Prioli, Katherine M.
Karp, Julie Katz
Lyons, Nina M.
Chrebtow, Vera
Herman, Jay H.
Pizzi, Laura T.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Cerus Corporation
Article History
First Online: 31 July 2018
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The transfusion service survey dataset generated and analyzed during the current study is not publicly available because hospital respondents were assured of confidentiality, and responses, even when anonymized, could be used to identify respondents. Aggregated survey results are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request. The model generated during the current study is not publicly available because it is exclusively licensed by Cerus Corporation, but hospitals and/or interested readers can arrange a personalized demonstration of the model through Ms. Chrebtow (vchrebtow@cerus.com) upon reasonable request.
: Ms. Chrebtow is employed by Cerus Corporation, and Dr. Pizzi and Ms. Prioli have served as consultants to Cerus Corporation. Vera Chrebtow and Laura T. Pizzi: CERUS Corporation’s sponsorship of the project to Rutgers University covered model development and reporting. Katherine M. Prioli has no major conflicts of interest to declare, however she received a modest honorarium and travel expenses for presenting model results at the Society for the Advancement of Blood Management (SABM) 2017 annual conference. Dr. Karp, Dr. Herman, and Dr. Lyons have no conflicts of interest to declare.
: This work was supported by a Grant from Cerus Corporation.
: As this study involves model construction and does not constitute human subjects research, it was granted exemption from Institutional Review Board (IRB) review. For the assumptions that were informed by a survey fielded to hospital transfusion service directors, the survey was preceded by text informing respondents of the purpose of the study and contact information for the Principal Investigator. IRB review and formal informed consent for this survey were not required because the survey questions pertained to institutional practices and did not include any respondent- or patient-specific information.