XVI REGIONAL
CONGRESS, ASIA
OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY
OF BLOOD TRANSFUSION


November 12 - 15, 2005
Bangkok Convention Centre
Thailand - Bangkok
www.isbt-web.org/bangkok
Second Announcement

Programme - at - a - glance

TIME

Saturday, November 12
 

Auditorium A2

Auditorium B2

07.30-17.00 Registration
08.30-09.10
 
  EP 1
Immunology & Immunohematology
09.10-09.50
 
  EP 2
Red Cell Blood Groups
09.50-10.30
 
  EP 3
HLA
10.30-10.50 Coffee break
10.50-11.30
 
  EP 4
Hemostasis
11.30-12.10
 
  EP 5
Marketing in Donor Recruitment
12.10-13.40 Lunch break
    Satelite Symposium Baxter
13.40-14.10
 
  EP 6
TTD
14.10-14.40
 
  EP 7
NAT
14.40-15.00 Tea break
15.00-15.30
 
  EP 8
EQA
18.00-19.00   Opening Ceremony
19.00-21.00 Welcome Reception in the Exhibition Area


TIME


Sunday, November 13
 

Auditorium A2

Auditorium B2

08.00-17.00 Registration
08.30-10.00 Plenary Lecture 1  
10.00-10.30 Coffee break
10.30-12.00 Plenary Lecture 2  
12.00-13.30 Lunch break  Visit to the exhibition and posters
  Satelite Symposium Chiron Asia Pacific Sat. Symposium Bio Rad Laboratories Ltd.
13.30-15.00 PS 1
What is new in Blood Components
PS 2
Risk Management in Blood Transfusion
15.00-15.30 Tea Break
15.30-17.00
 
PS 3
External Quality Assessment Scheme
PS 4
New Approaches in Controlling TTDs
17.00-18.30 Satelite Symposium Pall LifeScience  


TIME


Monday, November 14
 

Auditorium A2

Auditorium B2

08.00-17.00 Registration
08.30-10.00 Plenary Lecture 3  
10.00-10.30 Coffee break
10.30-12.00
 
PS 5
Quality Management System
PS 6
Stem Cell Transplant
12.00-13.30 Lunch break  Visit to the exhibition and posters
  Satelite Symposium Abbott Satelite Symposium Roche
13.30-15.00 PS 7
Practical Approach to TTI Testing
PS 8
Bloodless Medicine
15.00-15.30 Tea Break
15.30-17.00
 
PS 9
The Art of Donor Recruitment
PS 10
Blood Transfusion Immunology
XX.XX-XX.XX Gala Dinner


TIME


Tuesday, November 15
 

Auditorium A2

Auditorium B2

08.00-17.00 Registration
08.30-10.00 PS 11
Technology and Blood Transfusion
PS 12
Disaster Management
10.00-10.30 Coffee break
10.30-12.00 PS 13
Risk Management of Donor
PS 14
Component Support in Special Clinical Setting
12.00-13.30 Lunch break  Visit to the exhibition and posters
  Satelite Symposium Bio-One  
13.30-15.00 Plenary Lecture 4    
15.00-15.30 Closing Ceremony  


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EDUCATIONAL DAY

Saturday, November 12

08.30 – 10.30
Auditorium B2
SESSION 1
08:30 – 09:10
1ED-01-01 IMMUNOLOGY & IMMUNOHEMATOLOGY
P. Hollland (Delta Blood Bank, Elk Grove, Ca, USA)
09:10 – 09:50
1ED-01-02 RED CELL BLOOD GROUPS
C.M. Westhoff (American Red Cross and the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA)
09:50 – 10.30
1ED-01-03 HLA
J. McCluskey (University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia)
 
10:30 – 10:50
COFFEE BREAK
 
10:50 – 12:10
Auditorium B2
SESSION 2
10:50 – 11.30
1ED-02-01 HAEMOSTASIS
Y. Ayob (National Blood Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
11:30 – 12:10
1ED-02-02 MARKETING IN DONOR RECRUITMENT
P.F.W. Strengers (Sanquin, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
 
12:10 – 13:40
LUNCH BREAK


SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM

12.10-13.40
Satellite Symposium organised by Baxter
Auditorium B2
CURRENT AND FUTURE VALUE OF AMICUS SINGLE DONOR PLATELETS STORED IN ADDITIVE SOLUTION
Chr. Stebler Gysi (Blood Transfusion Service, Basel, Switzerland)


EDUCATIONAL DAY

13:40 – 14:40
Auditorium B2
SESSION 3
13:40 – 14:10
1ED-03-01 TTD
S. Wendel (Hospital Sirio Libanês Blood Bank, Sao Paulo, Brazil)
14:10 – 14:40
1ED-03-02 NUCLEIC ACID TESTING: NAT AND BLOOD SAFETY
J.P. Allain (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom)
 
14:40 – 15:00
TEA BREAK
 
15:00 – 15:30
Auditorium B2
SESSION 4
15:00 – 15:30
1ED-04-01 EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT; ITS PLACE IN THE QUALITY ASSURANCE OF BLOOD SERVICE LABORATORIES
E. Dax, S. Walker, D. Jardine (National Serology Reference Laboratory, Fitzroy, Australia)
 
18:00 – 19:00
Auditorium B2
OPENING CEREMONY
 
19:00 – 21:00
Exhibition Area
WELCOME RECEPTION
 


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PLENARY LECTURES

Sunday, November 13

08:30 – 10:00 Auditorium A2
PLENARY LECTURES 1: Present and Future Trends of Safe Blood Transfusion
Chairs: P.V. Holland, P. Isarangkura
08:30 – 09:15
2PL-01-01 PRESENT AND FUTURE TRENDS OF SAFE BLOOD TRANSFUSION INFECTIOUS SCREENING
S. Wendel (Hospital Sirio Libanês Blood Bank, Sao Paulo, Brazil)
09:15 – 10:00
2PL-01-02 ENZYME-CONVERTED RED BLOOD CELLS FOR ABO-UNIVERSAL TRANSFUSION
M. Olsson (University Hospital, Lund, Sweden)
 
10:00 – 10:30
COFFEE BREAK
 
10:30 – 12:00
Auditorium A2
PLENARY LECTURES 2: Red Cell Antigens
Chairs: S. Wendel, R. O'Charoen
10:30 – 11:15
2PL-02-01 NEW HORIZONS IN BLOOD GROUP TYPING
C.M. Westhoff (American Red Cross and the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA)
11:15 – 12:00
2PL-02-02 RARE BLOOD DONOR
Y. Tani (Japanese Red Cross Osaka Blood Center, Osaka, Japan)
 
12:00 – 13:30
LUNCH BREAK, VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION AND POSTERS
 

SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM

12.00 – 13.30
Satellite Symposium organised by Chiron
Auditorium A2
Partnership in Blood Safety
EFFORTS TO ENSURE BLOOD SAFETY
W. Heaton (Chiron Corporation, Emeryville, USA)
ROAD TO NAT TESTING – MEDICAL JUSTIFICATION AND GOVERNMENT POLICY
Y. Ayob (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
TIGRIS EXPERIENCE
Speaker to be announced


SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM

12.00 – 13.30
Satellite Symposium organised by Bio Rad Laboratories Ltd.
Auditorium B2
Place of HCV and HIV Combo Simultaneous Antigen and Antibody Detection in Blood Bank: A credible alternative to NAT ?
ADVANTAGES OF HIV COMBO ASSAYS VERSUS HIV ANTIBODY ASSAYS
L. Thoai Duong (Laboratoire L.C.L. France)
COMBINATION HCV ANTIGEN AND ANTIBODY IMMUNOASSAY AS A NEW TOOL FOR EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF INFECTION
F. Ansaldi (University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy)
PLACE OF COMBINED HCV ANTIGEN AND ANTIBODY ASSAY IN THE SCREENING OF BLOOD DONATIONS
S. Laperche (Institut National de la Transfusion Sanguine, Paris, France)
COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF HCV AG/AB COMBO DETECTION VERSUS HCV NAT FOR SCREENING BLOOD DONATIONS
R. Van Hulst (University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands)


PARALLEL SESSIONS

13:30 – 15:00
Auditorium A2
PARALLEL SESSION 1: What is new in Blood Components
Chairs: M. Popovsky, C.K. Lin
13:30 – 13:50
2PS-01-01 CLINICAL BENEFITS OF PLASMA-REDUCED BLOOD COMPONENTS
M.A. Popovsky (Haemonetics Corporation, Braintree, Ma, USA)
13:50 – 14:10
2PS-01-02 ROUTINE BACTERIAL SURVEILLANCE OF PLATELET CONCENTRATES
C.K. Lin (Hong Kong RC Blood Transfusion Service, Hong Kong, China)
14:10 – 14:20
2PS-01-03 COMPARISON OF PLATELETPHERESIS ON THREE CELL SEPARATORS BASED ON THE CONTINUOUS FLOW CENTRIFUGATION PRINCIPLE
A. Tendulkar, S. Chaaya, S. Rajadhyaksha (Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India)
14:20 – 14:30
2PS-01-04 MULTICOMPONENT APHERESIS WITH THE MCS-PLUS
P. Hoecker, G.L. Leitner, A.W. Wagner (Univ. Institute for Bloodgroup Serology, Vienna, Austria)
14:30 – 14:40
2PS-01-05 BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION OF PLATELETS BY STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS: A CASE REPORT
Y. Zhao, S. Hall, K. Love, P. Blatt (Christiana Care Health System, Newark, USA)
14:40 – 15:00
DISCUSSION TIME
 
13:30 – 15:00
Auditorium B2
PARALLEL SESSION 2: Risk Management in Blood Transfusion
Chairs: A. Fletcher, N. Dhingra
13:30 – 13:50
2PS-02-01 HEPATITIS C - THE LEGACY OF POST-TRANSFUSION INFECTION
A. Fletcher (Growing Your Knowledge/Australian Red Cross Blood Services, Spit Junction, NSW, Australia)
13:50 – 14:10
2PS-02-02 WHO QUALITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME
N. Dhingra (WHO, Geneve, Switzerland)
14:10 – 14:20
2PS-02-03 RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOUR OF STORED BLOOD WITH TIME IN A NIGERIAN BLOOD BANK
I. Ajayi, O. Onaghise, C. Okojie (University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria)
14:20 – 14:30
2PS-02-04 EVALUATING THE SAFETY OF POTASSIUM LEVEL IN STORED BLOOD UNITS AFTER BEING IRRADIATED WITH GAMMA IRRADIATION UAE. EXPERIENCE
M.Y. Raouf, A. Al Amiri (Ministry of Health, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates)
14:30 – 14:40
2PS-02-05 DETECTION OR INACTIVATION OF BACTERIA CONTAMINATED PLATELET CONCENTRATES: COMPARISON OF BACTALERT® AND INTERCEPT® IN PREVENTING THE RELEASE OF PLT UNITS CONTAINING LOW NUMBERS OF VIABLE BACTERIA
W. Nussbaumer, D. Schönitzer, C. Grabmer, B. Falkensammer, C. Lass-Flörl, M. Rheinschmidt, L. Corash, L. Lin (University Hospital Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria)
14:40 – 14:50
2PS-02-06 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF TRANSFUSION RELATED ACUTE LUNG INJURY IN GIFIT, THE FRENCH HEMOVIGILANCE DATABASE. A STUDY OF THE FRENCH HEMOVIGILANCE NETWORK
Ph. Renaudier, M.P. Vo Mai, J.M. Azanowsky, P. Breton, S. Cheze, A. Girard, L. Hauser, J.F. Legras, D. Rebibo, C. Waller, N. Ounnoughene (Lyon, France)
14:50 – 15:00
DISCUSSION TIME
 
15:30 – 17:00
Auditorium A2
PARALLEL SESSION 3: External Quality Assessment Scheme
Chairs: E. Dax, J. McCluskey
15:30 – 15:50
2PS-03-01 INFECTIOUS VIRUS MARKERS: HOW CAN ALL LABORATORIES ASSURE SAFE BLOOD?
E. Dax (National Serology Reference Laboratory, Fitzroy, Australia)
15:50 – 16:10
2PS-03-02 HLA
J. McCluskey (University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia)
16:10 – 16:30
2PS-03-03 OUR EXPERIENCE WITH MPHA FOR PLATELET SEROLOGY
N.H. Tsuno, S. Morita, Y. Shibata, K. Takahashi (The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan)
16:30 – 16:40
2PS-03-04 A NOVEL METHOD OF EVALUATION THE PERFORMANCE OF AUTOMATED PIPETTOR WITH COLORIMETRY
L. Liu (Shanghai Blood Center, Shanghai, China)
16:40 – 16:50
2PS-03-05 THE FIRST INDIAN MULTICENTER EVALUATION OF INDIVIDUAL DONOR NUCLEIC ACID TESTING ( NAT) FOR SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION OF HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS-1 ND HEPATITIS C AND B VIRUSES (HIV-I, HCV, HBV)
R.N. Makroo, V. Raina, M. Kumar, S. Chakroborty, L. Jagannathan, M. Parihar-Malhotra, A. Ganguly, R.K. Chaudhary, N. Marwaha, N.K. Bhatia, A. Tiwari, S. Roy, A. Verma, A. Ganguly, B. Thakral (Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India)
16:50 – 17:00
DISCUSSION TIME
 
15:30 – 17:00
Auditorium B2
PARALLEL SESSION 4: New Approaches in Controlling TTDs
Chairs: P.M. Ness, P.F.W. Strengers
15:30 – 15:50
2PS-04-01 PATHOGEN INACTIVATION OF CELLULAR COMPONENTS
P.M. Ness (Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, USA)
15:50 – 16:10
2PS-04-02 UV-C IRRADIATION, AN EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY INCREASING
BIOLOGICALS SAFETY
P.F.W. Strengers, R. Laub, M. Giambattista, P. Caillet-Fauquet, M.L. Draps, Th. Branckaert, (Red Cross, Brussels, Belgium)
16:10 – 16:20
2PS-04-03 MIRASOL® PRT INACTIVATES ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI IN PLATELETS AND PLASMA PRODUCTS
R.P. Goodrich, F.J. Rentas, R. Harman, C. Gomez, J. Salata, J. Childs, T. Silva, A. Kennedy, C. Meledandri, A.M. O'Sullivan, A. Richards, C. Chan, J. Jiang, H. Reddy, J. Li (Navigant Biotechnologies, Inc., Lakewood, USA)
16:20 – 16:30
2PS-04-04 SOLVENT DETERGENT TREATED PLASMA: AN ALTERNATIVE TO CRYOSUPERNANT PLASMA IN THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA
G. Rock, S. Moeslichan Mz, B. Benny, W. Clark, P. Leblond, D. Sutton, M. Sternbach, G. Wells, Canadian Apheresis Group, Apheresis Nurses, K. Shumak (The Canadian Apheresis Group, Ottawa, Canada)
16:30 – 16:40
2PS-04-05 INACTIVATION OF BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS IN APHERESIS PLASMA AND PLATELETS USING THE INTERCEPT BLOOD SYSTEM
L. Sawyer, R. Mababangloob, A. Sampson-Johannes, P. Grellier, S. Charneau, K. Bernard, S. Lukehart, K. Murthy, B. Guillemain, V. Jauvin, R. Lane, J. Benach, K. Dupuis (Cerus Corporation, Concord, Ca, USA)
16:40 – 16:50
2PS-04-06 LOOKBACK STUDY FOR TRANSFUSION-RELATED VIRAL INFECTION IN JAPAN
M. Satake, H. Yugi, R. Taira, S. Hino, K. Tadokoro (Tokyo Red Cross Blood Center, Tokyo, Japan)
16:50 – 17:00
DISCUSSION TIME
 

SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM

17.00 – 18.30
Satellite Symposium organised by Pall LifeScience
Auditorium B2
LOST IN TRANSFUSION : THE OCCULT DOWNSIDE OF BLOOD

COMPONENT THERAPY

J. Isbister (Pall Australia, Lane Cave NSW, Australia)


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PLENARY LECTURES

Monday, November 14

08:30 – 10:00
Auditorium A2
PLENARY LECTURES 3: Evidence Based Transfusion Medicine
chairs: A. Farrugia, S. Jootar
08:30 – 09:15
3PL-03-01 CLINICAL USE AND THE NEED FOR EVIDENCE-BASED TRANSFUSION MEDICINE
P.F.W. Strengers (Sanquin, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
09:15 – 10:00
3PL-03-02 CLINICAL FEATURES OF TRANSFUSED PATIENTS IN SCOTLAND IN 2000
B. McClelland (Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, Edinburgh, Scotland)
 
10:00 – 13:30
COFFEE BREAK
 

PARALLEL SESSIONS

10:30 – 12:00
Auditorium A2
PARALLEL SESSION 5: Quality Management System
Chairs: D.Teo, M.Y. Zhu
10:30 – 10:50
3PS-05-01 A TOOL FOR BETTER TRANSFUSION PRACTICES
D. Teo (Health Sciences Authority, Singapore, Singapore)
10:50 – 11:10
3PS-05-02 OUTLINE OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT OF BTS’S IN CHINA
Y.M. Zhu, K.Ch. Quian (Shanghai Blood Center, Shanghai, China)
11:10 – 11:20
3PS-05-03 DONOR PROFILE ASSESSMENT, THE INITIATION OF SAFE BLOOD
P. Sinha, R.K. Choudhary, P. Elhence, V. Ray (S.G.P.G.I.M.S, Lucknow, India)
11:20 – 11:30
3PS-05-04 A COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT FOR TRANSFUSION MEDICINE USING A WEB BASED PROGRAM (ECAS-TMT)
G. Rock, D. Van Klaveren, Transfusion Ontario Program, D. Neurath (The Canadian Apheresis Group, Ottawa, Canada)
11:30 – 11:40
3PS-05-05 PROVUE-THE OTTAWA HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE
G. Rock, D. Neurath, M. Tokessy, T. Mulder LaFrance (The Canadian Apheresis Group, Ottawa, Canada)
11:40 – 11:50
3PS-05-06 ISBT 128 PROVIDES SUCH AN INTERNATIONAL STANDARD
P. Ashford (ICCBBA, USA)
11:50 – 12:00
DISCUSSION TIME
 
10:30 – 12:00
Auditorium B2
PARALLEL SESSION 6: Stem Cell Transplant
Chairs: P.J. Coghlan, J. McCluskey
10:30 – 10:50
3PS-06-01 STEM CELL PLASTICITY: A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
P.J. Coghlan (Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Melbourne, Australia)
10:50 – 11:10
3PS-06-02 UNRELATED STEM CELL AND CORD BLOOD TRANSPLANT
J. McCluskey (University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia)
11:10 – 11:20
3PS-06-03 EXPANDING TCRVALPHA24 VBETA11(+) NKT CELLS IN HUMAN UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD AND ANALYSE THE SPECIFIC PHENOTYPE BY FLOW CYTOMETRIC ASSESSMENT
Y. Liu (Transfusion Institute of Shanghai Blood, Shanghai, China)
11:20 – 11:30
3PS-06-04 INDUCTION OF P210BCR-ABL PROTEIN-SPECIFIC CYTOTOXIC T-CELL RESPONSE WITH DENDRITIC CELLS FROM BUFFY COAT THROUGH RNA TRANSFECTION IN VITRO
L. Gao, H.H. Fan, Y. Liu, X.X. Nie, Y.M. Yang, Y.C. Gong, K.-C. Qian, Y.M. Zhu (Shanghai Blood Center, Shanghai, China)
11:30 – 11:40
3PS-06-05 RED BLOOD CELL EXCHANGE TO PREVENT SEVERE HEMOLYSIS AFTER MINOR ABO IMCOMPATIBLE PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION
P. Hoecker, N. Worel, P.K. Kalhs (Univ. Institute for Bloodgroup Serology, Vienna, Austria)
11:40 – 12:00
DISCUSSION TIME
 
12:00 – 13:30
LUNCH BREAK, VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION AND POSTERS
 

SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM

12.00 – 13.30
Satellite Symposium organised by Abbott
Auditorium A2
EXPERIENCE WITH THE ABBOTT ARCHITECT IN BLOOD BANK SETTING
Chr. Stebler (Blood Bank Basel, Basel, Switzerland)
CURRENT TRENDS IN HBV SCREENING
S. Stramer (American Red Cross, USA)
SENSITIVITY OF FOUR NEW COMMERCIAL HBSAG ASSAYS TO DETECT MUTANT FORMS OF HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN
Dr. Ly (Laboratorie LCL, France)


SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM

12.00 – 13.30
Satellite Symposium organised by Roche
Auditorium B2
NAT & Blood Screening-Past, Present and Future


PARALLEL SESSIONS

13:30 – 15:00
Auditorium A2
PARALLEL SESSION 7: Practical Approach to TTI Testing
Chairs: S. Wendel, S. Louisirirotchanakul
13:30 – 13:50
3PS-07-01 PITFALL OF SEROLOGY IN HIV AND HEPATITIS VIRUSES
S. Louisirirotchanakul (Facutly of Medicine Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand)
13:50 – 14:10
3PS-07-02 MALARIA
K. Kwon (Korean Red Cross/ Blood Transf Res Inst, Seoul, South-Korea)
14:10 – 14:30
3PS-07-03 PRACTICAL APPROACH TO TTI TESTING SYPHILIS
S. Wendel (Hospital Sirio-Libanês Blood Bank, Sao Paulo, Brazil)
14:30 – 14:40
3PS-07-04 PROBLEMS OF TRANSFUSION TRANSMITTED INFECTION AMONG BLOOD DONORS IN YANGON CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
H. Htay Htay Tin (Yangon Children’s Hospital, Yangon, Myanmar (Burma))
14:40 – 14:50
3PS-07-05 ELEVATED ALT IN CHINESE BLOOD DONORS: PREDICTOR OF HCV NAT YIELD CASES OR CAUSE OF UNNECESSARY DONOR DEFERRAL?
F.R. Ren, F.R. Ren, J.X. Wang, G.X. Wen, D. Anderson, G.J. Gao, L.X Yan, X.H. Bai, C.F. Jiang, Q.S. Lv, Z.Y. Liu, H. Shan (Beijing Red Cross Blood Center, Beijing, China)
14:50 – 15:00
DISCUSSION TIME
 
13:30 – 15:00
Auditorium B2
PARALLEL SESSION 8: Bloodless Medicine
Chairs: P.M. Ness, R. Winslow
13:30 – 13:50
3PS-08-01 THE RED CELL TRANSFUSION TRIGGER
P.M. Ness (Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, USA)
13:50 – 14:10
3PS-08-02 MP4 (HEMOSPAN®): A NEW HAEMOGLOBIN-BASED ALTERNATIVE TO RED CELL TRANSFUSION
R. Winslow (Sangart, Inc, San Diego, California, USA)
14:10 – 14:20
3PS-08-03 OVERVIEW OF NUCLEIC ACID TESTING (NAT) ON BLOOD DONATIONS IN SINGAPORE
D. Teo, L. Wong, S. Lam (Health Sciences Authority, Singapore, Singapore)
14:20 – 14:30
3PS-08-04 MONOCLONAL IGG SPECIFIC FOR THE CD44 ANTIGEN AMELIORATES MURINE ITP BY A MECHANISM DEPENDENT UPON THE EXPRESSION OF THE INHIBITORY FC[GAMMA]RIIB: A POTENTIAL ALTERNATIVE TO IVIG
A.H. Lazarus, S. Song, A.R. Crow, V. Siragam (Canadian Blood Services, Toronto, Canada)
14:30 – 14:40
3PS-08-05 OPTIMISING BLOOD USE: A STUDY EXPLORING POSSIBILITIES OF RATIONAL BLOOD USE IN A TERTIARY HOSPITAL OF A LOW INCOME COUNTRY
K. Chaudhary (Dr.Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India)
14:40 – 14:50
3PS-08-06 MURINE MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY TO H ANTIGEN
S. Iyer, K. Vasantha, R. Pujari, A. Jadhav, D. Mohanty, K. Ghosh (Institute of Immunohaematology, Mumbai, India)
14:50 – 15:00
DISCUSSION TIME
 
15:30 – 16:00
TEA BREAK
 
15:30 – 17:00
Auditorium A2
PARALLEL SESSION 9: The Art of Donor Recruitment
Chairs: N. Mikkelsen, D. Teo
15:30 – 15:50
3PS-09-01 DONOR CARE
N. Mikkelsen (IFBDO/FIODS, Frederiksberg, Denmark)
15:50 – 16:10
3PS-09-02 DONOR COUNSELING
D. Teo (Health Sciences Authority, Singapore, Singapore)
16:10 – 16:20
3PS-09-03 A PILOT STUDY ON DONOR EDUCATION IN REDUCING POST-DONATION VASOVAGAL REACTION
C.K. Lin, C.K. Lee, C.K.O. Fung, V. Wong, J. Hong, C.K. Lee (Hong Kong RC Blood Transfusion Service, Hong Kong, Hongkong, China)
16:20 – 16:30
3PS-09-04 VOLUNTARY BLOOD DONATION IN SRI LANKA
S. Liyanage (National Blood Transfusion Service, Colombo, Sri Lanka)
16:30 – 16:40
3PS-09-05 WOMEN BLOOD DONORS: WHY ARE THEY MORE PASSIVE THAN ACTIVE DONORS
I. Petrovic, P. Kovacevic, S. Gruden, J. Pesic (University of Belgrade, Psychology Dep., Beograd, Serbia and Montenegro)
16:40 – 17:00
DISCUSSION TIME
 
15:30 – 17:00
Auditorium B2
PARALLEL SESSION 10: Blood Transfusion Immunology
Chairs: T. Juji, J. McCarthy
15:30 – 15:50
3PS-10-01 PLATELET REFRACTORINESS
L.J. McCarthy, Indiana University School of Medicine, Inidianapolis, USA
15:50 – 16:10
3PS-10-02 IMMUNOLOGICAL ADVERSE TRANSFUSION REACTIONS
T. Juji (Japanese Red Cross, Tokyo, Japan)
16:10 – 16:20
3PS-10-03 PREVENTION OF GVHD DEVELOPMENT IN MICE USING THE MIRASOL® PRT PROCESS
R.P. Goodrich, L.D. Fast, G. DiLeone, J. Li (Navigant Biotechnologies, Inc., Lakewood, USA)
16:20 – 16:30
3PS-10-04 UTILITY OF HAEMOGLOBIN COLOUR SCALE FOR HAEMOGLOBIN ESTIMATION OF BLOOD DONORS
R. Sawant, Z. Bharucha, S. Rajadhyajsha, D. Das (Tata Memorial Centre - ACTREC, Navi Mumbai, India)
16:30 – 16:40
3PS-10-05 NON-INVASIVE HB DETERMINATION IN A BLOOD DONOR SETTING
P.V. Holland, O. Amir, A. Weinstein, O. Herzenstein, D. Dvir, E. Monashkin, E. Shinar (Delta Blood Bank, Elk Grove, Ca, USA)
16:40 – 16:50
3PS-10-06 A BRIEF HISTORICAL TRANSFUSION TIMELINE
J. McCarthy, S. Smith (Indiana University School of Medicine, Inidianapolis, USA)
16:50 – 17:00
DISCUSSION TIME
 


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PARALLEL SESSIONS

Tuesday, November 15

08:30 - 10:00
Auditorium A2
PARALLEL SESSION 11: Technology and Blood Transfusion
Chairs: A. Farrugia, J.P. Allain
08:30 – 08:50
4PS-11-01 IS BLOOD SAFETY AFFORDABLE?
A. Farrugia (Therapeutic Goods Administration, Woden, Australia)
08:50 – 09:10
4PS-11-02 NEW TESTING TECHNIQUES
J.P. Allain (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom)
09:10 – 09:20
4PS-11-03 REDUCING THE RISK OF TRANSFUSION TRANSMITTED HEPATITIS B IN NEW ZEALAND
P. Flanagan, G. Charlewood, S. Horder, M. Dravitsky, H. Hollis (New Zealand Blood Service, Auckland, New Zealand)
09:20 – 09:30
4PS-11-04 FIRST YIELD FOR HIV-1 NAT IN THE AUSTRALIAN BLOOD DONOR POPULATION – A REPEAT DONOR WITH ACUTE HIV-1 INFECTION
A.R. Davis, S.L. Ismay, C. Kelso, L.R. Whybin, P.H. Cunningham, A.J. Keller (Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Sydney NSW, Australia)
09:30 – 09:40
4PS-11-05 NUCLEIC ACID TESTING OF FIRST TIME INDONESIAN BLOOD DONORS
Y. Soedarmono, M.F. Suyati, L.B. Purwati, F. Arfat (Indonesian Red Cross, Jakarta, Indonesia)
09:40 – 10:00
DISCUSSION TIME
 
08:30 – 10:00
Auditorium B2
PARALLEL SESSION 12: Disaster Management
Chairs: J. Blietz, T. Makishima
08:30 – 08:50
4PS-12-01 MAN MADE TERRORISM
J. Blietz, B. Fitzgerald (National Blood Exchange, Bethesda, USA)
08:50 – 09:10
4PS-12-02 NATURE-MADE: EARTHQUAKE, TSUNAMI
T. Makishima (Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan)
09:10 – 09:20
4PS-12-03 NOVEL B(A)640 AND B(A)641 ALLELES DETECTED IN CHINESE INDIVIDUALS
Z.H. Guo, D. Xiang, Z. Zhu, X. Liu (Shanghai Blood Center, Shanghai, China)
09:20 – 09:30
4PS-12-04 SEQUENCING ANALYSIS OF RHESUS BOXES GENE AND ZYGOSITY DETERMINATION OF THE RHD GENE IN RHD NEGATIVE CHINESE HAN POPULATION
Q. Xu, J. Ma (Shandong Blood Center, Jinan, China)
09:30 – 09:40
4PS-12-05 DETECTION OF MILTENBERGER VARIANTS BY PHENOTYPING AND REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION IN A MULTI-ETHNIC POPULATION
V.S. Nadarajan, H. Shanmugan (University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
09:40 – 10:00
DISCUSSION TIME
 
10:00 – 10:30
COFFEE BREAK
 
10:30 – 12:00
Auditorium A2
PARALLEL SESSION 13: Risk Management of Donor
Chairs: P.J. Coghlan, I. Nuchprayoon
10:30 – 10:50
4PS-13-01 SOCIO-MEDICAL SELECTION OF DONORS
P.J. Coghlan (Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Melbourne, Australia)
10:50 – 11:10
4PS-13-02 RISK MANAGEMENT OF DONORS: ANEMIA AND IRON DEFICIENCY
I. Nuchprayoon (Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand)
11:10 – 11:20
4PS-13-03 TO STUDY THE STORAGE LESIONS AND EFFECT OF GAMMA IRRADIATION ON BLOOD FROM G6PD DEFICIENT BLOOD DONORS
P. Agarwal, N. Choudhury, S. Agarwal, R. Chaudhary, V.L. Ray (Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute, Lucknow, India)
11:20 – 11:30
4PS-13-04 REJECTION RATE OF VOLUNTEERS AND THE PREVALENCE OF TRANSFUSION-TRANSMITTED DISEASES AMONG BLOOD DONORS OF DIFFERENT SOCIAL GROUPS IN TEHRAN PROVINCE
M. Ghafouri, A. Zorch (Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization, Tehran, Iran)
11:30 – 11:40
4PS-13-05 THE APPLICATION OF FLOW CYTOMETER IN DETERMINATION OF FETAL RED CELLS IN PREGNANT WOMEN’S BLOOD
X.-X. Nie, D. Xiang, K. Wu, F. Gao (Shanghai Blood Center, Shanghai, China)
11:40 – 12:00
DISCUSSION TIME
 
10:30 – 12:00
Auditorium B2
PARALLEL SESSION 14: Component Support in Special Clinical Setting
Chairs: P. Isarangkura, V. Suvatte
10:30 – 10:50
4PS-14-01 COMPONENT SUPPORT IN SPECIAL CLINICAL SETTING, THALASSEMIA HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES
V.S. Tanphaichitr, V. Suvatte (Siriraj Hospital Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand)
10:50 – 11:10
4PS-14-02 COMPONENT SUPPORT IN SPECIAL CLINICAL SETTING - HEMOPHILIA
P. Isarangkura (Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand)
11:10 – 11:20
4PS-14-03 IN VITRO PARAMETERS OF AUTOMATED WASHED RED BLOOD CELLS SEPARATED BY MEANS OF APHERESIS
C. Grabmer, M. Popovsky, E. Amann, D. Schönitzer, S. Falaize, H. Hanske, E. Pages, W. Nussbaumer (University Hospital Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria)
11:20 – 11:30
4PS-14-04 AUTOLOGOUS BLOOD UTILIZATION DURING RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY FOR PATIENTS WITH ADENOCARCINOMA OF THE PROSTATE
C. Zubair, R. Grant (Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, USA)
11:30 – 11:40
4PS-14-05 EFFECT OF TRANSFUSIONAL THERAPY ON PREECLAMPSIA IN SICKLE-CELL PREGNANT WOMEN : THE HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON EXPERIENCE
Ph. Renaudier, A. Perrozet, B. Durand, J. Troncy, F. Bouafia, C. Pondarre, A. Francina, R.C. Rudigoz, D. Raudrant, M. Berland, P. Gaucherand, C. Negrier (Lyon, France)
11 :40 – 12:00
DISCUSSION TIME
 
12:00 – 13:30
LUNCH BREAK, VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION AND POSTERS


SATELITE SYMPOSIUM

12.00 - 13.30
Satellite Symposium organised by BioOne
Auditorium A2
Chair: S. Jootar
RISK OF BLOOD TRANSFUSION
A. Shimosaka (Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Heilongjiang Institute of Hematology, Xian Jiaotong University, The Fourth Military Medical University, Peking University School of Oncology China)
DNA/RNA BINDING ACTIVITY OF PSORALEN COMPOUND
J.E. Hearst (University of California, Department of Chemistry. USA)
PATHOGEN INACTIVATION OF BLOOD PRODUCTS
L. Lin (Cerus Corporation, Concord, USA)


PLENARY LECTURES

13:30 – 15:00 Auditorium A2
PLENARY LECTURES 4: Re-engineering of BTS
Chairs: C.K. Lin, T. Intragumtornchai
13:30 – 14:50
4PL-04-01 HOW A TRANSFUSION SYSTEM CAN WORK
F. Décary (Héma-Québec, Saint-Laurent, Canada)
14:15 – 15:00
4PL-04-02 LESSONS FOR DANCING ON A MOVING CARPET
J.R.S. Hetzel (Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia)
15:00 – 15:30
CLOSING CEREMONY