When a natural or manmade disaster occurs, the first place the wounded are relocated to is
the hospital. Disasters generate many types of injuries that may require the use of blood …

Hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN) carries significant fetal mortality risks.
Although anti-D as a source of HDFN has been prevented for decades using D-specific …

ABBREVIATIONS: FDA-Food and Drug Administration, CBER-The Center for Biologics
Evaluation and Research, CDC-The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, TJC-The Joint …

The Medical Laboratory Science preparation (prep) room, over time, collected obsolete
equipment and outdated reagents that were no longer used. There were 2 extra refrigerators and …

Methods Subjective statements were collected from previous medical center customer
satisfaction surveys, Web site surveys, and also survey questions from journal articles. This series …

Massive transfusion protocols have been developed to provide the best patient outcomes by
administering the correct ratio of blood components and pharmacological agents available …

The main challenge to providing distance education to international students is a political
one. The Department of Homeland Security prohibits issuing student visas for distance …

The article examines a reinvented human leukocyte antigen (HLA) testing algorithm that could
reduce the cost of cross-matching test for living kidney donation. Topics discussed include …

The article describes the stages of planning needed to successfully relocate the services of
the Blood Center at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. Some of the …