FDA approves Ezplaz, first freeze-dried plasma in US for emergency transfusion use

FDA licensed Ezplaz, the first freeze-dried plasma product in the US, offering room-temperature storage and transfusion readiness in minutes.
CIDRAP

Study links alpha-gal syndrome to severe allergic reactions after blood transfusion

Historically, clinicians haven’t considered donor and recipient blood types important when assessing the risk of allergic ...

Additional transfusion risk emerges for patients with tick-borne alpha-gal syndrome, beyond meat allergy

A new multi-institutional study led by researchers at Dartmouth Health and Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth suggests ...
Medical Xpress

New transfusion product combining blood and plasma in one bag saves lives, study finds

NHS Blood and Transplant, Queen Mary University London, and Barts Health NHS Trust have collaborated on a new study published in the journal Critical Care. The study recruited 909 major traumatic ...
News Medical

COVID-19 convalescent plasma transfusions significantly reduced mortality rates among hospitalized SARS-CoV-2 patients

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers reviewed various randomized clinical trials and cohort studies to evaluate the decrease in mortality rates among coronavirus ...
Physician's Weekly

Q&A: Whole Blood vs Components: Optimizing Prehospital Transfusion

Jason L. Sperry, MD, MPH, shares insights into the clinical impact and logistics involved in pre-hospital resuscitation.

Can we make blood transfusions safer by testing for proteins linked to strokes and Alzheimer's disease?

A review and opinion piece published in The Lancet and led by UCL (University College London) and UCLH researchers discusses ...

Local fire department launching pre-hospital blood transfusion program

The Xenia Fire Division is launching a Pre-Hospital Whole Blood Program that will allow paramedics to administer whole blood directly to trauma patients in the field before they reach an emergency ...