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How do we maintain a dual inventory of room temperature stored platelets with cold‐stored platelets? Background There has been renewed interest in cold-stored platelets (CSPs) for the management of bleeding patients. CSPs might offer advantages over conventional room temperature stored platelet uni.....

How are hospitals applying FDA’s guidance on cold-stored platelets?

A new “How Do We…?” feature in #Transfusion explores seven scenarios to help transfusion services develop SOPs tailored to their setting.

Read the open-access article: bit.ly/3IjLcev

Join AABB and health care and government leaders at the Prehospital Blood Transfusion Summit on Wednesday. We’ll share how our new standards and accreditation support safe blood transfusions in non-hospital settings.

🕛 12–4 p.m. ET | 📍 Virtual
🔗 bit.ly/4jF0vex

Platelet Transfusion International Clinical Practice Guidelines This Special Communication discusses the updated Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies and the International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines international clinica...

New in @jama.com:

AABB, in collaboration with the International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines, has released new evidence-based guidelines for platelet transfusion.

See the recommendations: bit.ly/45tCyU7

This week, AABB honors the EMS professionals who provide emergency care every day.

AABB is proud to support EMS services working with hospitals and blood centers to expand prehospital blood transfusion programs through new standards and accreditation.

Thanks for all you do!

Medical, Societal, and Ethical Considerations for Directed Blood Donation in 2025 | Annals of Internal Medicine In the United States and other high-income countries, blood donation primarily relies on anonymous, voluntary donors. However, directed blood donation—where people donate for a specific recipient—has ...

🩸Would you want “unvaccinated” blood? Some patients now demand it—and lawmakers are listening.

Our new Annals piece warns why this shift could endanger blood safety, amplify misinformation, and erode public trust.
Read: www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
#BloodSafety #Bioethics #Misinformation

AABB is raising the bar for transfusion care, wherever it happens.

Our new Standards for Emergency Prehospital and Scheduled Out-of-Hospital Transfusions provide comprehensive standards to support safe, high-quality transfusion care beyond the hospital.

Learn more: bit.ly/4iYcofn

New in AABB News:

After surviving lymphoma with CAR T-cell therapy, Sonia Su launched Kits to Heart to support others facing cancer. Her story is an important reminder of the impact of biotherapies and the power of kindness. 💙 bit.ly/3SyMR1v

Don’t miss your chance to showcase your research to a global audience of experts in #bloodbanking, #transfusion medicine and #biotherapies.

Submit an abstract for #AABB2025 by May 19: bit.ly/2Nwn1NT

Global Access: The Importance of Continuous Translation Maria De Los Angeles Muñiz, MD, discusses translating critical information to improve global access and her passion to educate the next generation of Puerto Rican leaders in the field.

Health equity starts with access information. In a new “White Coats," Maria De Los Angeles Muñiz, MD, describes how she is working to break down language barriers and expand access to cellular therapies and transfusion medicine in underserved communities. bit.ly/44EpN8Q

It’s Medical Laboratory Professionals Week! 🧪💪

Lab professionals are the quiet force driving innovation in transfusion medicine and biotherapies, from donor testing to patient care. Your precision, dedication and behind-the-scenes brilliance save lives every day.

New in #Transfusion:

Traumatically injured women are less likely to receive low-titer group O whole blood (LTOWB) transfusions within the first four hours of injury compared with traumatically injured men, according to research from investigators from @PittDeptofMed. bit.ly/4igOrzz

Supercharge your professional development during #LabWeek! ⚡

AABB is offering a 10% discount on single-viewer eCasts and select publications and professional development programs from April 20-26. Use the code LABWEEK25 in the AABB Store. bit.ly/4lxMWzU

Clinical guidelines can do no good sitting on shelves

In @aabbupdates.bsky.social journal, co-authors and I argue that guidelines should come with an intentional plan for real-world uptake. We leverage #ImplementationScience to outline a process for doing so

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Controversy: RBCs in MI TRANSFUSION’s Monthly Podcast will examine questions big and small about transfusion medicine and its role in supporting patients and society. The TRANSFUSION podcast will highlight new individual sc

A new #Transfusion podcast explores a hot topic discussion in transfusion medicine community: #RBC transfusion thresholds in patients with myocardial infarction.

Listen to the episode and join the discussion: bit.ly/4cixmUB

A federal court ruled today that FDA exceeded its authority in regulating laboratory-developed tests (#LDTs). AABB has long advocated for an alternative approach to ensure access to these critical diagnostics.

Read more: bit.ly/4j5RRGi

New in #Transfusion:

Findings from the 2023 National Blood Collection and Utilization Survey suggest continued stabilization of the U.S. blood supply.

Check out highlights from the 2023 survey: bit.ly/4iZTCEY

🩸 New research from @crick.ac.uk suggests that frequent blood donation may promote healthy blood stem cell growth without increasing the risk of preleukemic mutations.

Read more: bit.ly/3XMEmTC

#BloodDonation

Coordinated response efforts make a difference in mass casualty events.

A new AABB News feature explores how leaders at South Texas Blood & Tissue, the San Antonio Fire Department, Northwestern Medicine and Aurora Health strengthened disaster preparedness plans at their institutions. bit.ly/3EXyL6r

7 Reasons to Take the CABP Exam In 2025  | BioInformant There is no better time to set yourself the goal of becoming a CABP in 2025. First established in 2021 by AABB (Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies), the Certified Advanced Biother...

7 Reasons to Take the CABP Exam In 2025 - bioinformant.com/cabp-exam/
@aabbupdates.bsky.social

Cyber threats are a growing concern for the blood supply. 🕵️‍♂️

In a new “White Coats” interview, Bill Block, president and CEO of Blood Centers of America, shares how blood centers can mitigate risk and strengthen supply chain security.

Read more in AABB News: bit.ly/4gUUZDs

The Long Quest for Artificial Blood One of the most valuable substances in the world has never been replicated. Are we close?

Nicola Twilley reports on the latest attempts to mimic blood: the magical fluid that regulates, heals, and protects every human alive.

Registration now! Join us April 17th (online or in-person) for the #Arizona Cord Blood Conference! FREE - OPEN TO ALL - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for medical professionals, STEM students & expectant parents.
Learn about #cordblood from the experts. buff.ly/40QlSUd
#AZCBC25 #AZPublicCordBlood

No evidence that CAR T cell therapy causes secondary cancers Researchers found no evidence that CAR T cell therapy caused any type of secondary cancer in the modified T cells, according to new analysis from the Perelman School of Medicine and the Abramson Cance...

A new analysis from @pennmedicine.bsky.social
suggests that rare secondary malignancies after CAR T-cell therapy may stem from prior cancer treatments—not the CAR T-cell therapies. Learn more: bit.ly/412TXR7 #CellularTherapy

Nice study at @aabbupdates.bsky.social journal, answers a sharp clinically relevant question onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

AABB invites members of the transfusion medicine community to inform updates to the draft 35th edition of Standards for Blood Banks and Transfusion Services.

Share your thoughts by Feb. 20 to help shape the future of BB/TS Standards.

Learn more: bit.ly/4jvPltO

#BloodBanking #TransfusionMedicine

Red blood cell urate levels are linked to hemolysis in vitro and post‐transfusion as a function of donor sex, population and genetic polymorphisms in SLC2A9 and ABCG2 Background Storage of packed red blood cells (RBCs) for transfusion leads to biochemical and morphological changes, increasing hemolysis risk. Urate levels in blood bags at donation contribute to th...

Blood urate metabolism in 13k healthy blood donors is affected by sex, age, BMI and genetic ancestry, to the extent the latter impacts prevalence of common missense SNPs for SLC2A9 and ABCG2 - now out in @aabbupdates.bsky.social TRANSFUSION onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#HemeSky #BloodBank

I’ve tried this out and it’s impressive stuff.

AABB will host a congressional briefing in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 28 to educate policymakers on the importance of the blood supply and to spotlight critical issues and opportunities in blood banking, transfusion medicine and biotherapies.

Invite your elected officials to attend: bit.ly/42cImA2

Manchester virtual reality blood transfusion training programme could help save lives - About Manchester A virtual reality blood transfusion training programme that could help save lives has been created by a Manchester Metropolitan doctoral student. Clinical

A new VR training program developed by a Manchester Metropolitan University doctoral student is revolutionizing the way biomedical scientists at the United Kingdom’s NHSBT train for transfusions.

The app simulates laboratory crossmatching and presents real-world clinical cases. bit.ly/4agfOrk