Lab Medicine Rounds

Time Stamps00:00 Podcast Intro 01:00 What exactly do you mean when you say, diversity in blood supply, and why does that matter?02:15 Are you saying that there might be differences in blood among different ethnic groups? 02:50 If we only issued O- blood to everyone, would we still need diversity in blood supply?04:25 You mentioned a hemolytic reaction, so if I have a friend or family member going in for a surgery, do I need to call up the blood bank and talking to them and demanding something? Or what should I be looking for to make sure they won’t have one of those reactions?07:51 Some of the patients that are going to be receiving multiple blood products throughout their lifetime, might be the people that matching is more important for? What types of characteristics do these patients have? 11:11 What happens if one of the patients that needs a special unit of blood comes in from a bad car accidents and we don’t have that blood on the shelf? 14:00 Is there some sort of barrier that needs to be overcome to he