Transfusion
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American Red Cross surveillance data on transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) fatalities were analyzed to evaluate the association with components from donors with white blood cell (WBC) antibodies and to examine the potential impact of the selective transfusion of plasma from male donors. ⋯ Plasma components linked to female donors with WBC antibodies were responsible for the majority of probable TRALI fatalities. Prudent measures to limit transfusion of WBC antibody-containing plasma components may prevent as many as six fatalities per year in the Red Cross system.
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Postchemotherapy mobilization results were reviewed in patients undergoing apheresis before planned autologous hematopoietic progenitor cell (HPC) transplantation to improve the timing of collection procedures. ⋯ In the majority of patients, the first day of apheresis occurred 11 to 13 days after the last dose of chemotherapy with a variety of different chemotherapy regimens. Administering the last dose of chemotherapy on Thursday or Friday versus Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday was associated with a 77 percent lower incidence in the frequency of weekend apheresis collections (p < 0.001).