What does TXM mean in LABORATORY

Transfusion Medicine, or TXM, is the field of medical science that deals with the administration of blood and components derived from blood in transfusion therapy.

TXM involves research on the blood itself, to ensure its safety and efficacy for each individual patient. It also involves monitoring patients receiving transfusions to assess any adverse reactions and potential problems associated with infused or artificially stored products.

TXM is important because it helps to ensure that donated blood products are safe and effective for use in transfusions. It also ensures that donors are screened properly so that unsafe or ineffective products do not enter the bloodstream and potentially cause harm.

Patients should be monitored throughout their transfusion process as well as afterwards in case any unexpected reactions occur due to incompatibility between donors' and recipients' blood types. The frequency of monitoring depends on how critical a given patient's conditions are and may differ for different cases.

In addition to traditional blood-transfusions, TXM includes treatments such as plasma exchange (PLEX) which removes proteins from a patient's plasma; red cell exchange (RCE) which removes red cells from a patient's bloodstream; component therapy such as platelet transfusions; apheresis which separates large volumes of cells from a donor or patient; intra-operative salvage which reuses lost fluids during surgery; autologous donations where people give their own saved excess units of their own prior donations back into themselves; cryoprecipitate infusions; immunoglobulin infusions; fresh frozen plasma (FFP); whole blood storage issues involved in these activities as well as many others related to both donor collection protocols as well as clinical product delivery systems in hospitals across the country.