Digital resources for transfusion education.

Introduction: Regular training in the blood transfusion process is crucial for transfusion safety. Hospital transfusion committees have an obligation to provide this education to hospital employees through training activities. E-learning is positioning itself as a valid alternative to physical-presence courses.

Bosentan and oral anticoagulants in HIV patients: what we can learn of cases reported so far.

Pulmonary arterial hypertension is an infrequent but nevertheless serious life-threatening severe complication of HIV infection. It can be treated with bosentan and oral anticoagulants. Bosentan could induce the acenocoumarol metabolism and it increases the INR values.

[Typification and screening of irregular antibodies. Establishing its use at a urology department].

Objectives: To achieve a better use of the packed red blood cells stock at our centre's blood bank, and to analyse cost-savings associated with the implementation of the type and screen (T/S) technology.

Methods: We analyse the results, complications and cost-savings achieved with the use of T/S at the Urology Department in our centre, for the transurethral resection of bladder tumour and prostate.

Results: A total of 232 T/S were performed; 3 patients required blood transfusions (1.