Understanding Delayed Septic Reactions in Blood Transfusions

Dr. Anne Eder, Chief Blood Services at the National Institutes of Health, joins Dr. Chaffin to discuss Septic Transfusion Reactions. In this episode, Dr. Eder discusses the ways that blood centers limit and detect bacterial contamination of apheresis platelet products, signs and symptoms of septic transfusion reactions, and how transfusion services and clinicians can work together for early diagnosis and treatment of these potentially deadly reactions.