Like in most Central European countries, Christmas in Poland is a quaint and much-beloved affair. However, while Germanic traditions, like decorating trees, have spread so far as to be unsurprising, Polish customs remain delightfully distinctive. culture.pl/en/article/pol…

Molecular MRD status and outcome after transplantation in NPM1 mutated AML: results from the UK NCRI AML17 study | Blood | American Society of Hematology ashpublications.org/blood/article/…

Look at the difference in colour of these two platelet units… there’s an important reason why these two are so different but platelets do come in different colours, though they should be a variation of “straw”. Some will even look slightly green! #blooducation

doi.org/10.1002/ajh.25… An interesting case and some lovely images we just published 👍

Forgot how nice it is to fly at this time in the evening ☺️. Nice weekend at home with family. easyJet A319. BFS-GLA #AvGeek #airbus

🩸 Giving blood is an essential activity, please continue to give blood and platelets if you can. 🩸 We must ensure hospitals are well stocked with blood and blood products at this time. 🩸 Our sessions are still going ahead. We will let you know if this changes. #GiveBlood

Good practical guidance on COVID-19 and coagulation. 1. Use LMWH prophylaxis, 2. Consider PE in deteriorating patient, 3. Do not correct the coagulopathy in the non-bleeding patients, and 4. Do not use tranexamic acid in COVID-19 associated DIC. thrombosisuk.org/covid-19-throm…

For the first time in 20 years, Harland and Wolff sounds the shipyard horn over Belfast in support of the NHS. ❤️

👩‍🔬We recently funded Gillian Horne to carry out #research into how & why CML becomes aggressive to help find new treatments for the disease. During #Covid19, Dr Horne is working full-time in the #NHS, maintaining treatment & communication for #bloodcancer patients #HealthHeroes

Looking forward to some of these today, especially the żurek 🤤😁

This drawing comes from Lena who is just 8 years ago! Lena lives in #Scotland! We absolutely love the level of detail in your drawing Lena!! Lena says "Please donate blood to help our NHS save lives" Thank you for your submission!! #thalassaemia #teamukts SNBTS-Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service

The first few lectures of the Virtual Curriculum series #SocHemeVirtual are now available! Click here society-for-hematopathology.org/web/education-… We start with #BoneMarrow pathology: 1. Introduction to Bone Marrow 2. MDS & MPN part 1 3. MDS & MPN part 2 by Dr Rob Hasserjian MGH Pathology

This week’s #LearningMondays question is on #Thalassemia and comes from Prof MD Cappellini (Italy) and Prof A Taher (Lebanon). 🔎 Access the question via surveymonkey.com/r/PJ7HWDL and share your answers with us!

The ASH/ISTH/NHF/WFH von Willebrand disease diagnosis guideline has just been published. This is the most authoritative and comprehensive guideline on the subject. The PDF is free. tinyurl.com/y28hoq4j

Did you know that Hyperhaemolysis can occur in non-sickle cell patients? See our SHOT bites 🩸👍 PBM England The RCN NI Blood Transfusion SNBTS-Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service ISBT Central Office British Blood Transfusion Society Welsh Blood 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #patientsafety #blooducation shotuk.org/resources/curr…

Thank you to the team at our Glasgow TAP Centre for the warm welcome! It was the perfect send off for CEO James McLaughlin’s second leg of his #TouroftheTap21 challenge! You can donate to James’s challenge on his JustGiving page at justgiving.com/fundraising/JM…