pushes govt, blood banks to adopt NAT-tested transfusions (7 July 2022)
• Give platelet test kits at subsidised rates: NGO (7 July 2022)
• Gandhi Memorial College Srinagar organises blood donation camp (1 July 2022)

Iran

• Iranians donate 13% more blood (4 July 2022)

Kenya

• Reforms in the blood transfusion unit yields remarkable improvement in service delivery (1 July 2022)

Namibia

• In Namibia, blood donations rise thanks to free transport to donor clinics (17 June 2022)

New Zealand

• Eve van Grafhorst: The young girl who helped removed stigma people with HIV face in New Zealand (16 July 2022)

Nigeria

• A recurrent cry for help and poor culture of blood donation in Nigeria, by Adaeze Oreh (17 July 2022)

Pakistan

• Bill to convert safe blood transfusion project to permanent tabled in assembly (18 July 2022)
• Students urged to become advocate for blood donation (3 July 2022)

Philippines

• Gordon touts blood requirements provided by PRC for dengue cases (23 July 2022)
• SM Foundation's blood donation drive generates 4,000 bags (21 July 2022)

Saudi Arabia

• Blood transfusion at IMC for patients with complex conditions qualifies him for surgery (29 June 2022)

South Africa

• Call to donate blood urgently (29 July 2022)
• Inside the Onderstepoort Animal Blood Bank, where dogs are prolific donors and lifesavers (21 July 2022)

Sri Lanka

• Act responsibly, blood bank can’t cope with emergency (17 July 2022)
• Sri Lankans in Australia are doing what they can to support those in their motherland (9 July 2022)

UK

• SHOT celebrates its Silver Jubilee in 2022
• Blues x Give Blood: Beverley Momenabadi (22 July 2022) | Another of her aims is to encourage more people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds to come forward. Her reasoning agrees with what the NHS and Blood UK state, with fewer than 5% of blood donors who donated in the last 12 months being from those communities. 
• Victims of Hillsborough, Grenfell, and nuclear tests unite to demand an end to cover-ups (19 July 2022) | MPs and campaigners for Covid-19 bereaved families, Zane Gbangbola and contaminated blood are fighting for a new law that would end official cover-ups
• UK government seeks to block disclosures to the Covid inquiry (13 July 2022)
• Our baby girl will die without a stem cell or bone marrow donation– we’re offering £20k to anyone who’s a match (12 July 2022)
• £1 billion in funding announced for the Francis Crick Institute (10 July 2022)
• N. Ireland: Mayor urges Derry people to ‘Do it for Daniel’ and become stem cell donors (8 July 2022)
• Boy born weighing less than a bag of sugar has life threatening condition (1 July 2022) | He has Diamond Blackfan Anaemia is forced to have a monthly blood transfusion to keep him alive.
• Delayed public inquiry into UK’s Covid-19 response opens (28 June 2022)
• Infected Blood Inquiry - News
  • Ex-health secretaries call for urgent blood scandal payouts (30 July 2022)
  • UK minister said compensation for infected blood victims was mistake ­ inquiry (28 July 2022)
  • Scotland's inaugural first minister Donald Dewar feared open cheque book over blood scandal (26 July 2022)
  • East Hants MP Damian Hinds backs early compensation for blood victims (21 July 2022)
  • 'Possible case for corporate manslaughter charges' over infected blood scandal (17 July 2022)
  • Two former Scottish secretaries to give evidence in blood scandal inquiry (16 July 2022)
  • Andy Burnham mayor of Greater Manchester and former secretary of state for health to give evidence at Infected Blood Inquiry (13 July 2022)
  • Hull man given infected blood at routine dental op takes fight to Boris Johnson (11 July 2022)
  • Pay infected blood scandal victims before they die, Boris Johnson urged (10 July 2022)
  • 'They made a series of choices': Newcastle infected blood campaigner gives harrowing evidence at public inquiry (10 July 2022)

USA

• Blood donors Aug. 1-31 get a chance to win gas for a year, a $6,000 value (29 July 2022)
• CDC: CDC set to make monkeypox a nationally notifiable condition (27 July 2022)
• Secure Transfusion Solutions announces company name change and opening of its third Trusting Heart Blood Center in Beaverton, Oregon (20 July 2022)
• FDA: Thousands more now eligible to donate blood after FDA rule change on CJD (19 July 2022)
• Urbana City Council worries whether plasma businesses are predatory. Transfusion physician and local plasma donors do not (19 July 2022)
• ARC hosts 9th annual Super Sam blood drive this week (18 July 2022)
• FDA: Therapeutic Solutions International granted emergency IND by FDA for expanded patient access to JadiCell™ universal donor stem cell for COVID-19 ARDS outside of ongoing phase III clinical trial (18 July 2022)
• FDA: Werfen receives US FDA 510(K) clearance for ROTEM sigma thromboelastometry system (18 July 2022)
• How drones will transform battlefield medicine, save lives (17 July 2022)
• Covid-19 public health emergency extended in the US (15 July 2022)
• The omicron subvariant BA.5 is dominating U.S. COVID-19 cases is more vaccine-resistant (15 July 2022)
• More than 1 in 2 Americans now live in an area where CDC urges indoor masking to curb COVID-19 surges (14 July 2022)
• Quest launches monkeypox PCR test as U.S. attempts to catch up with rising cases (13 July 2022)
• Eureka blood bank facing shortage, calls for donors (13 July 2022)
• Blood transfusions saved the life of a local toddler battling cancer (13 July 2022)
• Clea Shearer says L.A. trip took 'scary turn' after she ended up in the emergency room (13 July 2022) | "Very thankful for the ER nurses and doctors who endure SO MUCH," she wrote. "Being there all night, we saw and heard things I will never forget…. Screaming, fighting, police having to guard rooms - and the entire team is utterly unflappable while they do their jobs saving everyone's life."
• Air Evac ambulances now carrying red blood cells and plasma to treat patients in flight (12 July 2022)
• FDA: Biosystems granted FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for Lyme disease test (11 July 2022)
• Biden administration discussing Covid boosters for everyone (11 July 2022)
• Parents credit blood donations for saving 7-year-old’s life following cancer diagnosis (7 July 2022)
• FDA: Repeat dosing of Evusheld recommended for ongoing COVID-19 protection (6 July 2022) | Related:
  • FDA authorizes revisions to Evusheld dosing. (News release, 29 June 2022)
• Covid-19 reinfections may increase the likelihood of new health problems (5 July 2022) | Related:
  • Al-Aly Z, Bowe B, Xie Y. Outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection. Natureportfolio preprint. Epub 17 Jun 2022. (Free full text)
• Fort Hunter Liggett first in army to receive prehospital whole blood transfusion capability (5 July 2022)
• U.S. maternal deaths spiked upwards during pandemic (4 July 2022) | Related:
  • Thoma ME, Declercq ER. All-cause maternal mortality in the US before vs during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Research letter) JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Jun 1;5(6):e2219133. Epub 28 June 2022 (Open access)
• Children <12 need not repeat HIV, Hep B/C tests before transplant surgery (1 July 2022) | Related:
  • Free RJ, Levi ME, Bowman JS, et al. Updated U.S. Public Health Service Guideline for Testing of Transplant Candidates Aged <12 Years for Infection with HIV, Hepatitis B Virus, and Hepatitis C Virus - United States, 2022. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2022 Jul 1;71(26):844-6. (Free full text) | PubMed abstract
• Life-saving program provides pre-hospital blood transfusions to multiple patients (30 June 2022)
• FDA: Coronavirus (COVID-19) update: FDA recommends inclusion of omicron BA.4/5 component for COVID-19 vaccine booster doses (30 June 2022)
• FDA: FDA grants breakthrough therapy designation to talquetamab for relapsed/refractory myeloma (29 June 2022)
• Regulatory affairs: Tick-borne diseases working group announces July meeting (28 June 2022)
• U.S. begins targeted vaccine rollout against monkeypox (28 June 2022)
• Senate Democrats ask FDA for update on MSM blood donation deferral policy (28 June 2022) | Related:
  • Baldwin, Gillibrand, Warren lead 23 colleagues in pushing FDA for an update on changes to discriminatory blood donation policies (24 June 2022)
• CDC: Rate of sickle cell disease-related death appears higher during the COVID-19 pandemic | Related:
  • Payne AB, Schieve LA, Abe K, et al. COVID-19 and sickle cell disease-related deaths reported in the United States. Public Health Rep. 2022 Mar-Apr;137(2):234-8. Epub 2022 Jan 21. (Free full text) | PubMed abstract
• FDA: FDA updates 2022 CBER guidance agenda (24 June 2022)

Industry news

• BioMarin: BioMarin's hemophilia gene therapy Roctavian wins conditional EU backing amid FDA delay (24 June 2022) | Related:
  • European Medicines Agency: First gene therapy to treat severe haemophilia A (24 June 2022)
• Biosystems:See USA above
• Cepheid/BioGX: Cepheid, BioGX partner on PCR tests as monkeypox spreads (27 June 2022)
• CSL: $9.9M deal to end class action vs CSL Plasma over donor fingerprint scans; $433 each for donors, $3.5M for lawyers (22 July 2022)
• Genentech: Genentech releases positive data from broad blood cancer portfolio (24 June 2022)
• GenScript/ACT: GenScript and ACT partner to develop new CAR-T cell therapies (13 July 2022)
• Karyopharm Therapeutics: Three-gene signature predicts selinexor response in patients with multiple myeloma (13 July 2022) | Related:
  • Restrepo P, Bhalla S, Ghodke-Puranik Y, et al. Three-gene signature predicts response to Selinexor in multiple myeloma. JCO Precis Oncol. 2022 Jun;6:e2200147.
• Roche: Roche launches innovative dual antigen and antibody diagnostic test supporting the fight to eliminate the hepatitis C virus (17 July 2022)
• Seegene: South Korea's Seegene develops Novaplex MPXV Assay for monkeypox virus detection (29 June 2022)
• Siga: Siga gets $28 mln antiviral drug orders as monkeypox spreads (12 July 2022) int-usa
• Telo Genomics: Telo Genomics launches clinical study of drug resistance test for multiple myeloma (14 July 2022)
• Ultima Genomics: California-based genomics startup (Ultima Genomics) secures $600 million in funding to deliver $100 whole human genome with its new high-throughput, low-cost sequencing platform (1 July 2022)
• Also see USA above

Diseases in the news

• Adenovirus/hepatitis: See USA above
• COVID-19: See General news, UK, USA above and Journals below.
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: See USA above and Journals below (Reynolds, et al.)
• Dengue virus: See Philippines above
• HCV: See General news and Industry news above
• HIV: See General news and New Zealand above
• HIV/hepatis/syphilis: See India above
• Lyme disease: See USA above
• Marburg virus: See Ghana above
• Monkeypox: See General news, USA and Industry news above
• Parvovirus: See Journals below (Williams, et al.)

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 | USA
•  CANADA:
  • NEW CBS:Blais-Normandin I, Tordon B, Anani W. Pathogen-reduced buffy coat platelets [Internet]. Ottawa: Canadian Blood Services; 2022 [cited 2022 04 05].
  • CBS: Sepsis: The end is just the beginning (3 Feb. 2022) | Related:
    • van der Slikke EC, An AY, Hancock REW, Bouma HR. Exploring the pathophysiology of post-sepsis syndrome to identify therapeutic opportunities. EBioMedicine. 2020 Nov;61:103044. Epub 2020 Oct 8. (Free access) | PubMed abstract
  • 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
  • CBS: FAQ: Information for health professionals on safety of transfused blood collected from COVID-19-vaccinated donors
  • CBS: COVID-19: Update on organ donation and transplantation services (Links to many resources)
  • CBS Clinical Guide to Transfusion:
    • Chapter 5: Concentrates for hemostatic disorders and hereditary angioedema (Updated 6 May 2022)
    • 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].
  • NEW CSTM: Moncton Education Day (24 Sept. 2022) | Registration opens 25 July, closes 19 Sept.
  • Héma-Québec: Multiple videos on [blood donation, plasma donation, stem cell donation, mother's milk donation, sickle cell anemia & more]
  • NEW ORBCoN: June newsletter                         
  • ORBCoN: Massive Hemorrhage Protocol
  • ORBCoN: Massive Hemorrhage Protocol: 3 simulation videos
  • PBCO:
    • Canadian Blood Services, BC & Yukon Region West Nile virus Update, 29 June 2022
• Australia/NZ:
  • Australian and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion:ANZSBT (Multiple guidelines)
  • Australian Blood Matters Program (Multiple resources)
  • Blood Safe e-Learning Australia
• Ireland (HSE): Blood transfusion leaflets (In 7 languages)
• NEW ISBT:
  • ISBT Code of Ethics (Available in 8 languages)
  • Identify critical elements of a scientific manuscript review ( Dr. Ziggy Szczepiorkowski webinar: 47:58 min.)
  • ISBT Transfusion Reactions E-learning Module
  • ISBT Patient Blood Management Resources
  • ISBT Blood transport container validation guidelines (6 pp. pdf)
• EBA: European Blood Alliance (Position papers and fact sheets)
• UK:
  • British Society for Haematology (Multiple guidelines)
  • SHOT Bite No. 21 (Dec. 2021)
  • 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:
    • Part 1 (5:11 min. video): Anti-D immunoglobulin errors and immunisation in pregnancy: Insights from SHOT (24 Feb. 2022)
    • Part 2 (5:19 min. video): Anti-D immunoglobulin errors and immunisation in pregnancy: Insights from SHOT (24 Feb. 2022)
    • 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
  • Complimentary copy of the AABB User Guide for the December 2021 Circular of Information for the Use of Human Blood and Blood Components
  • Pocket Reference Cards:
    • The latest Covid variant is 1.5 times more contagious than omicron and already circulating in almost half of U.S. states (28 Jan. 2022)
    • Millions of routine vaccinations have been missed amid the Covid-19 pandemic (28 Jan. 2022)
    • 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)
• NEW WHO resources
  • Educational modules on clinical use of blood (198 pp. pdf)
  • The Clinical Use of Blood Handbook (221 pp. pdf)
  • The clinical use of blood in medicine, obstetrics, paediatrics, surgery and anaesthesia, trauma and burns (344 pp. pdf)

Journals, etc.

Free full text papers | * 1 or more Canadian authors

• Free sample journal issues:
  • Transfus Med Rev 2020 Jan;34(1):1-72. (14 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
• Adeniyi O, Baptista R, Bhowmick S, et al. Isolation and characterisation of quercitrin as a potent anti-sickle cell anaemia agent from Alchornea cordifolia. J Clin Med. 2022 Apr 13;11(8):2177. | PubMed abstract
• Ahmed R, Fatima M, Ashfaq J, et al. Frequency of hepatitis B, C, and human immunodeficiency virus in blood donors. Cureus. 2022 Jun 15;14(6):e25978. | PubMed abstract
• Al-Aly Z, Bowe B, Xie Y. Outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection. Natureportfolio preprint. Epub 17 Jun 2022.
• Arslan S, Fidan Ö, anlialp Zeyrek A, Ok D. Intravenous medication errors in the emergency department, knowledge, tendency to make errors and affecting factors: An observational study. Int Emerg Nurs. 2022 Jul 6;63:101190. Epub ahead of print. (Partial free text) | PubMed abstract
• Belk JA, Yao W, Ly N, et al. Genome-wide CRISPR screens of T cell exhaustion identify chromatin remodeling factors that limit T cell persistence. Cancer Cell. 2022 Jun 17:S1535-6108(22)00231-8. Epub ahead of print.
• Boecker C, Sitzmann N, Halblaub Miranda JL, et al. Noninferior red cell concentrate quality after repeated air rescue mission transport for prehospital transfusion. Transfus Med Hemother. 2022 Feb 15;49(3):172-9. | PubMed abstract
• Breen EC, Sehl ME, Shih R, et al. Accelerated aging with HIV begins at the time of initial HIV infection iScience 2022; 25(7):104488. eCollection 2022 Jul 15.
• * Caffrey N, Goldman M, Lewin A, Osmond L, O'Brien SF. Behaviour based screening questions and potential donation loss using the "for the assessment of individualised risk" screening criteria: A Canadian perspective. Transfus Med. 2022 Jun 20. Epub ahead of print.
• Cates J, Baker JM, Almendares O, et al; Hepatitis of Unknown Etiology Group. Interim analysis of acute hepatitis of unknown etiology in children aged <10 years - United States, October 2021-June 2022. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2022 Jul 1;71(26):852-8. | PubMed abstract
• Chowdary P, Shapiro S, Makris M, et al. Phase 1-2 trial of AAVS3 gene therapy in patients with hemophilia B. N Engl J Med. 2022 Jul 21;387(3):237-47.
• Dawson J, Schwabl C, Pronovost P, et al. Transfusion utilization and appropriateness: Thinking differently at a tertiary academic medical center. Physician Leadersh J. 2022 July;9(4):18-23. (Abstract)
• * Domingue MP, Camirand Lemyre F, Aubé E, et al. Risk of transfusion-related acute lung injury and human immunodeficiency virus associated with donations from trans donors in Quebec, Canada. Vox Sang. 2022 Jun 5. Epub ahead of print. | PubMed abstract
• Elfazari T, Nayak AL, Mallick R, et al. Surgical indication and approach are associated with transfusion in hysterectomy for benign disease. JSLS. 2022 Apr-Jun;26(2):e2022.00013. | PubMed abstract
• Eziefula C, Shah FT, Anie KA. Promoting adherence to iron chelation treatment in beta-thalassemia patients. Patient Prefer Adherence. 2022 Jun 7;16:1423-37. | PubMed abstract
• Frater JL, Shirai CL, Brestoff JR. Technological features of blast identification in the cerebrospinal fluid: A systematic review of flow cytometry and laboratory haematology methods. Int J Lab Hematol. 2022 Jul 4. Epub ahead of print. | PubMed abstract
• Free RJ, Levi ME, Bowman JS, et al. Updated U.S. Public Health Service Guideline for Testing of Transplant Candidates Aged <12 Years for Infection with HIV, Hepatitis B Virus, and Hepatitis C Virus - United States, 2022. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2022 Jul 1;71(26):844-6. | PubMed abstract
• Frutos MC, Blanco S, Balangero M, et al. Seronegative human T-cell lymphotropic virus 1 carriers in blood banks: A potential viral source for silent transmission?Vox Sang. 2022 Jun 29. Epub ahead of print. | PubMed abstract
• * Funk AL, Kuppermann N, Florin TA, et al. Post–COVID-19 conditions among children 90 days after SARS-CoV-2 infection. JAMANetwOpen. 2022; 5(7):e2223253.
• * Gjata I, Olivieri L, Baghirzada L, et al. The effectiveness of a multifaceted, group-facilitated audit and feedback intervention to increase tranexamic acid use during total joint arthroplasty. Can J Anaesth. 2022 Jul 25. English. Epub ahead of print.
• Gordana T, Koraljka G, Ru a G, et al. Severe intracranial haemorrhage in neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia due to antibodies against human platelet antigen 1b: Case report and literature review. Transfus Med. 2022 Jun 22. Epub ahead of print.
• * Holloway K. Understanding the experiences of plasma donors in Canada's new source plasma collection centres during COVID-19: A qualitative study. Vox Sang. 2022 Jun 5. Epub ahead of print. | PubMed abstract
• Jigyasa S, Agrawal S, Pandey U, et al. Implementation of postpartum hemorrhage emergency care using a bundle approach at a tertiary care hospital in north India. Cureus. 2022 Jul 13;14(7):e26819. PubMed abstract
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