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Life Blood issue 1
WELCOME TO OUR FIRST LIFE BLOOD E-ZINE,
DEVELOPED TO ENHANCE INFORMATION SHARING
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Life Blood issue 2
Welcome to the 2nd edition of Life Blood. We trust that
2006 will be a year in which collectively we can all make
a positive contribution to the well being of our donors
and patients
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Life Blood issue 3
Winter now has us firmly in its grip, with the consequent
increase in colds and flu amongst the blood donor population.
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Life Blood issue 4
In this edition we deal with changes in the blood banks with the introduction of automated systems which hopefully will enhance efficiency and safety.
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Life Blood issue 5
In this edition we focus on paediatric blood products, the return policy of blood products, and WPBTS transport logistics. In addition, Dr Bridget Farham, editor of the CME journal, has granted us kind permission for the use of articles from the June 2007 (Vol.25 No.6) edition of CME.
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Life Blood issue 6
In this issue we’ve included informative guidelines on the risks of blood transfusion and transfusion reactions; CME articles on the diagnosis and management of von Willebrand disease; thrombocytopaenia in HIV. We also discuss the approach used by the WPBTS to ensure a safe blood supply.
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Life Blood issue 7
Since its inception in 1938, the Service has grown to become a centre of excellence within the blood transfusion industry in Africa. It is also accredited by the South African National Accreditation Systems (SANAS) and today collects more than 130 000 units of blood which is used to save the lives of more than 390 000 people each year.
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Life Blood issue 8
This edition of lifeblood gives some recent background history of WPBTS, outlines some guidelines regarding the use of emergency banks, the importance of a haemovigilance programme and its reliance on adverse reaction reports by clinicians, the availability of the latest version (4th Edition) of the Clinical Guidelines for the use of Blood Products in South Africa compiled by the WPBTS and SANBS, notification of the 31st National Blood Transfusion Congress of South Africa, guidelines for the autologous and designated donations, an overview of the haematology laboratory and ending with some local facts and figures.
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Life Blood issue 9
This 9th edition of Lifeblood focuses on the use of additives during transfusion as well as the role of anticoagulants and preservatives used in the preparation and storage of the components derived from whole blood donations. Particular attention is given to the wide range of plasma components and derivatives as a brief outline of their usage guidelines and recommended dosage schedules are included as a reference to assist clinicians in the appropriate transfusion of these products when clinically indicated. Clinicians should be aware that all these preparations from human plasma are antigenic and potentially capable of causing allergic or anaphylactic reactions. Furthermore, we provide an overview of blood component separation and quality control; address the question of whether blood should be warmed prior to transfusion, provide a description of the therapeutic phlebotomy programme and provide some quality assurance statistics. Current or potential blood donors may find the information on the new Blood Donor Centre particularly useful.
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Life Blood issue 10
Welcome to the 10th edition of Lifeblood. The WP Blood Transfusion Service (WPBTS) remains committed to advancing transfusion science. Later this year, the WPBTS together with the South African National Blood Service will convene in Gauteng from 15 to 18 November at the 31st SA National Blood Transfusion Congress. The Congress is expected to attract participants from all fields within the blood transfusion industry. The theme for this year’s congress is “Sustainable Safe Blood: Mastering Change”. We are looking forward to a congress of high technical standard and the opportunity to exchange knowledge and ideas and thereby to remain the transfusion leader in Africa.
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Life Blood issue 11
2010, our 72nd year as a community orientated voluntary blood service promises to be eventful for WPBTS. We are committed to maintaining an adequate blood supply during the FIFA 2010 world cup soccer tournament. Sufficient additional collections for April and May have been scheduled to build up stocks. Constant haemovigilance and striving to achieve 100% risk free transfusions remains a priority from the "vein of the donor to the vein of the recipient". In order to minimize morbidity and mortality due to misdirected transfusions, clinicians and ward staff are urged to continue reporting labelling errors and suspected transfusion reactions promptly through the completion of the transfusion reaction form either obtainable from the wards or Blood Bank.
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Transportation of blood in
Western Cape meets Health Standards.
In light of the recent Carte Blanche segment aired on Sunday
26th March 2006, highlighting the transportation of blood
and blood products by the South African Blood Services...
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Change in Crossmatch Procedure
The Western Province Blood Transfusion Service is about
to change its Blood Bank technical procedures from the manual
tube method to column agglutination technology. read
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