Bacterial contamination of blood components: risks, strategies, and regulation. Joint ASH and AABB Educational Session in Transfusion Medicine.
Very instructive article about reasons and prevention of bacterial contamination. The article is predominatly addressed to transfusionists. However, the true prevalence of bacterial contamination and septicemia due to blood transfusion […]
Bacterial contamination and transfusion safety: experience in the United States.
Good overview about the bacterial risk in blood transfusion, and the currently discussed methods to reduce this risk. – Volker Kretschmer
The interaction between platelets and factor VII/VIIa.
This is a clearly written article detailing the mechanism of action of rFVIIa and its interaction with tissue factor and platelets leading to its hemostatic effect in hemophilia patients with […]
Autologous blood sequestration using a double venous reservoir bypass circuit and polymerized hemoglobin prime.
This experimental study describes a modified cardiopulmonary bypass circuit using a bovine hemoglobin solution priming that protects a portion of the autologous blood volume from the damaging effects of bypass. […]