What's New - Chronological

17 November

Should we pay people for donating blood? (BBC,15 Nov. 2018)
Tidbit: I only needed a blood transfusion! Why did my cruise leave me behind? (15 Nov. 2018)
China: Researchers find young plasma restores aged livers in rats
- Liu A, et al. Young plasma attenuates age-dependent liver ischemia reperfusion injury. FASEB J. 2018 Nov 1:fj201801234R. [Epub ahead of print]
Blood transfusion diagnostics market income expected to reach US $2.45 billion by 2023 (12 Nov. 2018) | Forecast based on compound annual growth rate of 8.2%, 2017-23
Grifols trial in subgroup of Alzheimer patients may show some promise (29 Oct. 2018) | Patients received plasmapheresis with Albutein alone or combined with IVIG
- AMBAR - RCT: Study to Evaluate Albumin and Immunoglobulin in Alzheimer's Disease
Animal blood plasma products and derivatives projected to reach US$1.92 billion by 2024 (7 Nov. 2018) | Who knew?
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16 November

UK: Three more 2018 HCPC interesting hearings that serve as informative, educational case studies | Click on Allegations, Findings & Order for details and outcome. | Sample allegations only (more exist)
- Michael D. Hampton | Used inappropriate and/or offensive language about and/or to colleagues
- Eric C. Simons | Assaulted female. Did not perform two immediate rapid spin blood grouping tests when issuing group specific blood to a trauma patient.
- Bernard Watkins | Used an isolate obtained from a faecal sample belonging to another patient in order to indicate he had a salmonella infection.

15 November

Canada: ORBCoN Report (Nov. 2018)
UK: Hospital medic keeps job after botched blood test checks (14 Nov. 2018)
- Health & Care Professions Tribunal Service [HCPC] (Oct 29-Nov. 2, 2018): Allegations | Click on Findings & Order for details and outcome.
UK: Other biomedical scientist HCPC hearings in 2018:
- Ian Simmonds | Recorded the incorrect blood group on two occasions. Failed to follow sample acceptance procedures.
USA: FDA presses its campaign against rogue regenerative med players (14 Nov. 2018)
- FDA warns StemGenex of illegally marketing unapproved cellular product manufactured in a facility with significant violations, putting patients at risk (FDA press release, 13 Nov. 2018)
New TM blog: Nessun dorma (Musings on anti-paid plasma blogs over the years)
Storry JR, et al. International Society of Blood Transfusion Working Party on Red Cell Immunogenetics and Blood Group Terminology: Report of the Dubai, Copenhagen and Toronto meetings. Vox Sang. 2018 Nov 12. [Epub ahead of print]

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5 November

Platelet transfusion study identifies a change that could improve outcomes for some premature babies (2 Nov. 2018)
- Curley A, et al; PlaNeT2 MATISSE Collaborators. Randomized trial of platelet-transfusion thresholds in neonates.N Engl J Med. 2018 Nov 2. [Epub ahead of print]
Billionaire Trump supporter Peter Thiel, founder of PayPal, denies injecting himself with young people's blood (1 Nov, 2018)
Nine Pints: A bloody good read | Review in Canada's Toronto Star (2 Nov. 2018)
UK: Touching story about child with Diamond-Blackfan Anaemia (4 Nov. 2018)
UK (Infected blood inquiry): Blood contamination scandal victim lives in 'state of uncertainty and fear' (3 Nov. 2018)
USA: FDA clarifies policies on dried plasma products for blood transfusions (29 Oct. 2018)
- FDA: Considerations for the Development of Dried Plasma Products Intended for Transfusion. Draft Guidance for Industry (Oct. 2018)
USA: Following Las Vegas mass shooting, transfusion needs were met by existing supplies (29 Oct. 2018)
- Lozada MJ, Cai S, Li M, Davidson SL, Nix J, Ramsey G. The Las Vegas Mass Shooting: An analysis of blood component administration and blood bank donations. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2018 Oct 25. [Epub ahead of print] (Download - Free full text pdf)

3 November

India: WHO says India faces a shortage of 3 million units of blood against an annual need of about 12 million (31 Oct. 2018)
South Africa: SANBS succeeded in increasing proportion of donations from black South Africans fivefold, 2001-15 (31 Oct. 2018)
South Africa: Health Department doctors and parents of 5-year-old are at loggerheads about blood transfusion (31 Oct. 2018) | 6:58 min. video
USA: Bonfils, est. 1943 Bonfils Blood Center, named after Denver philanthropist Helen Bonfils, becomes Vitalent in major merge (31 Oct. 2018)
- Background: Blood Systems unifies its 10 blood center brands under the new name Vitalant (24 Sept. 2018)

2 November

Canada: National Union of Public and General Employees travels to Ottawa to support bill S-252 that would ban paid plasma (31 Oct. 2018)
In light of UK's Infected Blood Inquiry, a trip down memory lane in Canada (CBC archived videos):
- 1984: Canadian Red Cross medical director denies link between AIDS and blood products in Canada (2:00 min) | Mentions cost-benefit ratio & risk with giving aspirin as example
- 1993: After federal government offers compensation, NS becomes first Canadian province to compensate transfusion-associated AIDS victims (2:34 min) | CBC announcer is Pamela Wallin, now Senator Wallin, sponsor of a bill to ban paid plasma in Canada
- 1994: The tragedy of Factor VIII concentrate (19:14 min) | Highly recommended: Shows human face of hemophiliacs who contracted AIDS; interview with Dr. Don Francis, who directed USA's CDC AIDS Laboratory Activities in early 1980s
Lozada MJ, Cai S, Li M, Davidson SL, Nix J, Ramsey G. The Las Vegas Mass Shooting: An analysis of blood component administration and blood bank donations. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2018 Oct 25. [Epub ahead of print] (Download - Free full text pdf)

1 November

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