The programme brought together leading healthcare professionals, clinicians, transfusion medicine specialistsThey deliberated ...
Bihar stares at a shortage of platelets amid a surge in dengue cases, the highest in recent times, and underutilisation of machines for platelet apheresis, a process to separate blood into different ...
Several strategies have been added to transfusional practice, in an attempt to minimize the problem: leukoreduction, 9 use of ultraviolet irradiated products, 10 dose-dependent platelet transfusion ...
MARLBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a permanent Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Level II code that allows medical ...
The demand for platelet transfusions is steadily increasing. Platelet concentrates can be obtained either as pooled concentrates from four to six whole-blood donations or as apheresis concentrates ...
Lucknow: The transfusion medicine department of King George’s Medical University (KGMU) started a 24x7 platelet apheresis service on Tuesday in response to rising dengue cases and increased platelet ...
Boston, MA — August 15, 2013 — Immunetics, Inc., a leading clinical test provider, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its BacTx ® rapid test for bacteria in apheresis ...
— Second U.S. site to deploy the Reveos ™ system, boosting platelet supply and reducing waste This technology enables faster processing, greater efficiency in blood component production compared to ...
Verax Biomedical today announced that the company has gained FDA clearance to expand the use of its Verax Platelet PGD ® test—a rapid test for the detection of bacterial contamination in platelets ...
Dr. Michael Linenberger of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has been awarded one of the highest honors in the field of apheresis, the medical subspecialty that uses automated methods to separate ...
On June 29, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the approval of cold-stored apheresis platelets for the resuscitation of bleeding patients. Apheresis platelets are removed from a donor's ...