Archive for the ‘Blood / Hematology’ Category
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
CaridianBCT, a leading global provider of technology, products and services in automated blood collections, therapeutic systems, whole blood processes and pathogen reduction technologies, announced today it has signed a multi-year agreement with the American Red Cross to continue the use of its automated blood collection technology in American Red Cross Blood centers throughout the United States.
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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
Combining short periods of leg compression with medications such as heparin is more effective at preventing blood clots in high-risk patients than using either preventative measure alone. A team of Cochrane Researchers believe that this 'belt and braces' approach can significantly decrease a patient's risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT).
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Monday, October 6th, 2008
Surgeons are always concerned about the hazard of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in their patients. In the wake of surgery, blood clots can form deep in the body, leading to pain and swelling, or - if the clot starts to move - even death.
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Monday, October 6th, 2008
CaridianBCT, a leading global provider of technology, products and services in automated blood collections, therapeutic systems, whole blood processes and pathogen reduction technologies, announced today that it has initiated a clinical trial for treating whole blood with Mirasol Pathogen Reduction Technology (PRT) after receiving clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and U.S.
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Saturday, October 4th, 2008
GlaxoSmithKline announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)continues to review the new drug application for Promacta® (eltrombopag) beyond the September 19, 2008 action date.
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Friday, October 3rd, 2008
Today the UK's 160,000 elective hip and knee replacement patients1 will be eligible to receive Bayer Schering Pharma's new oral anticoagulant, rivaroxaban. This follows European Commission authorisation of its licence for the prevention of venous thromboembolism (deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE)), in patients undergoing elective hip or knee replacement surgery.
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Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
The first new oral medication to stop blood clotting since the launch of warfarin in the early 1950s has been launched today.  Pradaxa* (dabigatran etexilate) is the first of a new class of oral anticoagulants - a direct thrombin inhibitor - to be made available in Ireland by Boehringer Ingelheim.
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Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) recently published an updated standard, Procedures and Devices for the Collection of Diagnostic Capillary Blood Specimens; Approved Standard--Sixth Edition (H04-A6), which provides a technique for the collection of diagnostic capillar
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
The Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate of China recently released details of a new law regarding illegal blood sales, which state that any agent collecting or supplying blood that causes at least five people to become infected with HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B, hepatitis C or sy
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
A number of recent high profile errors related to commonly used blood thinners highlight a safety issue that too frequently results in harm or even death to patients, according to a Joint Commission alert issued today that offers solutions to this medication safety issue.
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