Motion to replace "et al." with "and the gang". So, like "Johnson and the gang (2021)".

Congratulations to Dr. Richard Gammon, our 2023 Petteway-Shepherd Award recipient. Dr. Gammon’s dedication and service to the field of transfusion medicine is significant. He has made greats impacts in education, transfusion safety, and so much more. #NCABBFallMeeting2023

A cool tool to generate a research keyword cloud based on PubMed abstracts 👇 shiny.rcg.sfu.ca/u/rdmorin/pubm… And here is ours:

29 Sept 23 #Access to therapies is a must for all children with cancer #CARTcell therapy is an example - a magical curative therapy but restricted to few countries only ! #ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth #GoldSeptember

STRATUS Trial published JAMA 🩸Cluster trial 25 ICUs >27,000 patients 🩸Switch to “small-volume” tubes that⬇️blood drawn for lab tests may⬇️RBC transfusion↔️effect on testing 🩸Available, cost-neutral, compatible with analyzers – will you switch? jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

Read today’s JAMA theme issue "Blood, bleeding, and transfusions," to explore the latest in blood transfusions and patient blood management. ja.ma/48NgGlZ

New guidelines on red cell transfusion published today, led by AABB in collaboration with international organisations including ISBT Central Office doi:10.1001/jama.2023.12914 Provides recommendations for current practice, and identifies important areas where more research still needed

Such a significant moment

Today in JAMA! Enjoy the reading shorturl.at/yKMR4

Happy #PBMAwarenessWeek! Check out AABB's PBM Toolkit on the website for columns, white papers, posters and more! aabb.org/news-resources…

Proximity of blood centres to hospitals, a critical barrier to accessing blood in LMICs & LICs. Nakul Raykar discussed Civilian Walking Blood Bank at #AABB2023 #BLOODDESERT #savelives AABB aabb.org/news-resources…

Is the erythrocyte a simple cell that just passively carries oxygen? NO. In our review “Erythrocyte Metabolism” in @ActaPhysiologica, we collaborated with Angelo D'Alessandro and investigated the dynamics of erythrocyte biochemistry and oxygen physiology. bit.ly/rbcmetab

Exciting Updates in #VoxSanguinis📚 Can cold storage of blood prevent syphilis transmission? Find out in the latest systematic review and meta-analysis bit.ly/VoxSang247

#GICSV is amazing!! Blood availability maps are the core of good SOTA care! Thanks to excellent data by Joy Mammen et al, Dr Gaurav Urs Dr. Padmavathy K K were able to articulate the gaps better! Link: doi.org/10.1016/j.dial…

The OG of PBM in New Delhi, India. Dr. Richard Gammon. Thanks to team AIIMS Dr.Gopal Patidar #PatientBloodManagement Dr.Yashaswi Dhiman Satyam Arora MD | CABP AABB Christopher Bocquet Richard Gammon, MD ISBT Central Office

Research update: contrary to convention, B12 deficiency, not iron, is the top cause of anemia in pregnancy. Let's rethink supplementation strategies and prioritize B12 and Fe & FA for expectant moms battling anemia. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

#Congrats to Prof. Dr. Sukesh Nair, friend & colleague CMC Vellore (Official) who has been awarded the International Healthcare Volunteer Award 2024 by WFH Transcontinental engagement in clin services, edu, training & research #MedTwitter #PathTwitter Hemophilia Federation (India) #gratitude

Blood Essentials – Now available! This brand-new transfusion education reference resource is now available on our website. With a fresh look and navigable format – it’s your go-to guide for transfusion tinyurl.com/ys5m4wm7

JTH Dr. Rita Selby @JeannieCallum Michelle Sholzberg Ismail Raslan @DrGSBooth1 Nicole Relke Elliot Smith Clarissa Skorupski John Sherbeck MD Anas Nasir