What's New - Chronological (January 2019)
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15 January
- The history of blood (14 Jan. 2019) | Review of 'Nine Pints' (Rose George) by U.S. hematologist
- Iran: ‘High potential for local production of plasma-derived medicine’ (12 Jan. 2019)
- USA: Some help found, but more is needed for Florida girl with rare blood In(b-) phenotype (14 Jan. 2019)
- USA: Baylor St. Luke's replaces president, two other executives following latest lapse of patient death after transfusion of wrong blood group (14 Jan. 2019)
14 January
- Canada: Bad blood. The unspeakable truth (11 Jan. 2019)
- Canada (From @UnspeakableCBC): From one unaware donor to a patient in need of blood. Watch how it happened in this sneak peek clip of episode 2 (16 Jan. 2019_
- Ghana: Health Ministry issues directive to ensure transport of blood from one facility to another is done by only qualified health professionals, not patients' relatives (11 Jan. 2019)
- Pakistan: Over 1,500 tested positive for hepatitis in Islamabad (12 Jan.2019)
10 January
- Canada: Timeline of events (1981-83) covering discovery, transmission, first reported cases of 'Tainted Blood Scandal' (CBC's 'Unspeakable' 8 part series)
- UK (Infected Blood Inquiry): Inquiry launches innovative way to collect evidence (10 Jan. 2019)
- Kim J, Weigand M, Palmer AF, Zborowski M, Yazer MH, Chalmers JJ. Single cell analysis of aged RBCs: quantitative analysis of the aged cells and byproducts. Analyst. 2019 Jan 8. [Epub ahead of print]
- Shin KH, Lee HJ, Park KH, Hye BM, Chang CL, Kim HH. Extended red blood cell genotyping to investigate immunohematology problems. Ann Lab Med. 2018 Jul;38(4):387-8. (Free full text)
- Watson-Brown P, Viennet E, Mincham G, Williams CR, Jansen CC, Montgomery BL, Flower RLP, Faddy HM. Epidemic potential of Zika virus in Australia: implications for blood transfusion safety. Transfusion. 2019 Jan 8. [Epub ahead of print]
9 January
- UK: Government slammed for forcing contaminated blood widow into financial ruin days after husband’s death (8 Jan. 2019)
- USA: Screening all donated blood for Zika virus is not cost-effective in the United States (8 Jan. 2019)
- Russell WA, Stramer SL, Busch MP, Custer B. Screening the blood supply for Zika virus in the 50 U.S. states and Puerto Rico: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Ann Intern Med. 2019 Jan 8. [Epub ahead of print]
7 January
- India: Government asks USA's CDC to withdraw/modify Zika virus alert on pregnant women travelling to India (30 Dec. 2018)
- USA: Worldwide drive to find blood match for 2-year-old comes to San Francisco (6 Jan. 2019) | Child has rare In (a+b-) phenotype
- Evangelia-Eleni C, et al. Ex vivo generation of transfusable red blood cells from various stem cell sources: A concise revisit of where we are now. Transfus Apher Sci. 2018. EPub Dec 31, 2018. (Full free text)
- Kanagasabai U, Chevalier MS, Drammeh B, et al. Trends and gaps in national blood transfusion services - 14 sub-Saharan African countries, 20142016. MMWR 2018;67:13926. (Free full text)
4 January
- A guided tour of human blood: past, present, and future (4 Jan. 2019) | Review of 'Nine Pints' by Dr. David Scales
- Canada (CBS) Jan/Feb educational events includes 'Best Practices in Providing Culturally Competent Care for Trans Blood Donors. Does Blood Donation Effectively Reduce Hemoglobin for Donors Taking Testosterone?'
- UK: Bolton-Maggs PHB. Conference report: International Haemovigilance Seminar and the SHOT Annual Symposium, 10-12 July 2018. Transfus Med. 2018 Dec 27. [Epub ahead of print] | Note: You can download supporting information
1 January
- India: Second time in a month, pregnant woman claims she was transfused with HIV+ blood at public hospital (29 Dec. 2018)
- UK (Infected Blood Inquiry):
- USA: Ambrosia founder hawks young blood as a new miracle treatment. All that's missing is proof (29 Dec. 2018)