Although the media and the public are worried about the infectious risks of transfusion, hemovigilance reports show that antigen-antibody reactions are responsible for the vast majority of acute ...

At this meeting, the residents also learn how to maintain a proper blood inventory, how to evaluate and manage patients with abnormal bleeding or presumed transfusion reactions, how to deal with risk ...

investigation of antibody problems and transfusion reactions, component therapy, hemostasis consultation, apheresis collections and various types of therapeutic apheresis, including photopheresis, ...

This type is considered a universal donor because it does not have the antigens that could trigger a major incompatibility reaction. During your blood transfusion, an intravenous needle injected ...

A responsible physician and the transfusion department/laboratory must be notified immediately and the reactions must be evaluated promptly. If there are symptoms or findings suggestive of an HTR ...