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Sources & Guidelines

Scientific sources supporting the presentation are listed below.

AABB / TRANSFUSION GUIDANCE

  • AABB Standards for Blood Banks and Transfusion Services

    AABB · 35th Edition · 2026

    Relevant sections: 5.14 — Pretransfusion Testing of Patient Blood; 5.15 — Selection of Compatible Blood and Blood Components for Transfusion; 5.16 — Crossmatch.

RBC GUIDELINES

  • Red Blood Cell Transfusion: 2023 AABB International Guidelines

    Carson JL, Stanworth SJ, Guyatt G, Valentine S, Dennis J, Bakhtary S, Cohn CS, Dubon A, Grossman BJ, Gupta GK, Hess AS, Jacobson JL, Kaplan LJ, Lin Y, Metcalf RA, Murphy CH, Pavenski K, Prochaska MT, Raval JS, Salazar E, Saifee NH, Tobian AAR, So-Osman C, Waters J, Wood EM, Zantek ND, Pagano MB.

    JAMA · 2023 · doi:10.1001/jama.2023.12914

    Co-author: Allan Dubon, MLS

PLATELET GUIDELINES

  • Platelet Transfusion: 2025 AABB and ICTMG International Clinical Practice Guidelines

    Metcalf RA, Nahirniak S, Guyatt G, Bathla A, White SK, Al-Riyami AZ, Jug RC, La Rocca U, Callum JL, Cohn CS, DeAnda A, DeSimone RA, Dubon A, Estcourt LJ, Filipescu DC, Fung MK, Goel R, Hess AS, Hume HA, Kaufman RM, Kranke P, Louw VJ, Møller MH, Murphy MF, Muszynski JA, O'Kelly CJ, Pagano MB, Patidar GK, Pavenski K, Poston JN, Saifee NH, Stolla M, Szczepiorkowski ZM, Tobian AAR, Uberoi R, Waters J, Williams B, Wood EM, Zantek ND, Zeller MP, Grossman BJ, Stanworth SJ.

    JAMA · 2025 · doi:10.1001/jama.2025.7529

    Co-author: Allan Dubon, MLS

AMI GUIDELINE

  • Red Cell Transfusion in Acute Myocardial Infarction: AABB International Clinical Practice Guidelines

    Pagano MB, Stanworth SJ, Dennis J, Bakhtary S, Callum J, Carson JL, Cohn CS, Dubon A, Grossman BJ, Gupta GK, Hess AS, Jacobson JL, Kaplan LJ, Karkouti K, Lin Y, Metcalf RA, Miles LF, Mills NL, Murphy CH, Pavenski K, Prochaska MT, Raval JS, Salazar E, Saifee NH, Shah K, Steg PG, Tobian AAR, So-Osman C, Walsh T, Waters J, Wood EM, Zantek ND, Guyatt GH.

    Annals of Internal Medicine · 2025 · doi:10.7326/ANNALS-25-00706

    Co-author: Allan Dubon, MLS

    Published online at Annals.org, 19 August 2025.

HDFN / RhIG

  • Use of Rh Immune Globulin and Considerations in the Setting of Supply Shortages and Limited Availability

    AABB · Association Bulletin #24-02 · 2024

    July 15, 2024. Supports the approximately 16% → <0.1% RhD alloimmunization figure with and without RhIG prophylaxis.

AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA / WARM AUTOANTIBODIES

  • Evaluating patients with autoimmune hemolytic anemia in the transfusion service and immunohematology reference laboratory: pretransfusion testing challenges and best transfusion-management strategies

    Johnson ST, Puca KE.

    Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program. 2022;2022(1):96–104 · 2022 · doi:10.1182/hematology.2022000406

NEWS CASE

  • Parents claim 3-month-old got wrong blood transfusion at hospital

    Brooklyn Andres · WXIX/Gray News via WLBT.

    WLBT · 2026

    August 6, 2026. Treated as an unverified news report, not clinical documentation.