Blood Bank Guy Essentials Podcast

105CE: What's So Scary About Obstetric Hemorrhage? with Kerry O'Brien

This episode explores the recognition and management of obstetric hemorrhage, with a focus on real-world, high-stakes scenarios that can evolve rapidly and unexpectedly.

104: Essentials of Transfusion Support in HPC Transplant with Brian Adkins

Hematopoietic progenitor cell (HPC) transplant continues to be used in more and more situations. In this episode, Dr. Brian Adkins outlines the many issues surrounding tr

103: Glaucomflecken! with Will and Kristin Flanary

Dr. Will Flanary is an ophthalmologist and stand-up comic who moonlights as the hilarious "Dr. Glaucomflecken" on social media. The Glaucomflecken videos have earned him

102CE: Learn to Speak "Reference Lab" with Jan Hamilton

Continuing Education episode! Understanding reference lab techniques like adsorption, elution, and enzymes feels like learning a new language! Jan Hamilton is here with a

101CE: Look Before You Leap with Rich Haspel

Continuing education episode! Advances in the practice of Transfusion Medicine happen regularly, and it can be difficult for both learners and those with more experience

100CE: Pearls of Wisdom

CE episode! To celebrate the 100th episode of Blood Bank Guy Essentials, Dr. Chaffin invites multiple previous guests (plus one brand new one!) to share brief "Pearls of

099: Rh Immune Globulin (Teaching Episode)

Rh Immune Globulin prevents at-risk moms from making anti-D, but calculating proper dose can be challenging. In fact, numerous reports have suggested that we mess this up

098CE: "Simply REDS" with Steve Kleinman and Cassandra Josephson

Continuing education episode! If a research project has been going on for over 30 years, you would think it's probably pretty good, right? Well, that's how long the REDS

097CE: Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution (ANH) with Steve Frank

Continuing education episode! For decades, medical personnel have been aware of the technique of "Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution (ANH)," the collection of blood immediat

096CE: Navigating Blood Shortages with Claudia Cohn

Continuing education episode! Blood shortages happen, but the one associated with COVID-19 is unique (and severe!). AABB Chief Medical Officer Dr. Claudia Cohn explains w

095CE: What is Liquid Plasma? with Chris Gresens

Continuing education episode! Plasma product names are confusing, but few are as misunderstood as Liquid Plasma. Dr. Chris Gresens explains why LP might be perfect for yo

094CE: Thalassemia Essentials with Sujit Sheth

Continuing education episode! When most United States-based healthcare providers think of a hemoglobinopathy, sickle cell disease is the first to come to mind. That is un

093CE: The Mighty MMA with Sandy Nance

Continuing education episode! Usually, red cell alloantibodies are simple (find an antibody, give antigen-negative blood), but occasionally, some of them don't follow the

092: When Platelet Transfusion Might Not Be Wise with Ruchika Goel

Platelets have been used to save the lives of patients with low platelet counts for decades. For the most part, they are considered a safe and effective means to correct

091: Wholly Whole Blood, the Sequel! with Mark Yazer

In 2017, Dr. Mark Yazer appeared on this podcast to discuss the burgeoning interest in "Low-titer Group O Whole Blood (LTOWB)" for massive transfusions, particularly in t

090CE: RHD Genotyping; We Can do Better! with Sue Johnson

Despite guidance in a 2015 publication from international experts in immunohematology and transfusion medicine, many clinicians and laboratorians have yet to integrate RH

089CE: The Transfused and the Breathless with Christine Cserti-Gazdewich

Transfusion reactions that involve the heart and/or lungs, especially TACO and TRALI, are responsible for more transfusion deaths than any other entity. In this interview

088: Warm Autoantibody Best Practices with Alyssa Ziman and Meghan Delaney

Warm autoantibodies have a well-deserved reputation as tough challenges, creating unfamiliar situations for both clinical and laboratory staff. I interviewed the authors

087CE: Transfusion-transmitted Infections with Suchi Pandey

Blood transfusion is less likely to transmit infections today than ever. Through a combination of screening questions, donor testing, and direct treatment of blood produc

086CE: Scary Stories from the Transfusion Service with Mark Fung and Jay Hudgins

Every now and then, the routine practice of Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine gets intimidating. A difficult patient situation arises here, an impossible choice looms th