Abstract Topics

1. Management and Organisation

1.1 Organisational Issues
1.2 Information Technology
1.3 Cost/Effectiveness
1.4 Training and Education
1.5 Risk Models and Risk Analysis
1.6 Blood Supply Management and Utilization
1.7 Standards and Regulation
1.8 Quality Management

2. Blood Donation

2.1 Blood Donor Recruitment
2.2 Blood Collection incl. Apheresis
2.3 Donor Adverse Events
2.4 Rare Donor Programme

3. Blood Products

3.1 Blood Processing, Storage and Release
3.2 Blood Components
3.3 Plasma Products
3.4 Pathogen Inactivation
3.5 Biologicals
3.6 Novel Blood Products

4. Transfusion Transmitted Infections

4.1 Screening strategies for TTI
4.2 Hepatitis B (HBV)
4.3 Hepatitis C (HCV)
4.4 HIV
4.5 Bacteria
4.6 Parasites
4.7 Newly emerging pathogens and other transfusion related pathogens

5. Immune Haematology

5.1 Red Cell Immunology
5.2 Platelet Immunology
5.3 Granulocyte Immunology
5.4 Fetal-Maternal Immunology
5.5 Diagnosis of TRALI

6. Clinical Transfusion

6.1 Neonatal and Pediatric Transfusion
6.2 Therapeutic Apheresis
6.3 Evidence Based Transfusion Medicine Practice
6.4 Haemorrhage and massive transfusion
6.5 Thrombosis and Haemostasis
6.6 Adverse events, incl. TRALI
6.7 Haemovigilance and transfusion safety
6.8 Alternatives to Blood Transfusion

7. Cellular Therapies

7.1 Procurement
7.2 Stem Cell and Tissue Banking, incl. Cord Blood
7.3 Collection, Processing, Storage and Release
7.4 Clinical Applications

8. Clinical Immunogenetics

8.1 HLA in Transfusion Medicine
8.2 Histocompatibility in Stem Cell Transplantation
8.3 Histocompatibility in Organ Transplantation

9. Novel Development

9.1 Novel development

10. History

10.1 History