📝Thank you to all who completed the @jameslindalliance.bsky.social PSP Blood Transfusion and Donation update survey this year. 🔗An article containing survey findings and a progress update is available here on the SRI website: bit.ly/4cnb2ub

Update: JLA PSP Blood Transfusion and Donation Update Survey - Systematic Review Initiative

Background and progress update on the JLA PSP Blood Transfusion and Donation survey

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📆Article of the month from the #Transfusion Evidence Alert: Hospital Policy of Tranexamic Acid to Reduce Transfusion in Major Noncardiac Surgery by Houston et al. 🔗Transfusion Evidence Library link in replies #MedSky

📄From the #Transfusion Evidence Alert: The effect of active warming and conventional body temperature management on perioperative blood loss and coagulation function in patients undergoing scoliosis correction: a multicenter randomized controlled trial by Yan et al. 🔗Link in replies #MedSky

📄New from the #Transfusion Evidence Alert: Artificial Intelligence-based predictive models for adverse blood donor reactions: a systematic review of immediate and delayed events and clinical data approaches by ShojaeiBaghini et al. 🔗Transfusion Evidence Library link in replies #MedSky

📆28 July was #WorldHepatitisDay. In honour of this, Dr Jade King, Hepatology Specialty Registrar and NHSBT Clinical Research Fellow leading the EquiLT-UK project, has written a blog on why this area of research matters and how working with the SRI helped shape the project. 🔗Link to blog in replies.

📄From the #Transfusion Evidence Alert: Effect of tranexamic acid for acute spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis by Menon et al. 🔗Transfusion Evidence Library link in replies #MedSky

📄New from the #Transfusion Evidence Alert: Effect of Continuous Non-Invasive Hemoglobin Monitoring on Blood Transfusion and Mortality in Hip Surgeries: A Randomized Controlled Study by Dinçer Yeşilnacar et al. 🔗Transfusion Evidence Library link in replies #MedSky

📄From the #Transfusion Evidence Alert: Global Prevalence of Alloimmunization in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease Receiving Red Blood Cell Transfusions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Alsalman et al. 🔗Transfusion Evidence Library link in replies #MedSky

🆕 From the #StemCellEvidence alert: 📑 Letermovir prophylaxis timing in standard-risk and very high-risk adult CMV-seropositive allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients: A systematic literature review by Wang et al. 🔗 Link in the comments #MedSky

📆*Article of the month* from the #Transfusion Evidence Alert: Prehospital Resuscitation with Type O Whole Blood for Trauma and Hemorrhage by Sperry et al. 🔗Transfusion Evidence Library link in replies #MedSky

📄From the #Transfusion Evidence Alert: Impact of Rh five-antigen-matched transfusion on alloimmunization and clinical outcomes in patients requiring repeated red blood cell transfusions: a prospective randomized controlled study by Xie et al. 🔗Transfusion Evidence Library link in replies #MedSky

📄From the #Transfusion Evidence Alert: Prophylactic tranexamic acid for the prevention of postpartum haemorrhage in women with placenta praevia: multicentre, double blind, randomised, placebo controlled, phase 3 trial by Zhang et al. 🔗Transfusion Evidence Library link in replies #MedSky

📄New from the #Transfusion Evidence Alert: Approaches to Guide Red Blood Cell Transfusion in Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Pinedo-Avila et al. 🔗Transfusion Evidence Library link in replies #MedSky

Yesterday (5th July) was the NHS' 78th Anniversary! We celebrate our wonderful NHS and would like to say a massive thank you to all NHS staff for your unwavering dedication, care and support. Happy Birthday NHS! @ouhospitals.bsky.social

✅From the #StemCellEvidence alert: 📑Impact of post-transplant cyclophosphamide and anti-thymocyte globulin on immune reconstitution in MUD allo-HCT by Furnari et al. 🔗Link in the comments #MedSky

🆕 From the #TransfusionEvidence Alert: 📑A study on the impact of blood large-scale long-distance airdrop on storage quality of suspended #redbloodcells Liu L. et al. 🔗Link in the comments. #MedSky

✅New from the #TransfusionEvidence Alert: 📑Thromboelastography (TEG) or thromboelastometry (ROTEM) to monitor haemostatic treatment versus usual care in adults or children with bleeding by Kvisselgaard et al. 🔗Link in the comments. #MedSky

📄From the #Transfusion Evidence Alert: Efficacy and safety of albumin combined with endovascular therapy in the treatment of patients with acute ischemic stroke: a randomized clinical trial by Liu et al. 🔗Transfusion Evidence Library link in replies #MedSky

📄New from the #Transfusion Evidence Alert: Convalescent plasma for people with COVID-19 by Iannizzi et al. 🔗Transfusion Evidence Library link in replies #MedSky

📄From the #Transfusion Evidence Alert: The clinical use of cryoprecipitate and fibrinogen concentrate: A scoping review by Hess et al. Transfusion Evidence Library link in replies #MedSky

From the #Transfusion Evidence Alert: A Prospective, Randomized, Multicenter Trial Comparing Lactated Ringer’s Alone or With 5% Albumin for Resuscitation of Large Burns The Acute Burn ResUscitation Multicenter Prospective Trial 2 (ABRUPT2) By Greenhalgh et al. TEL link in replies #MedSky

From the #Transfusion Evidence Alert: Platelet transfusion thresholds for thrombocytopenic infants by Chotas et al. Transfusion Evidence Library link in replies #MedSky

📢 Exciting news! The #WorldEBHCDay 2026 campaign is officially launching! This year’s theme is: ‘Evidence and AI: People at the Centre’, exploring how we ensure people remain central in AI-enabled evidence-based healthcare. www.cochrane.org/about-us/new... @WorldEBHCDay

What a privilege to participate in the #ISBTCongress 2026, advancing knowledge and collaborating with colleagues through poster presentations and workshops! @thrinaline.bsky.social @ericawood.bsky.social #ISBTKualaLumpur #TransfusionMedicine #ISBT #Transfusion

It is so exciting to be in the #ISBTCongress 2026, in Kuala Lumpur, learning, connecting, and presenting our research posters! @thrinaline.bsky.social @isbt.bsky.social #ISBTKualaLumpur #TransfusionMedicine

🩸 Today is #WorldSickleCellDay2026. This year's theme, #YoungVoicesRising, celebrates the strength and experiences of young people living with sickle cell. Around 19,000 people live with sickle cell in the UK. Together, let's ensure every voice is heard. #OwnYourHealth

🌐World Sickle Cell Day is observed every year on June 19 to raise awareness about #SickleCell disease and its challenges. To support #WorldSickleCellDay2026, we would like to highlight our latest two #systematicreviews on this research area. 🔗 See links for these two articles in the comments

🩸 #WorldBloodDonorDay is on the 14th of June, and we have just published a #systematicreview on iron supplements for #blooddonors 🩸 🔗 See link to the full article and plain language summary in the comments.

This week is #NationalBloodWeek, which seeks to promote #blooddonation and raise awareness of the need for all blood types. You can find up-to-date research showing the vital role of donation in our Transfusion Evidence Library, accessible here: bit.ly/4uhJVqt

Transfusion Evidence Library

The Transfusion Evidence Library is a database of systematic reviews (since 1980) and randomised controlled trials (since 1950) relevant to transfusion medicine. It is fully searchable, updated monthl...

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This week is #NationalBloodWeek, which brings awareness to the importance of #blooddonation. You can find all the high-quality research relating to blood donation on the Transfusion Evidence Library