Maybe some Scientist can shed some light on donated good blood of his type being infused with a little of his infected blood which can then be used for another transfusion. On paper it sounds feasible, but I am not a scientist, and ideas should certainly be welcomed.
And when I say infected, I do not mean that in a demeaning way to the good Dr.
During a time when my son was to have a brain tumor surgery and possibly need a blood transfusion, I called the Univ. to ask if he could donate his own blood to have on hand due to the HIV scare, at that time they told me it was impossible. Well that idea finally came into being and done all the time now. So perhaps the other can to.
We always suggest to patients who are planning elective surgery to consider having their own blood drawn and stored in case it was needed. No matter how safe our blood supply is and how expert we are at typing and cross matching, it is far far better to receive your own blood.
On the transfusions the nurse is getting: they are not using whole blood or packed red blood cells. They are giving her plasma which is the component part of whole blood that contains the white blood cells and other infection fighting cells. Unless she were hemorrhaging copious amounts of blood, they would not transfuse PRBC or whole blood.
You were ahead of the medical community with your son.
I found it interesting that today the CDC made changes in their approach. At my hospital, we have been discussing those very changes from the beginning. Unfortunately, they are a day late and a dollar short for that poor nurse who is now fighting for her life.
Let us all keep her, and the health care workers at Presby Dallas, in our prayers.