Blood Bank Guy Videos
Summary: These are older teaching videos from Joe Chaffin, MD (the Blood Bank Guy). Dr. Chaffin takes a single topic in blood banking and transfusion medicine and breaks it down in an hour or so. Handouts for some of these podcasts are available at www.bbguy.org. NOTE: These videos are no longer updated. Please see the Blood Bank Guy Essentials Podcast for more up-to-date information.
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This podcast is an introduction to the technology and terminology of the testing we use for testing blood for the presence of transfusion-transmitted diseases. Please download the handout for this lecture at www.bbguy.org.
NOTE: This is an updated version, fixing the previous audio sync problem. This Blood Bank Guy video (slide) podcast contains details about the collection, storage, and use of platelets. I discuss details about apheresis and whole blood-derived platelets, and describe specific situations when they should or should not be used. Please download the handout for this lecture at www.bbguy.org.
This Blood Bank Guy video (slide) podcast covers manufacture and use of FFP and variants (including FP24, thawed plasma, etc). Handout available at www.bbguy.org.
