Education Department - Conferences
AABB Audio-conferences
"Organ Donors as Tissue Donors"
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Most organ donors are also tissue donors. Requirements for testing for transmissible diseases are very different between organ and tissue donors and this presents potential for delays, discrepant replicate test results and communication failures. View flyer here.
TNT Tele-conferences
First Tuesday of Each Month
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Central Time
March 2, 2010 -"Accreditations and Audits: How to Survive an Inspection in a Highly Regulated Field"
Frederico Rodriguez, MT(ASCP)SBB, Technical Director, Stem Cell Processing Laboratory, Blood Systems Laboratories, Tempe, Arizona
This teleconference is designed to provide an overview to the world of internal and external assessments as it pertains to laboratories. Attendees will be conducted through the aspects of internal audits, then on to the do's and don'ts of hosting an external inspection. We will finalize with how to proceed and improved after an inspection has been performed.
April 6, 2010 - "ISBT 128: An Update"
Patricia Distler, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB, Technical Director, International Council for Commonality in Blood Bank Automation (ICCBBA), Redlands, California
This presentation will cover the selection of appropriate product codes for blood components typically produced in a transfusion service, an overview of the proposed changes in the US Industry Consensus Standard for the Uniform Labeling of Blood and Blood Components, Version 3.0.
May 4, 2010 - "Hematology for Blood Bankers"
Brenda Barnes, MSEd, (MTASCP)SBB, Program Director, Clinical Laboratory Science and Assistant Professor, Allen College, New Hartford, Iowa
Transfusion therapy guidelines used today rely, in part, on hematology tests such as hemoglobin, hematocrit, prothrombin time (PT), and activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT). Blood bank personnel often do not know what these tests measure, and what the test results mean. After a basic review of the different tests done in hematology, the indications for blood products will be presented. Cases will be used
to illustrate the concepts.
June 1, 2010 - "Resolving Serologic Problems with Limited Resources"
Marilyn Moulds, MT(ASCP)SBB, Reference Laboratory Immunohematology Specialist, LifeShare Blood Centers, Shreveport, Louisiana
Resolving serologic blood bank problems with limited resources can be a challenge. The skills of a trained technologist are essential as well as the right "tool of the trade". Among the topics to be discussed will be Techniques to phenotype RBCs, how to perform antibody detection and identification, investigation of transfusion reactions, warming reactive autoantibodies and hemolytic disease of the newborn.
July 6, 2010 - "Disaster Management, How Prepared are You?"
Daniel Madrigal, BS, MT(ASCP)SBB, Quality Assurance Supervisor, UTMB Blood Bank, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
This presentation will look at the different types of disaster. The speaker will discuss survey results on Disaster preparedness (pre & post) and scenario disasters.
August 3,2010 - "Transfusion-transmitted Infections: The Good, the Bad, and the Unknown"
Jennifer Rhamy, MBA, MA, MT(ASCP)SBB, HP, Vice President,
Laboratory services, Indiana Blood Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
The blood supply is safer than ever before. This presentation reviews the tests currently performed on blood products in the United States and the residual risk associated with the known viruses. The speaker will also review bacteria and parasites associated with adverse events in transfusion. In conclusion, there will be a brief review of emerging disease that may or may not carry concerns for the United State Blood supply.