TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Blood and Blood Component Therapy A1 - Boyd, Terry A1 - Welsby, Ian J. A2 - Longnecker, David E. A2 - Mackey, Sean C. A2 - Newman, Mark F. A2 - Sandberg, Warren S. A2 - Zapol, Warren M. Y1 - 2017 N1 - T2 - Anesthesiology, 3e AB - KEY POINTSHemolytic transfusion reactions remain as a major safety consideration for blood transfusion. Clerical errors of patient identification and sample labeling remain the primary cause of mistransfusion of ABO-incompatible units. Non-ABO hemolytic reactions have surpassed ABO incompatibility as a leading cause of transfusion-related fatality.1Prestorage leukoreduction of cellular blood products has greatly reduced, but not eliminated, the incidence of febrile reactions, transfusion-related immunosuppression, and cytomegalovirus transmission, and has led to improved outcomes in surgical patients compared to the use of nonleukoreduced products.The leading cause of transfusion related fatality in the United States is TRALI. Redirecting blood from female donors away from transfusable plasma products has reduced, but not eliminated the incidence of TRALI mediated by leucocyte reactive antibodies, (HLA) primarily because female donors have remained eligible to donate apheresis platelets. New mitigation strategies will eliminate this eligibility unless the female is tested and found to be negative for HLA antibodies.Transfusion-associated sepsis (TAS), from bacterial contamination of apheresis platelets, continues to be a major safety issue in transfusion, despite culturing of all apheresis blood products. International travel and emerging pathogens not addressed by existing screening mechanisms will increasingly limit suitable blood donors. These and other pressures on the blood supply make patient blood management, bloodless surgical techniques, and pathogen inactivation imperative strategies in the future of transfusion medicine. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/16 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1144136054 ER -