Safe blood practices go beyond technology and laboratory testing. They require a culture of quality, vigilance, continuous ...

A practice once driven by hopes of restoring life and vitality is now a high-precision therapy where every unit of blood must be matched, tested, and traced.

The need for well-organized blood donation and transfusion services is critical for the safety and efficacy of blood products. Blood safety, or hemovigilance, refers to a set of surveillance ...

Researchers have performed the first transfusions of red blood cells grown in a lab as part of a U.K.-based clinical trial to test how long these cells can live. The team grew blood from stem cells ...

The FDA released their guidance, Bacterial Risk Control Strategies for Blood Collection Establishments and Transfusion Services to Enhance the Safety and Availability of Platelets for Transfusion, in ...

A clinical trial is underway now, and it centers on lab-grown blood that is injected into two people in the United Kingdom, with its research looking into how it would be accepted by the body and its ...

From donor arm to patient arm, it takes at least 24 hours to get critical blood supplies to hospitals, even when the need is urgent. The Red Cross announced it is experiencing a “national blood crisis ...

This one-year ACGME-accredited fellowship offers extensive clinical and laboratory experience in all aspects of blood banking, transfusion medicine, apheresis, and coagulation service at the ...

Studies have demonstrated increased morbidity and mortality with platelet transfusions in the neonatal period. Platelets are as important for host immunity and inflammation as for hemostasis.