Adverse Reactions to Transfusion of Blood Products and Best Practices for Prevention - Critical
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The American Association of Blood Bank (AABB) Standards defines any adverse reaction
experienced by a patient during a transfusion as a suspected transfusion reaction. The …

Conclusions Substantial advances have been achieved in blood safety during the last 20
yrs, particularly for transfusion-transmitted viral infections. Currently, the most serious known …

Due to its significant role in saving lives, blood transfusion became one of the most
commonly used therapies in medicine. In the USA red blood cell transfusions, for instance …

As screening for transfusion-associated infections has improved, non-infectious
complications of transfusion now cause the majority of morbidity and mortality associated …

Millions of units of blood products are transfused annually to patients in the United States.
Red blood cells are transfused to improve oxygen-carrying capacity in patients with or at …

TRANSFUSIONS OF PACKED RED BLOOD CELLS (RBCS), a complex biological product
prepared from do-nated blood, are unique in many respects when compared with other …

Blood transfusions are life-saving therapies; however, they can result in adverse events that
can be infectious or, more commonly, noninfectious. The most common noninfectious …

Objective: Fresh whole blood (FWB) and red blood cells (RBCs) are transfused to injured
casualties in combat support hospitals. We evaluated the risks of FWB and RBCs transfused …

Allogeneic blood transfusions have been associated with several risks and complications
and with worse outcomes in a substantial number of patient populations and clinical …