Boston, MA — August 15, 2013 — Immunetics, Inc., a leading clinical test provider, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its BacTx ® rapid test for bacteria in apheresis ...

MANGALURU: KMC Hospital’s Blood Bank has started Platelet-apheresis service, a first of its kind service in Dakshin Kannada and second in Coastal Karnataka. Anand Venugopal, Medical Superintendent, ...

Lucknow: The transfusion medicine department of King George’s Medical University (KGMU) started a 24x7 platelet apheresis service on Tuesday in response to rising dengue cases and increased platelet ...

MARLBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a permanent Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Level II code that allows medical ...

The demand for platelet transfusions is steadily increasing. Platelet concentrates can be obtained either as pooled concentrates from four to six whole-blood donations or as apheresis concentrates ...

ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- For those who find themselves in need of blood and blood products, blood from a volunteer donor can, literally, be just what the doctor ordered. While the need for red ...

On June 29, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the approval of cold-stored apheresis platelets for the resuscitation of bleeding patients. Apheresis platelets are removed from a donor's ...

Several strategies have been added to transfusional practice, in an attempt to minimize the problem: leukoreduction, 9 use of ultraviolet irradiated products, 10 dose-dependent platelet transfusion ...

Dr. Michael Linenberger of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has been awarded one of the highest honors in the field of apheresis, the medical subspecialty that uses automated methods to separate ...

Cobe Spectra cell separators (Gambro BCT, Lakewood, CO, USA) running the semiautomated mononuclear cell collection protocol (Version 6.1) according to the manufacturer's recommendations were used for ...