Barriers and Motivators for In-house Blood Donation: A Cross-sectional Study from Tertiary Care Hospital, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka [PDF]
Introduction: Most Sri Lankan blood donations (93%) are from mobile blood donation campaigns. Restricted community gathering during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has adversely affected the blood supply.
Yashobha Thilakarathne +5 more
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Microfluidic flow chambers using reconstituted blood to model hemostasis and platelet transfusion in vitro [PDF]
Blood platelets prepared for transfusion gradually lose hemostatic function during storage. Platelet function can be investigated using a variety of (indirect) in vitro experiments, but none of these is as comprehensive as microfluidic flow chambers.
Compernolle, Veerle +4 more
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Aim To investigate the association of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1 alleles and the variations of polymorphic amino acid changes in DRβ1 chain in Shaanxi Han population with Occult hepatitis B infection (OBI).
Tianju Wang +5 more
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Since the first successful haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) using cord blood from a sibling in 1988 and the establishment of the first public umbilical cord blood bank in New York Blood Center in 1992, umbilical cord blood banks have been instituted in many countries.
Brand, A. +23 more
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Automation and data processing with the immucor Galileo (R) system in a university blood bank [PDF]
Background: The implementation of automated techniques improves the workflow and quality of immuno-hematological results. The workflows of our university blood bank were reviewed during the implementation of an automated immunohematological testing ...
Brown MR +16 more
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ABO and Rh Blood Groups Distribution in Yozgat City, Turkey [PDF]
Objective: In this retrospective study, we included 5257 healthy participants who admitted to Yozgat Government Hospital Blood Bank and Bozok University Blood Bank for several reasons to determine A, B, 0, AB blood groups and Rhesus (Rh) positivity ...
Ayşe Erbay +5 more
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KIR are mainly expressed on NK cells and to a lesser extent on T lymphocytes. Although the KIR NK cell repertoire was well explored in haploidentical Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT), KIR T cell compartment remains to be investigated in ...
Gaëlle David +9 more
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A comparison of haematopoietic stem cells from umbilical cord blood and peripheral blood for platelet production in a microfluidic device [PDF]
Background and objectives: Several sources of haematopoietic stem cells have been used for static culture of megakaryocytes to produce platelets in vitro.
Baruch, Dominique +5 more
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Haemolytic Disease of Foetus and Newborn (HDFN) due to Anti c with Previous Fatal HDFN in Two Other Siblings [PDF]
Haemolytic Disease of Foetus and Newborn (HDFN) or Haemolytic Disease of Newborn (HDN) has been known to occur mostly as a result of Rh-isoimmunisation. However, HDFN due to minor antigens of the Rh system have also been reported.
Evarisalin Marbaniang +2 more
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Comparison of yield of microorganisms in cord blood between two automated blood culture systems
Objective To compare the difference in the detection rate of microorganisms in cord blood between BACTEC FX and BacT/ALERT 3D automated blood culture systems, and to compare the influence of incubation time and different types of culture sample on the ...
Hui CAO +6 more
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