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)
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:
13 June
- Canada:
- 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
- HIV Surveillance — United States, 1981-2008 (MMWR 2011 Jun 3;60(21).
1 June