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The difference between fingerstick and venous hemoglobin and hematocrit varies by sex and iron storesRitchard G Cable
New England Region, American Red Cross Blood Services, 209 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06032, USA
Transfusion 52:1031-40. 2012..Fingerstick blood samples are used to estimate donor venous hemoglobin (Hb)...- Iron deficiency in blood donors: the REDS-II Donor Iron Status Evaluation (RISE) studyRitchard G Cable
New England Region, American Red Cross Blood Services, Farmington, Connecticut 06032, USA
Transfusion 52:702-11. 2012..Blood donors are at risk of iron deficiency. We evaluated the effects of blood donation intensity on iron and hemoglobin (Hb) in a prospective study... 
Risk and prevention of transfusion-transmitted babesiosis and other tick-borne diseasesRitchard G Cable
American Red Cross, Connecticut Blood Services, Farmington, and University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06032, USA
Curr Opin Hematol 10:405-11. 2003..Although Lyme disease has not been reported from blood transfusion, newly identified tick-borne diseases such as ehrlichiosis raise additional questions about the role of the tick in transfusion-transmitted diseases...
Iron deficiency in blood donors: analysis of enrollment data from the REDS-II Donor Iron Status Evaluation (RISE) studyRitchard G Cable
New England Region, American Red Cross Blood Services, Farmington, Connecticut 06032 USA
Transfusion 51:511-22. 2011..Regular blood donors are at risk of iron deficiency, but characteristics that predispose to this condition are poorly defined...- Limited effectiveness of donor deferral registries for transfusion-transmitted disease markersRitchard Cable
American Red Cross Blood Services, Northeast Division, Farmington, Connecticut 06032, USA
Transfusion 48:34-42. 2008..Donor deferral registries (DDRs) detect repeat donations by previously deferred donors and prevent their release. The utility of DDRs has not been objectively demonstrated... - Demonstrable parasitemia among Connecticut blood donors with antibodies to Babesia microtiDavid A Leiby
Department of Transmissible Diseases, American Red Cross, Rockville, MD 20855, USA
Transfusion 45:1804-10. 2005..Although several studies have measured B. microti antibodies in blood donors, little is known about associated parasitemia and the inherent risk of transmitting the parasite by transfusion... - Seroprevalence of Babesia microti in blood donors from Babesia-endemic areas of the northeastern United States: 2000 through 2007Stephanie T Johnson
Transmissible Diseases Department, Jerome H Holland Laboratory, and Biomedical Services, American Red Cross, Farmington, Connecticut 06032, USA
Transfusion 49:2574-82. 2009..The extent of Babesia infections among blood donors has not been well defined. To determine how common exposure to B. microti is among blood donors, a seroprevalence study was undertaken in the American Red Cross Northeast Division... - Lookback investigations of Babesia microti-seropositive blood donors: seven-year experience in a Babesia-endemic areaStephanie T Johnson
Transmissible Diseases Department, American Red Cross Holland Laboratory, Farmington, CT, USA
Transfusion 52:1509-16. 2012..In response, market withdrawal (MW) and/or lookback (LB) has been advocated for cellular components derived from Babesia-positive blood donors... - Risk for malaria in United States donors deferred for travel to malaria-endemic areasBryan Spencer
American Red Cross Blood Services, New England Region, Dedham, Massachusetts 02026, USA
Transfusion 49:2335-45. 2009..This study compares the impact of existing deferral requirements to the risk that a presenting donor with malaria travel history harbors malaria parasites under current and hypothetical alternate regulations... - A prospective study of multiple donor exposure blood recipients: surveillance value and limitations for hemovigilanceShimian Zou
Jerome H Holland Laboratory, American Red Cross Blood Services, Rockville, Maryland 20855, USA
Transfusion 50:128-38. 2010..There have been few recent systematic studies of blood recipients for direct evidence of blood safety, especially for emerging pathogens that may pose a threat to the blood supply... - Changing age distribution of the blood donor population in the United StatesShimian Zou
Jerome H Holland Laboratory for the Biomedical Sciences, American Red Cross, Rockville, MD 20855, USA
Transfusion 48:251-7. 2008..The American Red Cross has been maintaining a research database of all blood donors. Such a database provides a unique opportunity for monitoring changes over time in donor and donation patterns... - Prevalence of selected viral infections among blood donors deferred for potential risk to blood safetyShimian Zou
Jerome H Holland Laboratory, American Red Cross Blood Services, Rockville, Maryland 20855, USA
Transfusion 46:1997-2003. 2006..This study assesses the current impact of some of these questions on blood safety as reflected by infectious disease markers... - Relationship between tick bites and the seroprevalence of Babesia microti and Anaplasma phagocytophila (previously Ehrlichia sp.) in blood donorsDavid A Leiby
Transmissible Diseases Department, American Red Cross, Rockville, MD 20855, USA
Transfusion 42:1585-91. 2002..Despite an increased recognition of the threat tick-borne agents pose to blood safety, our understanding of the prevalence and transmissibility of these agents in blood donors is limited... - Can ticks be vectors for hepatitis C virus?Lois Gitlin Wurzel
N Engl J Med 347:1724-5. 2002 - Hb screening of blood donors: how close is close enough?Ritchard G Cable
Transfusion 43:306-8. 2003