| Date Posted |
Subject |
| Dec. 30, 2003 |
Incidence of Acute Hepatitis B - United States, 1990-2002 (CDC/MMWR. Jan. 2) |
| Dec. 29, 2003 |
Letter from CA Dept of Health Services (Dec. 23) announcing elimination of the State DDR (PDF) |
| Dec. 23, 2003 |
First U.S. case of mad cow disease (CNN) |
| Dec. 23, 2003 |
'Sticky blood' gives malaria clue (BBC); Original article (PNAS Online) |
| Dec. 18, 2003 |
Seftel, MD et al. Universal prestorage leukoreduction in Canada decreases platelet alloimmunization and refractoriness. Blood, Jan 1, 2004 |
| Dec. 18, 2003 |
Immunizations strongly recommended for health-Care personnel (HCP) (CDC/MMWR, Dec. 19) |
| Dec. 17, 2003 |
Blood donor 'may have passed CJD' - A UK man who died from CJD may be the first in the world to have caught the illness from a blood transfusion (BBC News, Dec. 17); European Union seeks report on 'mad cow' blood transfusion (Daily Times, Pakistan - Dec. 29) |
| Dec. 17, 2003 |
Blajchman, MA, Goldman, M and Baeza, F, Improving the bacteriological safety of platelet transfusions, Transfusion Medicine Reviews, 18(1):11-24, Jan. 2004. |
| Dec. 17, 2003 |
Glenn Ramsey, Managing recalls and withdrawals of blood components, Transfusion Medicine Reviews, 18(1):36-45, Jan. 2004. |
| Dec. 17, 2003 |
Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff: Class II Special Controls Guidance Document: Human Dura Mater (FDA/CDRH) |
| Dec. 16, 2003 |
Physics of Platelet Swirling- Slides from PowerPoint presentation on CD-ROM sent to AABB Institutional Members (AABB) |
| Dec. 12, 2003 |
Fludarabine Causes Transfusion-Associated GVHD in a Patient Without Underlying Malignant Disease (Doctor's Guide; Leitman Sf et al. Transfusion, Dec. 2003). See related eNF issue |
| Dec. 10, 2003 |
ASH: Treat Anemia Early, Even if Mild, During Blood Cancer Therapy (Doctor's Guide) |
| Dec. 10, 2003 |
Bacterial Contamination of Blood Components: Risks, Strategies, and Regulation- Joint ASH and AABB Educational Session in Transfusion Medicine. Hillyer et al. (Hematology) |
| Dec. 9, 2003 |
Health records in England put on Internet - Patients will be able to access their records via the Internet (BBC) |
| Dec. 9, 2003 |
Breakthroughs Lead To Better Understanding In Prevention Of Transfusion-transmitted Infection - (ASH/Science Daily) |
| Dec. 8, 2003 |
American Red Cross Considers Testing Donors for Chagas in the future (AJC) |
| Dec. 4, 2003 |
MedMira Reveal™ Rapid HIV-1 Antibody Test: Summary of Safety and Effectiveness (FDA/CBER) |
| Dec. 4, 2003 |
Interleukin-10 gene variant protects against acute GVH after bone marrow transplant (Intelihealth); NEJM article |
| Dec. 4, 2003 |
Update: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Associated with Cadaveric Dura Mater Grafts - Japan, 1979-2003 (CDC/MMWR) |
| Dec. 3, 2003 |
Women's plasma in surgery ban- blood product can threaten life of patients (Guardian UK) |
| Nov. 23, 2003 |
Physicians Urged to Treat Anaemia in Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer (Doctor's Guide) |
| Nov. 19, 2003 |
Hepatitis A Outbreak in Western Pennsylvania Prompts Broadened Donor Deferrals by local blood centers (ABC); Epidemiological Investigation (MMWR, Nov. 28; corrected) |
| Nov. 19, 2003 |
First Prion Reduction Product Presented at the European Plasma Fractionation Association Conference |
| Nov. 18, 2003 |
Rare Infection (Chagas Disease) Threatens to Spread in Blood Supply (NY Times, Nov. 18) (may require registration); CDC Fact Sheet (Nov. 19) |
| Nov. 17, 2003 |
New Investigational Vaccine to Prevent Hepatitis C Tested for First Time in Humans by researchers at St Louis University |
| Nov. 13, 2003 |
New test method helps reduce blood safety fears (China View) |
| Nov. 12, 2003 |
Increased Risk of Blood Transfusion with Serotonergic Antidepressant Use in Older Patients Undergoing Orthopaedic Surgery - Review (Doctor's Guide) |
| Nov. 10, 2003 |
Blood Bank Information Systems Survey (CAP Today, Oct 2003; PDF) (Nov 11) |
| Nov. 10, 2003 |
Anaemia and red blood cell transfusion in the critically ill patient. McLellan, SA et al. Blood Reviews. Dec. 2003 |
| Nov. 7, 2003 |
Muscle 'could pose tiny CJD risk' (BBC); Extraneural Pathologic Prion Protein in Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (NEJM) |
| Nov. 6, 2003 |
Probable Transfusion-Transmitted Malaria - Houston, Texas, 2003 (CDC/MMWR, Nov. 6) |
| Oct. 31, 2003 |
Update on Particulate Matter in Blood Bags (FDA/CBER) |
| Oct. 27, 2003 |
Revisions to Labeling and Storage Requirements for Blood and Blood Components, Including Source Plasma; CORRECTION (FDA/CBER - Federal Register, Oct 27) |
| Oct. 25, 2003 |
Hemochromatosis subjects as allogeneic blood donors: a prospective study. Leitman, S et al. in Transfusion Nov. 2003 43(11). |
| Oct. 25, 2003 |
Weakening or loss of antibody reactivity after prewarm technique Leger, R.M. & Garratty, G. in Transfusion Nov. 2003 43(11). |
| Oct. 24, 2003 |
Chemical Listed Effective October 24, 2003 as Known to the State of CA to Cause Reproductive Toxicity: Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) (OEHHA, Oct 24); Related notification on DEHP by FDA, July 2002) |
| Oct. 22, 2003 |
Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in U.S. Military Personnel - Southwest/Central Asia, 2002-2003 (CDC/MMWR) |
| Oct. 15, 2003 |
Incidence and estimated rates of residual risk for HIV, hepatitis C, hepatitis B and human T-cell lymphotropic viruses in blood donors in Canada, 1990-2000 (Canadian Medical Association Journal, Oct. 15) |
| Oct. 10, 2003 |
AABB Association Bulletin #03-14: Deferral for Risk of Leishmaniasis Exposure (AABB Membership required to access) |
| Sept 28, 2003 |
Confidence in Blood System Restored Five Years After Creation of Canadian Blood Services (Canadian Blood Services) |
| Sept 27, 2003 |
Biological Product Shortages (FDA/CBER) |
| Sept 25, 2003 |
Factors affecting the risk of blood bank specimen hemolysis - Tanabe P. et al. Acad Emerg Med.,Aug 10, 2003 |
| Sept 25, 2003 |
Transmission of Hepatitis B and C Viruses in Outpatient Settings - New York, Oklahoma, and Nebraska, 2000-2002 (CDC/MMWR) |
| Sept 22, 2003 |
Final Guidance for Industry: Notifying FDA of Fatalities Related to Blood Collection or Transfusion (FDA/CBER) |
| Sept 19, 2003 |
"Forgotten" Malaria Still Kills Millions (InteliHealth, Sept. 19) |
| Sept 19, 2003 |
California State DDR Requirement eliminated with passage of SB 1081 (PDF) |
| Sept 17, 2003 |
Current Blood Supplies Sufficient in Areas Facing Arrival of Hurricane Isabel (AABB) |
| Sept 17, 2003 |
Impact of Severe Weather Conditions on Biological Products (FDA/CBER) |
| Sept 16, 2003 |
Revised Recommendations for the Assessment of Donor Suitability and Blood Product Safety in Cases of Suspected Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) or Exposure to SARS (FDA/CBER) |
| Sept 15, 2003 |
Riding up and down on the Universal Leukocyte Reduction (ULR) seesaw (CAP Today) |
| Sept 5, 2003 |
Shared razor may have spread HIV (BBC) |
| Sept 4, 2003 |
Substantially Equivalent 510(k) Device Information: Magellan Autologous Platelet Separation System - Medtronic (FDA/CBER) |
| Sept 4, 2003 |
Baxter and Cerus Halt Red Blood Cell Clinical Trials for Investigational Pathogen Inactivation System |
| Aug 18, 2003 |
Patient safety and blood transfusion: new solutions. Dzik WH, Corwin H, Goodnough LT, Higgins M, Kaplan H, Murphy M, Ness P, Shulman IA, Yomtovian R. Transfus Med Rev. July 2003 (Abstract) |
| Aug 18, 2003 |
Hydroxyurea can eliminate transfusion requirements in children with severe beta-thalassemia (Bradai, M et al., Blood, Aug. 15) |
| Aug 17, 2003 |
Chill out - a new idea on platelet storage (CAP Today, Aug. 2003); The clearance mechanism of chilled blood platelets (This article, published in Cell this past January (Hoffmeister KM, et al. 2003;112:87-97) and posted here, has been REACTIVATED in response to renewed interest in cold storage of platelets |
| Aug 13, 2003 |
Clot-buster coating for blood cells (BBC News) |
| Aug 9, 2003 |
The clearance mechanism of chilled blood platelets. Hoffmeister at al, Cell. 2003 Jan 10;112(1). |
| July 31, 2003 |
BCSH Guidelines for the Use of Platelet Transfusions (Brit J Haemat 2003; 122:10 (PDF) |
| July 26, 2003 |
WBC reduction of RBC transfusions is associated with a decreased incidence of RBC alloimmunization. (Blumberg, et al. Transfusion, July 2003) |
| July 26, 2003 |
WBC-containing allogeneic blood transfusion and mortality: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. (Vamvakas EC, Transfusion, July 2003) |
| July 26, 2003 |
New (Albumin-free) Recombinant Antihemophilic Factor Licensed (Baxter) - Approval Letter |
| July 22, 2003 |
Substantially Equivalent 510(k) Device Information - Greiner Bio-One GmbH Vacuette EDTA K2 Tube (FDA, July 22) |
| July 15, 2003 |
Researchers find mechanism that may determine early blood cell fate (U. of Wisconsin, July 14) |
| July 7, 2003 |
Guidance for Industry: Streamlining the Donor Interview Process - Recommendations for Self-Administered Questionnaires (FDA/CBER, July 7) |
| July 1, 2003 |
Global Screening for Human Viral Pathogens (Anderson NG et al, CDC/EID - July 2003) |
| May 15, 2003 |
Audit of Transfusion Procedures in 660 Hospitals - A CAP Q-Probes Study of Patient Identification and Vital Sign Monitoring Frequencies in 16,494 Transfusions (Novis DA et al, Arch Path Lab Med, May 2003) May 15 |
| May 14, 2003 |
IOM : Investigations Operations Manual -primary guidance document for FDA field personnel performing inspections and special investigations (FDA/ORA) |
| May 14, 2003 |
CAP Q-Probes study of 8941 type and screen tests in 108 institutions (CAP) |
| May 7, 2003 |
Risks associated with transfusion of cellular blood components in Canada (Kleinman S et al, Transfus Med Rev Apr 2003) |
| May 3, 2003 |
CAP to Testify on Universal Leukoreduction (CAP Statline) |
| May 2, 2003 |
West Nile Virus Newsletter for Clinicians and Hospital Medical Staff |
| Apr. 20, 2003 |
Allergic Transfusion Reactions: An Evaluation of 273 Consecutive Reactions (ARPA) |
| Apr. 15, 2003 |
CAP Today (April, 2003): Putting some teeth into anti-HCV testing |
| Apr. 7, 2003 |
Another list of medications affecting donor eligibility (Hema-Quebec- updated January,2009) |
| Apr. 4, 2003 |
AABB Disaster Operations Handbook now ONLINE (also on CBBS Useful Links page) |
| Apr. 3, 2003 |
CDC/MMWR: Hepatitis C Virus Transmission from an Antibody-Negative Organ and Tissue Donor |
| Apr. 3, 2003 |
FDA/CBER: Guidance for Industry: Source Animal, Product, Preclinical, and Clinical Issues Concerning the Use of Xenotransplantation Products in Humans |
| Mar. 15, 2003 |
Efficacy of albumin in critically ill patients - BMJ Editorial cites recent US meta-analysis contradicting earlier Cochrane review |
| Mar. 11, 2003 |
FDA/CBER: COUNTERFEIT PRODUCT ALERT - Counterfeiting of Procrit - Amgen, Inc / Ortho Biotech Products, LP - 3/8/2003 - Serious health risk to patients. Contaminants found. No active ingredient. ADDENDUM June 12: Counterfeit Drug Problem Grows (InteliHealth, June 12) |
| Mar. 5, 2003 |
FDA/CBER: FDA Current Thinking on Irradiating and/or Freezing Blood Components Collected and Stored in Anticoagulant/Preservative Solutions Not Specifically Approved for Such Use |
| Mar. 3, 2003 |
National Blood Systems Urged to Improve Quality and Access (PAHO Conference on Safe Blood) |
| Feb. 14, 2003 |
CDC/MMWR: Guidelines for Laboratory Testing and Result Reporting of Antibody to Hepatitis C Virus |
| Jan. 23, 2003 |
Transfusion-transmitted cytomegalovirus infection after receipt of leukoreduced blood products - (Nichols WG et al.) Blood, Jan 16, 2003 |
| Jan. 20, 2003 |
Commentary in Lancet, Jan 11 - 'Transfusion medicine: looking to the future' by Goodnough LT, Shander A, Brecher ME |
| Jan. 18, 2003 |
A landmark publication on the body's response to chilled platelets - the bad and the good |
| Jan. 14, 2003 |
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) imposes donor deferral regarding the use of AVODART (dutasteride) |
| Jan. 2, 2003 |
MMWR Jan 3: Blood Safety Monitoring Among Persons with Bleeding Disorders - United States, May 1998--June 2002 (Jan. 2) |
