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van den Hurk K. Advancing resilience and sustainability in plasma collections and plasma-derived medicinal product accessibility. Vox Sang 2024; 119:93. [PMID: 38353852 DOI: 10.1111/vox.13597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2024] [Accepted: 01/25/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
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- Katja van den Hurk
- Vox Sanguinis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Donor Studies, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Public and Occupational Health and the Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Karafin MS, Tanhehco YC, Kreuter JD. Characteristics of blood banking/transfusion medicine fellows in the United States, 2013-2021: Lessons learned from the Transfusion Medicine In-Service Examination (TMISE) practice survey. Transfusion 2024; 64:414-415. [PMID: 38379529 DOI: 10.1111/trf.17705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2023] [Revised: 12/01/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2024]
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- Matthew S Karafin
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Transfusion Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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Adkins BD, Usmani A, Stephens LD, Jacobs JW, Booth GS. The devil's in the details: Exploring historically low board pass rates in Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine. Am J Clin Pathol 2024; 161:108-110. [PMID: 37793032 DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqad127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/06/2023] Open
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- Brian D Adkins
- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, US
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- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, US
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- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, US
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, US
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, US
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Laue J, Ambühl J, Surbek D. Hybrid umbilical cord blood banking: literature review. Arch Gynecol Obstet 2024; 309:93-104. [PMID: 37093267 PMCID: PMC10124678 DOI: 10.1007/s00404-023-07003-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2023] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
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PURPOSE Interest gaps between public and private umbilical cord blood banks have led to the introduction of hybrid banking options. Hybrid models combine features of private and public banks as well as interests of parents, children and of patients, in order to find an optimized solution. While several different models of hybrid banks exist, there is a lack of literature about this novel model of cord blood stem cell banking. Therefore, the aim of this literature review is to assess different options of umbilical cord blood banking and whether hybrid banking could be a valuable alternative to the existing public and private cord blood banking models. METHODS We performed a systematic literature search, using five main databases. Five hybrid models regarding their advantages as well as their challenges are discussed in this review. RESULTS We found that a wealth of literature exists about public cord blood banking, while private and hybrid banking are understudied. Different modalities of hybrid cord blood banking are being described in several publications, providing the basis to assess different advantages and disadvantages as well as practicability. CONCLUSION Hybrid banks, especially the sequential model, seem to have potential as an alternative to the existing banking models worldwide. A previously conducted survey among pregnant women showed a preference for hybrid banking, if such an option was available. Nevertheless, opinions among stakeholders differ and more research is needed to evaluate, if hybrid banking provides the expected benefits.
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- Jessica Laue
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of Bern, University of Bern, Friedbühlstrasse 19, 3010, Bern, Switzerland.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of Bern, University of Bern, Friedbühlstrasse 19, 3010, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of Bern, University of Bern, Friedbühlstrasse 19, 3010, Bern, Switzerland
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Crowe EP, Goel R, Al-Mozain N, Josephson CD. Neonatal Blood Banking Practices. Clin Perinatol 2023; 50:821-837. [PMID: 37866850 DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2023.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2023]
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There is little formal guidance to direct neonatal blood banking practices and, as a result, practices vary widely across institutions. In this vulnerable patient population with a high transfusion burden, considerations for blood product selection include freshness, extended-storage media, pathogen inactivation, and other modifications. The authors discuss the potential unintended adverse impacts in the neonatal recipient. Concerns such as immunodeficiency, donor exposures, cytomegalovirus transmission, volume overload, transfusion-associated hyperkalemia, and passive hemolysis from ABO incompatibility have driven modifications of blood components to improve safety.
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- Elizabeth P Crowe
- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1800 Orleans Street, Sheikh Zayed Tower, Room 3081-A, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Corporate Medical Affairs, Vitalant National Office, Scottsdale, AZ, USA; Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Simmons Cancer Institute at SIU School of Medicine, 704 Lismore Lane, Springfield, IL 62704, USA; Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Hematopathology & Transfusion Medicine, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, 7652, Riyadh, Riyadh, 12713, Saudi Arabia; Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Oncology and Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Cancer and Blood Disorders Institute, Blood Bank and Transfusion Medicine, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL, USA.
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Samarkanova D, Codinach M, Montemurro T, Mykhailova L, Tancredi G, Gallerano P, Mallis P, Michalopoulos E, Wynn L, Calvo J, Pello OM, Gontica I, Rebulla P, Querol S. Multi-component cord blood banking: a proof-of-concept international exercise. Blood Transfus 2023; 21:526-537. [PMID: 37146297 PMCID: PMC10645353 DOI: 10.2450/bloodtransfus.492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2022] [Accepted: 02/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Most public cord blood (CB) banks currently discard more than 80% of umbilical CB units not suitable for hemopoietic stem cell transplant due to low stem cell count. Although CB platelets, plasma, and red blood cells have been used for experimental allogeneic applications in wound healing, corneal ulcer treatment, and neonatal transfusion, no standard procedures for their preparation have been defined internationally. MATERIALS AND METHODS A network of 12 public CB banks in Spain, Italy, Greece, the UK, and Singapore developed a protocol to validate a procedure for the routine production of CB platelet concentrate (CB-PC), CB platelet-poor plasma (CB-PPP), and CB leukoreduced red blood cells (CB-LR-RBC) using locally available equipment and the commercial BioNest ABC and EF medical devices. CB units with >50 mL volume (excluding anticoagulant) and ≥150×109/L platelets were double centrifuged to obtain CB-PC, CB-PPP, and CB-RBC. The CB-RBC were diluted with saline-adenine-glucose-mannitol (SAGM), leukoreduced by filtration, stored at 2-6°C, and tested for hemolysis and potassium (K+) release over 15 days, with gamma irradiation performed on day 14. A set of acceptance criteria was pre-defined. This was for CB-PC: volume ≥5 mL and platelet count 800-1,200×109/L; for CB-PPP: platelet count <50×109/L; and for CB-LR-RBC: volume ≥20 mL, hematocrit 55-65%, residual leukocytes <0.2×106/unit, and hemolysis ≤0.8%. RESULTS Eight CB banks completed the validation exercise. Compliance with acceptance criteria was 99% for minimum volume and 86.1% for platelet count in CB-PC, and 90% for platelet count in CB-PPP. Compliance in CB-LR-RBC was 85.7% for minimum volume, 98.9% for residual leukocytes, and 90% for hematocrit. Compliance for hemolysis ≤0.8% decreased from 89.0 to 63.2% from day 0 to 15. K+ release increased from 3.0±1.8 to 25.0±7.0 mmol/L from day 0 to 15, respectively. DISCUSSION The MultiCord12 protocol was a useful tool to develop preliminary standardization of CB-PC, CB-PPP, and CB-LR-RBC.
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- Dinara Samarkanova
- Banc de Sang i Teixits, Barcelona, Spain
- Transfusion medicine study group, Vall de Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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- Banc de Sang i Teixits, Barcelona, Spain
- Transfusion medicine study group, Vall de Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Transfusion Medicine and Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Transfusion Medicine and Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Hellenic Cord Blood Bank, Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Anthony Nolan Cell Therapy Centre, Nottingham, UK
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- Banc de Sang i Teixits de les Illes Balears, Cell Therapy and Tissue Engineering Group (TERCIT), Balearic Islands Health Research Institut (IdISBa), Palma, Spain
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- HSC Processing and Cell Therapy Unit, Marques de Valdecilla Foundation, Santander, Spain
- Hematologic Neoplasms and Hematopoietic Stem Cells Transplantation Group, Marques de Valdecilla Research Institute, Santander, Spain
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- Public Cord Blood Bank of Crete, Department of Hematology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- Hemopoiesis Research Laboratory, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Crete, Greece
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- Department of Transfusion Medicine and Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Banc de Sang i Teixits, Barcelona, Spain
- Transfusion medicine study group, Vall de Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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Ketabi K, Soleimanjahi H, Habibian A, Abroun S. Pregnancy and SARS-CoV-2 infection with a focus on its vertical transmission, breastfeeding, cord blood banking, and vaccination during COVID-19 infection. J Immunoassay Immunochem 2023; 44:361-380. [PMID: 37794764 DOI: 10.1080/15321819.2023.2259454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/06/2023]
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The SARS-CoV-2 outbreak led to a health crisis worldwide. This infection can infect individuals, particularly pregnant women. In this review, we tried to find the possibility of vertical transmission of COVID-19 and investigate the effects of COVID-19 on pregnancy, breastfeeding, cord blood banking, and the effects of recommended vaccines on pregnant and lactating women. Keywords include COVID-19, congenital infection, SARS-CoV-2, pregnancy, and COVID-19 vaccines. Vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2 was searched in scientific databases, such as PubMed, Google Scholar, and Scopus. The criteria for including studies in this article are the study of SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnant women, fetuses, and neonates during pregnancy and while breastfeeding, and also the effect of COVID-19 vaccines on them. There are several conflicting results in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from the maternal-fetal interface. Since many neonates born from COVID-19-infected mothers had no signs of this infection, the possibility of SARS-CoV-2 congenital transmission cannot be confirmed. Also, SARS-CoV-2-infected women can breastfeed their babies if they have mild symptoms. Up till now, no adverse effect of COVID-19 vaccines has been identified on mothers, infants, and the fertility of men or women. Even so, more investigations are needed on the long-term effects of COVID-19 vaccines.
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- Kiana Ketabi
- Department of Virology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Virology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Virology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Hematology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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Streel C, Pouplard M, Laporte F, Bertrand O, Luyten U, Pirlet C, Khaouch Y, Deneys V. Reply to «Letter to the editor: Blood inventory management strategies to ensure adequacy of packed red blood cell stock» by Naveen Bansal et al. Transfus Clin Biol 2023; 30:456. [PMID: 37558045 DOI: 10.1016/j.tracli.2023.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/11/2023]
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- Corentin Streel
- Blood Transfusion Service, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, 1200 Brussels, Belgium; Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research, UCLouvain, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
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- Blood Transfusion Service, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
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- Blood Transfusion Service, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
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- Blood Transfusion Service, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
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- Blood Transfusion Service, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
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- Blood Transfusion Service, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, 1200 Brussels, Belgium; Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research, UCLouvain, 1200 Brussels, Belgium.
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Oancea V, Burta O, Dobrota A. Blood banking: The situation in ROMANIA. Transfus Apher Sci 2023; 62:103801. [PMID: 37679233 DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2023.103801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/09/2023]
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- Violeta Oancea
- National Institute of Blood Transfusion, Bucharest, Romania
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- Regional Blood Transfusion Centre, Constanta County, Romania.
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Fat MTS, Elliot U, Sjong LTJ, On JTA, Wijngaarde G. Blood banking services in Suriname. Transfus Apher Sci 2023; 62:103806. [PMID: 37718216 DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2023.103806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/19/2023]
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- M Tjon Sie Fat
- National Blood Bank of the Suriname Red Cross Society, Paramaribo, Suriname.
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- National Blood Bank of the Suriname Red Cross Society, Paramaribo, Suriname
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- National Blood Bank of the Suriname Red Cross Society, Paramaribo, Suriname
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- National Blood Bank of the Suriname Red Cross Society, Paramaribo, Suriname
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- National Blood Bank of the Suriname Red Cross Society, Paramaribo, Suriname
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Patidar GK, Chaurasia R, Pandey HC. Blood banking: The situation in India. Transfus Apher Sci 2023; 62:103802. [PMID: 37690860 DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2023.103802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
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- Gopal Kumar Patidar
- Department of Transfusion Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
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- Department of Transfusion Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Transfusion Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Vipusmith C. Blood banking in Thailand 2023. Transfus Apher Sci 2023; 62:103795. [PMID: 37673756 DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2023.103795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/08/2023]
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- Chanakarn Vipusmith
- Blood Donation Center, Phramongkutklao Hospital, 315 Ratchawithi Rd, Thung Phaya Thai, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
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Seferi I, Shano V. Blood banking: The situation in Albania. Transfus Apher Sci 2023; 62:103792. [PMID: 37684175 DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2023.103792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/10/2023]
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- Irena Seferi
- National Blood Transfusion Center, Tirana, Albania
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- National Blood Transfusion Center, Tirana, Albania.
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Prithvi Raj S, Vermeulen M, Swanevelder R, van den Berg K, Bellairs GRM. Blood banking in South Africa. Transfus Apher Sci 2023; 62:103794. [PMID: 37679235 DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2023.103794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/09/2023]
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- Siemi Prithvi Raj
- Donor Services Division, South African National Blood Service, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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- Technical Services Division, South African National Blood Service, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Medical Division, South African National Blood Service, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Medical Division, South African National Blood Service, Johannesburg, South Africa; Division of Clinical Haematology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Division of Clinical Haematology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
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Dei EN, Ansah JK. Blood banking: the situation in Ghana. Transfus Apher Sci 2023; 62:103803. [PMID: 37666679 DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2023.103803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/06/2023]
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Sifueli P. Blood banking in the United Republic of Tanzania. Transfus Apher Sci 2023; 62:103799. [PMID: 37640603 DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2023.103799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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- Pendaeli Sifueli
- National Blood Transfusion Service Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
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Saraygord-Afshari N, Ghayem S, Foudazi R, Safa M. Drivers of consumers' behavioral intention toward private umbilical cord blood banking: a review. Cell Tissue Bank 2023; 24:651-661. [PMID: 36534202 DOI: 10.1007/s10561-022-10064-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Accepted: 12/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Immunitary bioeconomy encompasses a significant share of the bioeconomy that is accompanied by a high degree of complexity and various religious and ethical controversies for both customers and the service providers. Compared to blood banking, these complexities are more substantial for the new state-of-the-art technology of umbilical cord blood (UCB) banking, in which the viable therapeutically active substance of cord blood (i.e., cord blood stem cells (CBSCs)) is banked for much less likely future demand. It became even more complicated when we knew that the main three types of cord blood banking industry (i.e., private, public, or hybrid models) are not the same regarding economic, ethical, and even social considerations. The present paper aims to review and discuss the main drivers of behavioral intention among the customers of private UCB banking. We focused on private UCB banking because, although there is a low likelihood of childs' future need for their siblings' CBSCs, there is an unnecessary growing demand for using private UCB banking services. Based on the previously published pieces of research, we discussed five main influential factors (i.e., awareness, reference group, usability, disease history, and price) that can affect the customers' risk perception (and further their behavioral intention) to preserve their child UCB for private applications. Finally, we concluded that private UCB banking must not be considered a commercial activity, and ethically healthcare managers must be more actively involved in facilitating the proper flow of information among the customers.
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- Neda Saraygord-Afshari
- Department of Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
- Department of Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Shahid Hemmat Highway, P.O. Box: 14665-354, Tehran, 1449614535, Iran.
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- Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management, UAE Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Industrial engineering, Faculty of engineering, South-Tehran branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Hematology and Blood Banking, Faculty of Allied Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Meny GM, Keller MA, Flickinger C. Update on programs for achieving Specialist in Blood Banking certification in the United States: 2023. Immunohematology 2023; 39:101-133. [PMID: 37843967 DOI: 10.2478/immunohematology-2023-017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2023]
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A person who has achieved the Specialist in Blood Banking (SBB) certification is a medical laboratory scientist who receives advanced training in blood banking and transfusion medicine and has passed an examination given by the American Society for Clinical Pathology. There are several pathways or "eligibility routes" to qualify for the examination to obtain SBB certification, with the most common route involving enrollment in a Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs-accredited SBB program. The goal of this study was to compile information about the current accredited SBB programs in the United States and SBB exam statistics for purposes of assessing changes in the programs and detecting trends in SBB exam takers and pass rates. SBB program coordinators were surveyed about qualitative and quantitative aspects of their programs. Current data, changes over time, and nationally available data were tabulated for comparison. This information may be helpful for all medical laboratory scientists interested in considering further studies and certification in blood banking and transfusion medicine.
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- Executive, National Laboratories; Senior Director, American Rare Donor Program, American Red Cross, Philadelphia, PA United States
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- Clinical Research Professional, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Newark, DE United States
- Managing Editor, Immunohematology, American Red Cross, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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Walton J. Companion animal blood banking: the importance of raising awareness and improving donor retention. Vet Rec 2023; 193:74-76. [PMID: 37477311 DOI: 10.1002/vetr.3289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
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