What's New - Chronological (June 2011)

Also see What's new by topic

TraQ & BC PBCO: TraQ's June newsletter | BC PBCO | Education Session on Blood Transfusion Issues (Sept. 28, 2011 in Castlegar, BC)

28 June

• Pillone J, et al., the blood donor epidemiological surveillance study group Deferral from donating blood of men who have sex with men: impact on the risk of HIV transmission by transfusion in France. Vox Sang. 2011 Jun 21 [Epub ahead of print]
• USA (HHS Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability): Too many blood transfusions - new standards urged (28 June 2011)

26 June

• TM blog: "Shine a light" (Musings on what we take for granted & shouldn't)

25 June

• TraQ's June newsletter
• Tanzania: Selling blood for survival on the rise (25 June 2011)
• End of the 'gravy train' for docs?
  • AstraZeneca 1st leading drug maker to stop funding doctors' travel to medical congresses - See Sales & Marketing Practice

24 June

• UK: EC directive 'bans blood donations after US trips'
• USA: FDA issues new warnings for anemia drugs in kidney disease (24 June 2011)
  • FDA modifies dosing recommendations for Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents (24 June 2011)

23 June

• UK (NHSBT): Organ donor registry passes 18 million (23 June 2011)

21 June

• USA: Army probes big pharma payments to military doctors (20 June 2011)
  • Army again probing Novo Nordisk's Fort Sam payments (15 June 2011)
• CFS not caused by virus, scientists announce (21 June 2011)

20 June

• John J. Moulds, MT(ASCP)SBB, dies of cancer at 67 (A great blood banker regarded with respect and affection by colleagues worldwide.)
• UK: Exclusion of MSM from donating blood (NHSBT policy statement, 11 April 2011) (Also see 13 June below)
• Disaster experiences shared (Came across this thread on BBTalk and, while stories are anecdotal, many of the insights are worth considering.)

17 June

• Khalid S, Usman M, Khurshid M. Acute transfusion reactions encountered in patients at a tertiary care center. J Pak Med Assoc 2010 Oct;60(10):832-6.
• Portugal lacks plasma processing facility

14 June

• UK: IBMS:
  • Giving results over the telephone
  • Guidance to the role of the pathology quality manager
  • Earning reflective practice CPD points from visits to congress exhibition

13 June

• Canada:
  • CBS issues rallying cry to Canadians
  • CBS seeks ethnic minorities to boost donor lists
  • National cord blood bank to recruit ethnic donors aggressively
• UK: Calls to lift ban on gay men giving blood
• USA: Gay men in relationships have higher risk of transmitting HIV than men who have more casual sex.

6 June

• Germany: Blood supply secure despite E. coli outbreak | Also see hemolytic uremic syndrome
• USA: Colorado biotech firm develops method to generate adult rbc from proprietary stem-cell lines from cord blood in 14 days

5 June

• USA: More than 1 million Americans living with HIV (2 June 2011)
  • HIV Surveillance — United States, 1981-­2008 (MMWR 2011 Jun 3;60(21).
    • 20% don't know they are infected
    • Each year 50,000 more become infected

1 June

• Fatalities reported to FDA following blood collection and transfusion: annual summary for fiscal year 2010 (31 May 2011)