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Programme-at-a-glance

  SUNDAY, 3 SEPTEMBER 2006
  Auditorium Ballroom West Ballroom East Room
1.61 - 1.64
Room
1.41 - 1.44

 

Exhibition / Poster area
08:30 - 10:00   E1 - Progenitor Cells E2 - Transfusion in Resource Limited Countries      
10:30 - 12:00   E3 - Evidence Based Transfusion Medicine E4 - Transfusion in
Resource Limited Countries
     
12:15 - 13:45       Satellite Symposium OCD Satellite Symposium Pall Medical  
14:00 - 15:30   E5 - Advances in Haemostasis E6 - Transfusion in Resource Limited Countries      
16:00 - 17:30   E7 - New Frontiers in Blood Transfusion E8 - Paediatric
Transfusion
Practice
     
17:45 - 18:45 Opening Ceremony          
18:45 - 20:45           Opening of the Trade Exhibition / Welcome Cocktail Party
   
  MONDAY 4, SEPTEMBER 2006
  Auditorium Ballroom West Ballroom East Room
1.61 - 1.64
Room
1.41 - 1.44

 

Exhibition / Poster area
08:30 - 10:00 P1 - Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies          
10:30 - 12:00 S3 - Donor Management-Developing a Donor Program S1 - Quality
Management in BT
S5 - Bacterial
Contamination of
Blood Products
S2 - Paediatric
Transfusion Practice
S4 - Plasma
Derivatives in
Clinical Practice
 
12:15 - 13:45   Satellite Symposium
Gambro
Symposium
ISBT Working
Party on TTD
     
14.00 - 15.30 S9 - Structure and
Governance of BTS
S6 - Leucocyte
Depletion
S7 - Auto-transfusion S10 - Cellular
Therapies
S8 - National
Blood Inventory
Management
 
16.00 - 17.30 S15 - Red Cell
Immunohaematology
S11 -
Hepatitis
S12 - NATA
Symposium:
The Anaemia of
Chronic Disease
S14 - Non-infectious
Hazards of
Transfusion
S13 - Platelet and
Megakaryocyte
Immunology
 
17.30 - 18.30           Poster Walk 1 (snacks and drinks)
   
  TUESDAY, 5 SEPTEMBER 2006
  Auditorium Ballroom West Ballroom East Room
1.61 - 1.64
Room
1.41 - 1.44

 

Exhibition / Poster area
08:30 - 09:30 P2 - ISBT Award
Lectures
         
10:00 - 11:30 P3 - ISBT Presidential
Award Symposium
         
11:45 - 13:00 ISBT
General Assembly
         
13.15 - 14.45     Satellite Symposium
Chiron
Satellite Symposium
Octapharma
Satellite Symposium
Cerus
 
- 15.15          
15.00 - 19.00 General Excursion to Chapman’s Peak
   
  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEPTEMBER 2006
  Auditorium Ballroom West Ballroom East Room
1.61 - 1.64
Room
1.41 - 1.44

 

Exhibition / Poster area
08.30 - 10.00 P4 - Ethical Issues in
Blood Transfusion
Practice
         
10.30 - 12.00 S19 - Donor
Management
S17 - Immune
Haemolytic
Anaemias
S20 - Transfusion
Transmitted
Diseases (TTD)
S18 - IPFA
Symposium
S16 - Evidence
Based Transfusion
Medicine
 
12.15 - 13.45   Satellite Symposium
BioRad
    Satellite Symposium
Roche Molecular
Systems
 
14.00 - 15.30 S23 - HIV S21 - Haemostasis S25 - Donor
Management
S22 - Artificial
O2 Carriers: Status
in 2006
S24 - Update of
BTS/Practice
in Africa
 
16.00 - 17.30 S28 - Nucleic Acid
Amplification
Testing (NAT)
S26 - Role of
International
Organisations in
Strengthening
/Supporting BTS
S29 - Haemovigilance
Systems
S30 - Rare Donor
Programme
S27 - Resuscitation
/Massive Transfusion
 
17.30 - 18.30           Poster Session 2
(snacks and drinks)
19.00 - 24.00 African Theme Evening
   
  THURSDAY 7, SEPTEMBER 2006
  Auditorium Ballroom West Ballroom East Room
1.61 - 1.64
Room
1.41 - 1.44

 

Exhibition / Poster area
08.30 - 10.00 S31 - Promoting
Blood Donation -
Art, Science or
Guesswork?
S33 - Haemopoietic
Stem Cells
S34 - Pathogen
Reduction /
Inactivation
S32 - RBC Antigen
Modification
S35 - Automation
and Data Processing
in BT
 
10.30 - 12.00 S37 - West Nile
Virus and other
Emerging Pathogens
S39 - Emerging
Technologies
S36 - Thrombotic
Thrombocytopaenic
Purpura (TTP)
S40 - History of
Blood Transfusion
S38 - Quality Management
in BT
 
12.15 - 13.15 Closing Ceremony          

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Preliminary Scientific Programme

Saturday 2 september 2006
PRE CONGRESS DAY
17.00 - 19.00 Room: 1.41 - 1.42
Blood Transfusion update in Eastern Mediterranean Region
Chair: F. Moftah, Egypt
17.00 - 17.05
Introduction
F. Moftah (National Blood Transfusion Service, Giza, Egypt)
17.05 - 17.30
Plasma as a source material for fractionation
· Specificities of plasma for fractionation with recommendation
A. Padilla (WHO, Geneve, Switzerland)
· Development of plasma contract fractionation protocol
T. Burnouf (Human Plasma Product Services, Lille, France)
17.30 – 17.45
VIRAL INACTIVATION OF BLOOD COMPONENTS IN BLOOD CENTERS
M. El-Ekiaby (Red Crescent Society, Cairo, Egypt)
17.45 – 18.00
NEW APPROACH FOR BTS MANAGEMENT IN EGYPT, MODEL FOR EMR
F. Moftah (National Blood Transfusion Service, Giza, Egypt)
18.00 – 18.15
UPDATE ON TRANSFUSION PRACTICES IN SAUDI ARABIA
S. Hindawi (National Blood Transfusion Service, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)
18.15 – 18.30
UPDATE ON WBDD 2006 ACTIVITIES
N. Dhingra (WHO, Geneva, Switserland)
18.30 – 19.00
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION
All participants
 

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Sunday 3 september 2006
EDUCATIONAL AND STATE OF THE ART REVIEWS
08.30 - 10.00 Ballroom West
E1: Progenitor Cells
Chair: R.L. Crookes
08.30 - 09.15
1ED-01-01 STEM CELL PLASTICITY
M. Pepper (Netcare Molecular Medicine Institute, Pretoria, South Africa)
09.15 - 10.00
1ED-01-02 HAEMOPOIETIC STEM CELL THERAPY
J. Kurtzberg (Duke University Medical Center, Durham, United States of America)
 
08.30 - 10.00 Ballroom East
E2: Transfusion in Resource Limited Countries
Chair: D. Mvere
08.30 - 09.15
1ED-02-01 HOW TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL BLOOD POLICY AND NATIONAL BLOOD PROGRAMME
N. Dhingra (WHO, Geneva, Switzerland)
09.15 - 10.00
1ED-02-02 PRINCIPLES OF ESTABLISHING A VOLUNTARY DONOR BASE
C.K. Lin (Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Hong Kong, China)
 
10.00 – 10.30
COFFEE BREAK
 
10.30 - 12.00 Ballroom West
E3: Evidence Based Transfusion Medicine
Chair: V. Poovalingam
10.30 - 11.15
1ED-03-01 WHY DO WE BELIEVE IN BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY?
B. McClelland (Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
11.15 - 12.00
1ED-03-02 TRANSFUSION ASSOCIATED GRAFT VS. HOST DISEASE
P.V. Holland (University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento,United States of America)
 
10.30 - 12.00 Ballroom East
E4: Transfusion in Resource Limited Countries
Chair: G.M. Thurtell
10.30 - 11.15
1ED-04-01 TESTING STRATEGIES
J.P. Allain (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom)
11.15 - 12.00
1ED-04-02 PRACTICAL PROBLEM SOLVING IN BLOOD BANKS
A. Devenish (National Blood Service, London, United Kingdom)
 
12.00 – 14.00
LUNCH BREAK AND SATELLITE SYMPOSIA
 
SATELLITE SYMPOSIA
12.15 – 13.45
Satellite Symposium organised by OCD
Room 1.61 – 1.64
Global Automation and Process Excellence ....
Today, Tomorrow and the Future
This event will highlight the benefits of full automation in the area of donor validation testing and patient pre-transfusion testing. It will also include customer presentations on ORTHO AutoVue® Innova and the new donor screening platform, the ORTHO Paradigm®, as well as a virtual reality tour through the donor screening laboratory of the future.
AUTOMATION IN THE TRANSFUSION LABORATORY:10 YEAR EXPERIENCE
J. Wallis (Freeman Hospital- Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom)
A MULTICENTRIC STUDY ON SECOND LEVEL AUTOMATION IN IMMUNOHEMATOLOGY
M. Ripamonti (HTS Santa Chiara - Trento, Italy)
THE DONOR CENTRE PERSPECTIVE
K. Grundon (Automation Lead Engineer Ortho-Clincal Diagnostics)
 
12.15 – 13.45
Satellite Symposium organised by Pall Medical
Room 1.41 – 1.44
Prions in Transfusion Medicine
Chair: A. Ross, Pall Corporation, USA
VCJD AND BLOOD TRANSFUSION - INCIDENCE AND RISKS
M. Turner (Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, United Kingdom)
PRION REDUCTION - THE FRENCH APPROACH
J. Coste (Etablissements Français du Sanguine, Montpellier, France)
FROM LEUKOCYTE DEPLETION TO PRION REDUCTION - EVOLVING STEPS TO INCREASE BLOOD SAFETY
J. Ortalano (Pall Corporation, United States of America)
 
EDUCATIONAL AND STATE OF THE ART REVIEWS
14.00 - 15.30 Ballroom West
E5: Advances in Haemostasis
Chair: A.R. Bird
14.00 - 14.45
1ED-05-01 RECENT ADVANCES IN THE BIOLOGY OF HAEMOSTASIS
E. Tuddenham (Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom)
14.45 - 15.30
1ED-05-02 ADVANCES IN THE THERAPY OF HAEMOSTATIC DISORDERS
P. Giangrande (Chuchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom)
 
14.00 - 15.30 Ballroom East
E6: Transfusion in Resource Limited Countries
Chair: J. Emmanuel
14.00 - 14.45
1ED-06-01 OVERALL STRATEGY FOR BLOOD SAFETY AND AVAILABILITY
K. Boukef (Centre Nat. De Transf. Sanguine, Tunis, Tunisia)
14.45 - 15.30
1ED-06-02 APPROPRIATE CLINICAL USE OF BLOOD IN CHILDREN IN RESOURCE CONSTRAINED SETTINGS
E. Molyneux (Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi)
 
15.30 – 16.00
TEA BREAK
 
16.00 - 17.30 Ballroom West
E7: New Frontiers in Blood Transfusion
Chair: R. Reddy
16.00 - 16.45
1ED-07-01 MICROARRAYS AND BEYOND
R. Eglin (National Blood Service, London, United Kingdom)
16.45 - 17.30
1ED-E7-02 STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF RED CELL SURFACE ANTIGENS
G. Daniels (National Blood Service, Bristol, United Kingdom)
 
16.00 - 17.30 Ballroom East
E8: Paediatric Transfusion Practice
Chair: G. Bellairs
16.00 - 16.45
1ED-08-01 PATHOGENETIC MECHANISMS OF THE ANEMIA OF PREMATURITY
R. Strauss (University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, United States of America)
16.45 - 17.30
1ED-08-02 RBC TRANSFUSION AND/OR RECOMBINANT EPO THERAPY
OF THE ANEMIA OF PREMATURITY
R. Strauss (University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, United States of America)
 
17.45 - 18.45 Auditorium
OPENING CEREMONY
 
18.45 – 20.45 Exhibition Area
WELCOME RECEPTION
 

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Monday 4 september 2006
 
PLENARY LECTURES
08.30 - 10.00 Auditorium
PLENARY LECTURES 1: Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs)
Chairs: S. Takamoto, A. Heyns
08.30 - 09.15
2PL-01-01 HUMAN PRION DISEASES: BIOLOGY AND TRANSMISSION BY BLOOD
J. Ironside (University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
09.15 - 10.00
2PL-01-02 CONTROLLING THE BLOOD-BORNE SPREAD OF HUMAN PRION DISEASE
C.V. Prowse (SNBTS, Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
 
10.00 – 10.30
COFFEE BREAK
 
PARALLEL SESSIONS
10.30 - 12.00 Ballroom West
S1: Quality Management in Blood Transfusion
Chairs: P.J. Coghlan, Y.M. Zhu
10.30 - 11.00
2PS-01-01 GLOBALISATION AND BLOOD SAFETY
A. Farrugia (Therapeutic Goods Administration, Wooden, Australia)
11.00 - 11.15
2PS-01-02VIRAL RISKS OF PLASMA-DERIVED MEDICINAL PRODUCTS
C.L. van der Poel, M.P. Janssen, B.A. van Hout, J. Over, H.T.M. Cuijpers (UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands)
11.15 - 11.30
2PS-01-03 EU-Q-BLOOD-SOP: DEVELOPMENT OF PAN EUROPEAN QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN TRANSFUSION MEDICINE
C. Seidl, R. Henschler, E. Schellenberg, A. McMillan Douglas, C. Smit Sibinga, M. Gorham, M. Letowska, J. de Wit, E. Seifried (Institute for Transfusion Medicine, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany)
11.30 - 11.45
2PS-01-04 LOT RELEASE OF MICROBIOLOGY BLOOD SCREENING KITS AND HCV NAT IN THE ENGLISH NATIONAL BLOOD SERVICE
J.A. Newham, A.D. Kitchen (NBS, London, United Kingdom)
11.45 - 12.00
2PS-01-05 GUIDELINES FOR JUDICIOUS USE OF BLOOD PRODUCTS: IMPLEMENTATION AND AUDIT. SIX YEARS EXPERIENCE AT A TERTIARY-CARE CENTER IN ISRAEL
M. Hareuveni, B.O. Ben-Tal (TASMC, Tel Aviv, Israel)
 
10.30 - 12.00 Room: 1.61 - 1.64
S2: Paediatric Transfusion Practice
Chairs: A.R. Bird, A. Brand
10.30 - 10.55
2PS-02-01 THE IMPACT OF KANGAROO MOTHER CARE ON THE PREVALENCE OF BLOOD PRODUCT TRANSFUSIONS IN INFANTS <1800G MANAGED IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY
G. Kirsten, H. Weyers (University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg, South Africa)
10.55 - 11.20
2PS-02-02 CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF FETAL/NEONATAL ALLOIMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA
H. Kanhai (Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands)
11.20 - 11.45
2PS-02-03 PLATELET TRANSFUSIONS TO INFANTS
R. Strauss (University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, United States of America)
11.45 - 12.00
2PS-02-04 SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF THERAPEUTIC EARLY-ONSET GRANULOCYTE TRANSFUSIONS IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH NEUTROPENIA AND SEVERE INFECTIONS
J.H. Sachs, A. Reiter, T. Walter, G. Bein, W. Woessmann (Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany)
 
10.30 - 12.00 Auditorium
S3: Donor Management - Developing a Blood Donor Programme
Chairs: N. Dhingra, D. de Coning
10.30 - 11.00
2PS-03-01 DONOR RIGHTS AND EXPECTATIONS
N. Mikkelsen (IFBDO/FIODS, Frederiksberg, Denmark)
11.00 - 11.30
2PS-03-02 DEVELOPING A BLOOD DONOR PROGRAM MALAWI BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE (MBTS)
J. Emmanuel (Malawi Blood Transfusion Service Project, Malawi)
11.30 - 11.45
2PS-03-03 LEVERAGING DONOR LOYALTY FOR A STRONGER GLOBAl BLOOD SUPPLY - ALLIANCE OF BLOOD OPERATOR PIAG (PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT ADVISORY GROUP) DONOR LOYALTY GROUP
F. Gogarty, J. Nugent, A. Harding, J. Granato, S. Pohlen (National Blood Service, Herts, United Kingdom)
11.45 - 12.00
2PS-03-04 THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HLA PHENOTYPE DATA BANK FOR BLOOD DONORS TO REDUCE NON-HEMOLYTIC TRANSFUSION REACTION AND PLATELET INFUSION INEFFICACY
Q. Wu, M.L. Liu, J. Qi (Shaanxi Blood Center, Xi`an, China)
 
10.30 - 12.00 Room: 1.41 - 1.44
S4: Plasma Derivatives in Clinical Practice
Chairs : C. Rochat, H. Chapel
10.30 - 11.00
2PS-04-01 IV IMMUNOGLOBULINS IN CLINICAL PRACTICE
H. Chapel (Oxford Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom)
11.00 - 11.15
2PS-04-02 CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SERUM AUTOANTIGENS RECOGNIZED BY INTRAVENOUS IMMUNOGLOBULINS (IVIg) USING 2D-PAGE AND LC-MS
R. Lemieux, R. Bazin, A. Laroche, C. Philippeau, T. Tremblay (Hema-Québec, Sainte-foy, Québec, Canada)
11.15 - 11.45
2PS-04-03 VOLUME EXPANDERS: CRYSTALLOIDS VS. PLASMA COLLOIDS VS. SYNTHETIC COLLOIDS
M. James (Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa)
11.45 - 12.00
2PS-04-04 FIBRIN GLUE PREPARED FROM SINGLE DONOR ALLOGENOUS PLASMA
M.J. Dijkstra-Tiekstra, C.J. van Delden, J. de Wildt-Eggen, W. Kuipers, A. Setroikromo, W.M. Smid, M.M.W. Koopman, D. de Korte (Sanquin Blood Bank North East Region, Groningen, Netherlands)
 
10.30 - 12.00 Ballroom East
S5: Bacterial Contamination of Blood Products
Chairs: M. Blajchman, J.P. Aubuchon
10.30 - 11.00
2PS-05-01 THE RELIABILITY OF BACTERIAL DETECTION IN PLATELETS
J.P. Aubuchon (Dartmouth - Hitchcock Medical Centre, Lebanon, United States of America)
11.00 - 11.15
2PS-05-02 HEMA-QUEBEC'S EXPERIENCE WITH BACTERIAL CULTURE OF WHOLE-BLOOD DERIVED PLATELET CONCENTRATES (WBDPC)
G. Delage, P. Robillard, F. Bernier, M. Tremblay, J. Dion (Hema-Quebec, St-Laurent, Canada)
11.15 - 11.30
2PS-05-03 RESIDUAL RISK OF SEPTIC TRANSFUSION REACTIONS FROM BACTERIAL-TESTED APHERESIS PLATELETS
C.T. Fang, F. Eder, P. Notari, R.Y. Dodd, R.J. Benjamin (American Red Cross, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America)
11.30 - 11.45
2PS-05-04 THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SAMPLING TIME AFTER THE PREPARATION OF PLATELET CONCENTRATES FOR THE DETECTION OF BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION
E. Dickmeiss, M. Bidstrup, J. Salado (Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark)
11.45 - 12.00
2PS-05-05 COMPARISON OF THREE BACTERIAL DETECTION METHODS UNDER ROUTINE CONDITIONS
M.S. Schmidt, A. Karakassopoulos, J. Burkhart, R. Deitenbeck, J. Asmus, T.H. Mueller, F. Weinauer, E. Seifried, G. Walther-Wenke (German Red Cross Institute Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany)
 
12.00 – 14.00
LUNCH BREAK, VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION AND POSTERS AND SATELLITE SYMPOSIA
 
SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM
12.15 – 13.45
Satellite Symposium organised by Gambro
Ballroom West
 NEW IDEAS… NEW ENERGY
(From one of the world’s foremost renaissance thinkers at the Gambro BCT satellite symposium)
HOW TO THINK LIKE LEONARDO DA VINCI
Seven steps to genius every day. Experience in the energy and intelligence of innovation and creativity, expert ichael J. Gelb (www.bigspeak.com). His entertaining seminar will teach you to:
balance analysis and imagination; cultivate an innovative working environment;
sustain continuous learning)
 
ISBT WORKING PARTY SYMPOSIUM
12.15 – 13.45
Symposium organised by ISBT Working Party on
Transfusion Transmissible Diseases
Ballroom East
Global experience with nucleic acid amplification (NAT) systems for blood donor screening
Chairs: S. Wendel, K. Roth, M. Busch, J-P. Allain
Part 1: Comparison of performance between two commercial IV/HCV/HBV NAT systems
12.00 – 12.10
P-128 COMPARISON OF THE CHIRON PROCLEIX® TIGRIS® AND OCHE COBAS S 201 NUCLEIC ACID TESTING (NAT) SYSTEMS FOR SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION OF HIV/HCV RNA AND HBV DNA *
C.K. Lin, A.R. Margaritis, S. Brown, C.R. Seed, P. Kiely, B. D'Agostino, A.J. Keller (Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Perth, Australia)
12.10 – 12.20
P-108 HEAD TO HEAD COMPARISON OF TWO NEW AUTOMATED NAT SYSTEMS CHIRON: PROCLEIX TIGRIS SYSTEM VS ROCHE COBAS S 201 *
A. Assal, V. Barlet, C. Cornillot, M. Deschazeaux, I. Dupont, P. Gallian, C. Guitton, P. Morel, G. Andreu (EFS Centre Atlantique, Tours, France)
12.20 – 12.30
DISCUSSION
M.P. Busch (Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, United States of America)
Part 2: Feasibility and clinical yield of NAT in high prevalence areas
12.30 – 12.40
P-110 SEROLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERISTICS OF HBV DNA POSITIVE/ HBSAG NEGATIVE BLOOD DONORS *
E. Brojer, M. Letowska, G. Liszewski, P. Grabarczyk, M. Mikulska (Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Warsaw, Poland)
12.40 – 12.50
P-018 DETECTION OF HIV-1 INFECTION IN BLOOD DONORS DURING THE IMMUNOLOGICAL WINDOW PERIOD BY IMPLEMENTATION OF NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNOLOGY *
P.S.P. Scuracchio, A.G. Oliveira Filho, M.M.M. Lemos, M.C.C. Poli, R. Colella, M.M.C. Magri, N.J.F. Cavalcanti, E.C. Sabino, N.A. Salles, D.A.F. Chamone (Banco de Sangue de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil)
12.50 – 13.00
P-136 EVALUATION OF ACCEPTED BLOOD DONORS WITH A MULTIPLEX NUCLEIC ACID TEST (NAT) AT CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, THAILAND *
L.T. Thaikruea, N.N. Niwes, S.T. Thongsawat, L.N. Litrakoon, L.F. Fonksatidkil, P.S. Sompan, A.H. Heaton, D.N. Nichols, K.N. Nelson (Department of Community Medicine, Chiang Mai, Thailand)
13.00 – 13.10
P-106 IMPLEMENTATION OF A POST-DONATION TRIPLEX HIV/HCV/HBV NAT IN A TEACHING HOSPITAL TRANSFUSION MEDICINE UNIT IN KUMASI, GHANA *
S. Owusu-Ofori, G. Bedu-Addo, D. Candotti, A. Nsiah-Asare, F. Sarkodie, J-P Allain (Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana)
13.10 – 13.30
DISCUSSION
J-P Allain (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom)

* Abstracts to be found in the poster section
 
PARALLEL SESSIONS
14.00 - 15.30 Ballroom West
S6: Leucocyte Depletion
Chairs: A.R. Bird, M. James
14.00 - 14.40
2PS-06-01 UNIVERSAL LEUCOCYTE DEPLETION: PRO
M. Blajchmann (McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada)
14.40 - 15.20
2PS-06-02 UNIVERSAL LEUCOCYTE DEPLETION: CON
E.C. Vamvakas (University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada)
15.20 - 15.30
DISCUSSION TIME
 
14.00 - 15.30 Ballroom East
S7: Auto-Transfusion
Chairs: M.H. Sayers, L.T. Goodnough
14.00 - 14.45
2PS-07-01 PREDEPOSIT AUTOLOGOUS DONATIONS
L.T. Goodnough (Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, United States of America)
14.45 - 15.00
2PS-07-02 PREOPERATIVE AUTOLOGOUS BLOOD DONATION CAUSES IMMUNOMODULATION IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING ELECTIVE HIP REPLACEMENT SURGERY
R. Karger, C. Weber, J. Schmidt, V. Kretschmer (Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany)
15.00 - 15.15
2PS-07-03 TEN YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH BLOOD SALVAGE IN CANCER SURGERY AND ITS EFFECT ON OUTCOME
E.N. Hansen, G. Roth, V. Bechmann, M.T. Pawlik (University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany)
15.15 - 15.30
2PS-07-04 PREOPERATIVE AUTOLOGOUS BLOOD DONATION IN 2005: EXPERIENCE OF A BLOOD CENTRE IN PARIS REGION.
G. Woimant, C. Fretz, M.M. Sterlin, D. Benomar, P. Anceau, E. Pelissier, J.L. Beaumont, P. Bierling (EFS Ile de France, Paris, France)
 
14.00 - 15.30 Room: 1.41 - 1.44
S8: National Blood Inventory Management
Chairs: R. Reddy, J.F. Chapman
14.00 - 14.30
2PS-08-01 THE BENEFITS OF DATA COLLECTION FOR EFFECTIVE INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
J.F. Chapman (Blood Stocks Management Scheme, NBS, London, United Kingdom)
14.30 - 15.00
2PS-08-02 CENTRALISED MANAGEMENT OF THE BLOOD INVENTORY - FROM THE BLOOD CENTRE TO HOSPITALS
M. Koh (Health Sciences Authority, Singapore, Singapore)
15.00 - 15.15
2PS-08-03 EXPERIENCES WITH FROZEN BLOOD PRODUCTS IN THE NETHERLANDS MILITARY
F. Noorman, C.C.M. Lelkens, J.G. Koning, B. de Kort, I.B.G. Floot (Military Bloodbank, Leiden, Netherlands)
15.15 - 15.30
2PS-08-04 A NOVEL APPROACH TO OPTIMAL BLOOD PLATELETS LOGISTICS
C.Th. Smit Sibinga, N. van Dijk, R. Haijema, J. van der Wal (Academic Institute IDTM, Groningen, Netherlands)
 
14.00 - 15.30 Auditorium
S9: Structure and Governance of Blood Transfusion Services
Chairs: M. Bayik, L. Mpuntsha
14.00 - 14.20
2PS-09-01 CANADA
G. Sher (Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa, Canada)
14.20 - 14.40
2PS-09-02 THE BLOOD SYSTEM IN QUÉBEC
F. Décary (Hema-Québec, Québec, Canada)
14.40 - 15.00
2PS-09-03 ENGLAND: NATIONAL BLOOD SERVICE (NBS)
M. Gorham (NBS, London, United Kingdom)
15.00 - 15.20
2PS-09-04 China:Providing ADEQUATE SAFE BLOOD TO 1.3 BILLION PEOPLE
Y.M. Zhu (Shanghai Blood Center, Shanghai, China)
15.20 - 15.30
DISCUSSION TIME
 
14.00 - 15.30 Room: 1.61  - 1.64
S10: Cellular Therapies
Chairs: J. McCullough, N. Novitzky
14.00 - 14.30
2PS-10-01 CELLULAR THERAPIES FOR MALIGNANT AND NON-MALIGNANT DISORDERS
z. Slavin (Cell Therapy & Transplantation Research, Jerusalem, Israel)
14.30 - 15.00
2PS-10-02 STEM CELL THERAPY FOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
E. Seifried (German Red Cross Institute Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany)
15.00 - 15.15
2PS-10-03 THE IMMUNOMODULATORY AND CLINICAL EFFECT OF EXTRACORPOREAL PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC GVHD AND CTCL. THE ROLE OF DENDRITIC CELLS IN THE PROCEDURE
Z.G. Gasova, R.S. Spisek, L.D. Dolezalova, I.M. Marinov (Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic)
15.15 - 15.30
2PS-10-04 EXTRACORPOREAL PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY FOR ACUTE AND CHRONIC GVHD, A REPORT OF 75 PATIENTS TREATED IN A SINGLE INSTITUTION
E. Dann, A. Badian, T. Stravets, L. Kertsman, A. Olivan, L. Bonstein, J.M. Rowe (Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel)
 
15.30 – 16.00
TEA BREAK
 
16.00 - 17.30 Ballroom West
S11: Hepatitis
Chairs: H. Alter, J.P. Allain
16.00 - 16.25
2PS-11-01 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HBV INFECTION AND HBV-RELATED HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA IN AFRICA: NATURAL HISTORY AND CLINICAL OUTCOME
M. Kew (University of the Witwaterbrand and NHLS, Johannesburg, South Africa)
16.25 - 16.50
2PS-11-02 APPROACHES TO HEPATITIS SAFETY IN SUB - SAHARAN AFRICA
J.P. Allain (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom)
16.50 - 17.15
2PS-11-03 ADVANCES IN THE TREATMENT OF HEPATITIS B AND C
R. Hift (Groote Schuur Hospital, Dept. of Medicine, Cape Town, South Africa)
17.15 - 17.30
2PS-11-04 MORTALITY IN HEPATITIS C VIRUS (HCV) INFECTED BLOOD DONORS: A LARGE, RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY
E.L. Murphy (Univ California San Francisco and BSRI, San Francisco, United States of America)
 
16.00 - 17.30 Ballroom East
S12: NATA Symposium - The Anaemia of Chronic disease
Chairs: A. Maniatis, F. Décary
16.00 - 16.30
2PS-12-01 HOW MANY RED CELL UNITS ARE NEEDED FOR A POPULATION? DATA FROM SCOTLAND 2002
B. McClelland (Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
16.30 - 16.50
2PS-12-02 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF THE ANAEMIA OF CHRONIC DISEASE
L.T. Goodnough (Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, United States of America)
16.50 - 17.10
2PS-12-03 CAN WE AVOID TRANSFUSION IN TREATING THE ANAEMIA OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE?
K. Erichsen (Childrens Clinic, Bergen, Norway)
17.10 - 17.30
2PS-12-03 TREATING THE ANAEMIA OF CANCER
M. Auerbach (Baltimore, United States of America)
 
16.00 - 17.30 Room 1.41 - 1.44
S13: Platelet and Megakaryocyte Immunology
Chairs: A. Heyns, C. Kaplan Gouet
16.00 - 16.25
2PS-13-01 PLATELET IMMUNOLOGY, PRESENT AND FUTURE
W. Ouwehand (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom)
16.25 - 16.50
2PS-13-02 PLATELET BIOLOGY: COLLAGEN ACTIVATION MECHANISMS AND THEIR RELEVANCE TO TRANSFUSION MEDICINE
P. Smethurst (National Bloodservice Cambridge Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom)
16.50 - 17.15
2PS-13-03 HOW THE PLATELET ACTUALLY WORKS
F. de Groot (UMC, Thrombosis and Haemostasis Laboratory, Utrecht, Netherlands)
17.15 - 17.30
2PS-13-04 FEEDBACK ON THE 2006 PLATELET IMMUNOLOGY WORKSHOP
Z. Foxcroft (South African National Blood Service (SANBS), Roodepoort, South Africa)
 
16.00 - 17.30 Room 1.61 - 1.64
S14: Non-Infectious Hazards of Transfusion
Chairs: G. Bellairs, P.V. Holland
16.00 - 16.30
2PS-14-01 TRANSFUSION-RELATED ACUTE LUNG INJURY AND TRANSFUSION-ASSOCIATED CIRCULATORY OVERLOAD
P.V. Holland (University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento,United States of America)
16.30 - 17.00
2PS-14-02 HAEMOLYTIC REACTIONS
M. Contreras (National Blood Service, London, United Kingdom)
17.00 - 17.15
2PS-14-03 HAEMOVIGILANCE REPORTS OF POST-TRANSFUSION PURPURA AND TRANSFUSION-ASSOCIATED GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE BEFORE AND AFTER IMPLEMENTATION OF UNIVERSAL LEUCOCYTE DEPLETION IN THE UK
L.M. Williamson, D. Stainsby, H. Jones, E. Love, C. Chapman, A. Casbard, H. Cohen (University of Cambridge/NBS, Cambridge, United Kingdom)
17.15 - 17.30
2PS-14-04 OUTCOME AMONG RECIPIENTS OF ABO NON-IDENTICAL BUT ABO COMPATIBLE PLASMA: A SWEDISH-DANISH REGISTER-BASED COHORT STUDY
A. Shanwell, K. Rostgaard-Petersen, M. Ahlgren, H. Hjalgrim, M. Reilly (Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden)
 
16.00 - 17.30 Auditorium
S15: Red Cell Immunohaemotology
Chairs: G. Daniels, E. Smart
16.00 - 16.30
2PS-15-01 RECENT PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR UNDERSTANDING OF ABO&P-RELATED BLOOD GROUPS
M.L. Olsson (Lund University, Lund, Sweden)
16.30 - 17.00
2PS-15-02 BLOOD GROUP MOLECULAR GENOTYPING
C.E. van der Schoot (Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
17.00 - 17.15
2PS-15-03 RHD GENE CARRIERS AMONG SEROLOGICALLY D NEGATIVE DONORS: ALLELES AND POPULATION FREQUENCY IN CENTRAL EUROPE
A. Flegel, I. Von Zabern, F. Wagner (IKT Ulm, Ulm, Germany)
17.15 - 17.30
2PS-15-04 THE TRUE CHEMICAL BASIS OF THE A1 AND A2 PHENOTYPES
L. Svensson, L. Rydberg, S. Henry (Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden)
 
POSTER WALK 1
Poster-walks are going to be held for the first time this year. This new event is introduced in order to gain a maximum benefit from the scientific work presented and to create a lively interaction between poster authors, moderators and interested congress participants. Poster-walks will be organised during the poster sessions on Monday, 4 September and on Wednesday, 6 September (17.30 – 18.30 hours).
The poster area is located next to the exhibtion.

Poster authors, moderators and interested congress participants are kindly requested to be present at the first poster in their poster session at the beginning of the presentation time (17.30 hours).

Snacks and drinks will be served.
 
THE FOLLOWING POSTERS WILL BE DISCUSSED ON MONDAY:
 
Topic 01.1. Blood Safety - TTD - HIV  P-001 – P-012
Topic 01.2. Blood Safety - TTD - Hepatitis  P-025 – P-055
Topic 01.3. Blood Safety - TTD - TSEs  P-086 – P-093
Topic 01.4. Blood Safety - TTD - West Nile Virus  P-086 – P-093
Topic 01.5. Blood Safety - TTD - Emerging Pathogens  P-100 – P-113
Topic 01.7. Blood Safety - TTD - Bacterial Contamination  P-141 – P-149
Topic 01.8. Blood Safety - TTD - Parasites  P-160 – P-167
Topic 02.1. Red Cells - Immunohaematology  P-168 – P-231
Topic 02.2. Red Cells - Immune Haemolytic Aneamias  P-284 – P-301
Topic 02.3. Red Cells - Antigen Modification  P-302 – P-305
Topic 02.4. Red Cells Transfusion  P-306 – P-326
Topic 03.1. Haemostasis - Recent Therapeutic Advances  P-349 – P-352
Topic 03.3. Haemostasis - TTP  P-360 – P-364
Topic 04.1. Pathogen Reduction/Inactivation - Red Cells  P-365
Topic 04.2. Pathogen Reduction/Inactivation - Platelets  P-366 – P-380
Topic 05.1. Donor Management - Developing Donor Programs  P-390 – P-402
Topic 05.2. Donor Management - Recruiting and Managing Donors (incl Management)  P-413 – P-427
Topic 06.1. Plasma Derivatives and Fractionation - Clinical Indications for Plasma Derivatives  P-427 – P-441
Topic 07.2. Clinical Transfusion Preactice - Massive

Transfusion/Resuscitation

 P-482 – P-485
Topic 07.4. Clinical Transfusion Practice - Blood Substitutes  P-493 – P-497
Topic 08.1-3. Auto-Transfusion  P-512 – P-522
Topic 09.2. Stem Cells - Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells  P-538 – P-546
Topic 10.1. Platelet - Transfusion  P-553 – P-568
Topic 10.2. Platelet - Immunology  P-585 – P-596
Topic 11.1. Quality Management - Regulatory  P-609 – P-617
Topic 11.3. Quality Management Industry Perspective  P-628 – P-639
Topic 14.0. Transfusion in Resource Limited Countries  P-682 – P-692
Topic 15.0. Emerging Technologies  1 P-705 – P-724
Topic 16.0. Evidence Based Transfusion Medicine  P-725 – P-737
Topic 17.0. Other - History of Blood Transfusion  P-738 – P-742

 

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Tuesday 5 september 2006
 
PLENARY LECTURES
08.30 - 09.30 Auditorium
PLENARY LECTURES 2: ISBT Award Lectures
Chairs: F. Décary (President of the ISBT), H.E. Heier (Chairman of the Jean Julliard Prize Committee)
08.30 - 09.00
3PL-02-01 JEAN JULLIARD PRIZE AWARD LECTURE:
HIGH THROUGHPUT GENOTYPING FOR RED CELL BLOOD GROUPS AND PLATELET ANTIGENS IN TRANSFUSION MEDICINE
M. de Haas (Sanquin Diagnostic Services, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
09.00 - 09.30
3PL-02-02 INTERNATIONAL WOMAN IN TRANSFUSION AWARD LECTURE:

SELECTED LESSONS LEARNED FROM BLOOD GROUPS

M.E. Reid (New York Blood Center, New York, United States of America)
 
09.30 – 10.00
COFFEE BREAK
 
10.00 - 11.30 Auditorium
PLENARY LECTURES 3: ISBT Presidential Award Symposium: From Whole Blood to Blood Component Transfusion: Where Are We Now?
Chairs: F. Décary (President of the ISBT), W.G. van Aken (President of the Foundation Transfusion Medicine)
10.00 - 10.05
3PL-03-01 INTRODUCTION
C.Th. Smit Sibinga (Member of the Foundation Transfusion Medicine)
10.05 - 10.30
3PL-03-02 IMPROVEMENT IN PREPARATION TECHNIQUES FOR BLOOD COMPONENTS
R.N.I. Pietersz (Sanquin Blood Bank North West Region, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
10.30 - 10.55
3PL-03-03 PLATELET TRANSFUSION: CURRENT STATUS OF QUALITY REQUIREMENTS AND STORAGE
P. Rebulla (Foundation IRCSS, Milan, Italy)
10.55 - 11.20
3PL-03-04 WHAT QUALITY OF RED BLOOD CELLS SHALL WE OFFER THE TRANSFUSED PATIENT
C.F. Högman (Winner of the ISBT Presidential Award)
11.20 - 11.30
3PL-03-05 PRESENTATION OF THE ISBT PRESIDENTIAL AWARD
F. Décary (President of the ISBT)
 
11.45 – 13.00 Auditorium
ISBT GENERAL ASSEMBLY
 
SATELLITE SYMPOSIA
13.15 – 14.45
Satellite Symposium organised by Cerus
Room 1.41 – 1.44
The INTERCEPT Blood System: solving today’s challenges in

transfusion safety (Chikungunya virus, protozoa and bacteria)

Chairs: S. Wendel, E. Seifried
RISK OF TRANSFUSION-TRANSMITTED PARASITIC DISEASE – IS TESTING THE ONLY ANSWER TO TRANSFUSION SAFETY?
S. Wendel (Hospital Sírio Libanes, Sao Paulo, Brazil)
MANAGEMENT OF AN EMERGING PATHOGEN – IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTERCEPT BLOOD SYSTEM IN FRANCE
J-P Cazenave (Etablissement Français du Sang - Alsace, Strasbourg, France)
BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION OF PLATELET COMPONENTS – TODAY’S SOLUTIONS
E. Seifried (German Red Cross Institute Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany)
THE INTERCEPT BLOOD SYSTEM – A HIGHER STANDARD IN BLOOD COMPONENT PROCESS CONTROL AND SAFETY
L. Corash (Cerus Corporation, Concord, United States of America)
 
13.15 – 14.45
Satellite Symposium organised by Octapharma
Room 1.61 – 1.64
FFP or biopharmaceutical Plasma; A Real Therapeutic Dilemma?
OCTAPLAS®: GMP MANUFACTURING - QUALITY AND SAFETY STANDAARD
T-E Svae (Octapharma Pharmazeutika Produktions gmbH, Vienna, Austria)
FFP OR BIOPHARMACEUTICAL PLASMA: HOW TO DECIDE
P. Hellstern (City Hospital. Ludwigshafen, Germany)
ADVERSE REACTIONS OF PLASMA TRANSFUSION;
A PARTICULAR CASE: TRALI
J.H. Sachs (Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany)
EXPERIENCES WITH UNIVERSAL BIOPHARMACEUTICAL PLASMA
C. Rochat (National Bioproducts Institute, Pinetown, South Africa)
SUMMARY
B.. Solheim (RiksHospitalet, Radium Hospitalet, Oslo, Norway)
QUESTIONS
 
13:15 – 14.15
Satellite Symposium organised by Chiron
Ballroom East
Impact of individual donation (ID) Nucleic Acid Testing

on blood safety

13.15 – 13.20 WELCOME AND OPENING
A. Heaton (Chief Medical Officer, Chiron)
Introduction of Moderator: Arthur Bird MD. CEO, Western Province Blood Transfusion (WPBTS), Cape Town
13.20 – 13.30 BLOOD SAFETY REASONS FOR NAT TESTING IN A SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT
A. Heyns (South African National Blood Service, Johannesburg, South Africa)
13.30 – 13.55 AUTOMATED INDIVIDUAL DONOR NAT TESTING AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR POST TRANSFUSION HIV TRANSMISSION RISK IN SOUTH AFRICA
R. Crookes (South African National Blood Service, Johannesburg, South Africa)
13.55 – 14.20 5 YEARS OF NAT TESTING IN SINGAPORE: TRANSITION FROM SEMI-AUTOMATED HIV/HCV (DUPLEX) TESTING TO AUTOMATED HIV/HCV/HBV (TRIPLEX) TESTING ON PROCLEIX ® TIGRIS ® SYSTEM
D. Teo (Health Sciences Authority, Singapore, Singapore)
14.25 – 14.50 HBV WORLDWIDE: POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF NAT DIAGNOSIS AND EPIDEMIOLOGY
B. Carman (West Scotland Specialist Virology Center, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
14.50 – 15.15 DISCUSSION ON IMPLICATIONS FOR INTERMEDIATE PREVALENCE COUNTRIES
Moderator: Arthur Bird, Cape Town, South Africa
Panel speakers: Kap-No Lee (Korean Red Cross, Seoul, South-Korea), A. Hatzakis (National Retrovirus Reference Center, Athens, Greece)
15.15 CLOSURE
 
15.00 GENERAL EXCURSION CHAPMANS PEAK TOUR.
FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE PAGE XXX
 

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Wednesday 6 september 2006
PLENARY LECTURES
08.30 - 09.30 Auditorium
PLENARY LECTURES 4: Ethical Issues in Blood Transfusion Practice
Chairs: P.F.W. Strengers, C. Bianco
08.30 - 09.15
4PL-04-01 GROUP RIGHTS VS. THE RIGHTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL
S. Benatar (Groote Schuur Hospital, Dept. of Medicine, Cape Town, South Africa)
09.15 - 10.00
4PL-04-02 ETHICS OF STEM CELL COLLECTION, STORAGE AND CLINICAL APPLICATION
A. Van Niekerk (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)
 
10.00 – 10.30
COFFEE BREAK
 
10.30 - 12.00 Room: 1.41 - 1.44
S16: Evidence Based Transfusion Medicine
Chairs: E.C. Vamvakas, W.G. van Aken
10.30 - 11.00
4PS-16-01 NEW TRIALS TO GUIDE TRANSFUSION PRACTICEWHAT'S NEW IN THE LAST 2 YEARS
B. McClelland (Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
11.00 - 11.30
4PS-16-02 EVIDENCE-BASED TRANSFUSION MEDICINE: TOP TEN MISTAKES WHEN DOING CLINICAL RESEARCH – ARE YOU GUILTY?
N. Heddle (McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada)
11.30 - 12.00
4PS-16-03 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN TRANSFUSION MEDICINE: CLOSING THE GAP
S. Whittaker (McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada)
 
10.30 - 12.00 Ballroom West
S17: The Immune Haemolytic Anaemias
Chairs : W. Mayr, M. Contreras
10.30 - 10.50
4PS-17-01 PATHOGENESIS OF AUTOIMMUNE HAEMOLYTIC ANAEMIAS(AIHA)
J. Semple (St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada)
10.50 - 11.10
4PS-17-02 TREATMENT OF AIHA
P. Ness (John Hopkins Medical Institution, Baltimore, United States of America)
11.10 - 11.30
4PS-17-03 LABORATORY APPROACH TO DIAGNOSIS AND TRANSFUSION POLICY IN AIHA
M. de Haas (Sanquin, Diagnostics Services, Amsterdam, Netherlands
11.30 - 11.45
4PS-17-04 DOES A NEGATIVE DIRECT ANTIGLOBULIN TEST EXCLUDE WARM AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA? A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF 504 CASES
J.H. Sachs, S. Santoso, G. Bein (Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany)
11.45 - 12.00
4PS-17-05 EFFECT OF A SINGLE GIFT OF ANTENATAL ANTI-D-PROPHYLAXIS WITH 1000 IU IN WEEK 30 ON THE INCIDENCE OF RHESUS-D-IMMUNIZATION IN THE FIRST TRIMESTER OF NEXT PREGNANCY
J.M. Koelewijn, M. de Haas, T.G.M. Vrijkotte, G.J. Bonsel, C.E. van der Schoot (Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Lab, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
 
10.30 - 12.00 Room: 1.61 - 1.64
S18: IPFA Symposium: Quality and safety of plasma and plasma products
Chairs : T. Burnouf, A. Padilla
10.30 - 10.50
4PS-18-01 PLASMA FRACTIONATION: PROGRESS AND CURRENT ISSUES
T. Burnouf (Human Plasma Product Services, Lille, France)
10.50 - 11.10
4PS-18-02 THE IMPACT OF THE PLASMA MASTER FILE ON BLOOD AND PLASMA COLLECTION ORGANIZATIONS
R. Buchel (PPTA Source / EPCC, Brussels, Belgium)
11.10 - 11.30
4PS-18-03 WHO RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE PRODUCTION, CONTROL AND REGULATION OF PLASMA FOR FRACTIONATION
A. Padilla (World Health Organization, Geneve, Switzerland)
11.30 - 11.50
4PS-18-04 CLINICAL OUTCOMES FROM THE EVOLUTION IN QUALITY OF PLASMA-DERIVED PRODUCTS
C. Dash (Sanquin, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
11.50 - 12.00
DISCUSSION TIME
 
10.30 - 12.00 Auditorium
S19: Donor Management - Recruiting and Managing Donors
Chairs: G.M. Thurtell, S. Daigneault
10.30 - 10.55
4PS-19-01 BUILDING DONOR LOYALTY
P.V. Holland (University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, United States of America)
10.55 - 11.15
4PS-19-02 THE DONATION EXPERIENCE: TURNING DATA INTO SUCCESS
S. Daigneault (Hema-Quebec, Saint Laurent, Canada)
11.15 - 11.30
4PS-19-03 EXPERIENCE WITH SCREENING VOLUNTEER BLOOD DONORS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK. AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO MOTIVATION AND HEALTH AWARENESS.
M.H. Sayers, J. Centilli, S. Eason, S. Myers, S. Goudar (Carter BloodCare, Bedford, United States of America)
11.30 - 11.45
4PS-19-04 AVOIDING 'MARKETING MYOPIA' IN VOLUNTARY BLOOD DONATION (WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE PROMOTION OF VOLUNTARY BLOOD DONATION?)
I.B. Petrovic (University of Belgrade, Beograd, Serbia and Montenegro)
11.45 - 12.00
4PS-19-05 THIRD PARTY INFORMATION,SUBJECTIVE DONOR ASSESSMENT AND SEROCONVERSION RATES IN BLOOD DONORS
V. Poovalingam, R. Patak, P. Knox (South African National Blood Service, Durban, South Africa)
 
10.30 - 12.00 Ballroom East
S20: Transfusion Transmitted Diseases (TTD)
Chairs: R. Dodd, S. Wendel
10.30 - 11.00
4PS-20-01 TRANSFUSION TRANSMITTED AMERICAN AND AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS (CHAGAS DISEASE AND SLEEPING SICKNESS): NEGLECTED OR REALITY?
S. Wendel (Hospital Sírio Libanes, Sao Paulo, Brazil)
11.00 - 11.30
4PS-20-02 TTD POTPOURI
D. Leiby (American Red Cross, Rockville, United States of America)
11.30 - 12.00
4PS-20-03 PRESENT AND FUTURE CONCERNS OVER VARIANT CJD
J. Ironside (University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
 
12.00 – 14.00
LUNCH BREAK, VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION AND POSTERS AND SATELLITE SYMPOSIA
 
SATELLITE SYMPOSIA
12.15 – 13.45
Satellite Symposium organised by Roche Molecular Systems
Room 1.41 – 1.44
Perspectives on Approaches for NAT Automation
NAT AND BLOOD SCREENING
J. Saldanha (Roche Molecular Systems, Pleasanton, United States of America)
COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF AUTOMATED NAT SYSTEMS: COBAS S 201 SYSTEM (ROCHE) AND TIGRIS SYSTEM (CHIRON)
 
WORKFLOW STUDY: EFS EVALUATION OF COBAS S 201 SYSTEM (ROCHE) AND TIGRIS SYSTEM (CHIRON)
V. Barlet (EFS Centre Atlantique, Tours, France)
COBAS S 201 SYSTEM: AUTOMATED BLOOD SCREENING PLATFORM
L. Jarvis (SNBTS, Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
COBAS S 201 BLOOD SCREENING SYSTEM
 
 
12.15 – 13.45
Satellite Symposium organised by BioRad
Ballroom West
Performance and Cost-Efficiency of HIV and HCV Combo Simultaneous Antigen and Antibody Detection: A Affordable Alternative to N.A.T. in Blood Bank?
DETECTION OF HCV AG/AB : A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE TO NAT?
A. Kitchen (Head, National TM Reference Laboratory, United Kingdom)
SPECIFICITY STUDY OF THE NEW GENSCREEN ULTRA HIV AG-AB COMBO ASSAY IN BLOOD BANK ROUTINE TESTING
T. Levayer (Etablissement Français du Sang, Montpellier, France)
SENSITIVITY STUDY OF NEW GENERATION HIV AG-AB COMBO ASSAYS REGARDING NAT AND HIV ANTIGEN DETECTIONS
T.D. Ly (Laboratoire Claude Levy, Ivry sur Seine, France)
COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF SCREENING STRATEGIES IN ADDITION TO ANTIBODY SCREENING FOR HIV AND HCV IN GHANA, THAILAND AND THE NETHERLANDS
M. van Hulst (PharmD, University Center for Pharmacy, Groningen, Netherlands)
WEB-BASED HEALTH ECONOMICS TOOLKIT FOR BLOOD BANK SCREENING TO SUPPORT POLICY DECISIONS
G.A.A. Hubben (MSC, REMEDA, Groningen, Netherlands)
CLOSING THE WINDOW : NAT VERSUS AG/AB
J. Barbara (University of West England, United Kingdom)
 
PARALLEL SESSIONS
14.00 - 15.30 Ballroom West
S21: Haemostasis
Chairs: J. Mahlangu, E. Tuddenham
14.00 - 14.30
4PS-21-01 R VIIA FOR NON-HAEMOPHILIACS; HELP OR HYPE - A CRITICAL REVIEW OF OFF-LABEL USE OF R VIIA
S. Dzik (Brookline, Mass, United States of America)
14.30 - 15.00
4PS-21-02 GENE THERAPY FOR HAEMOPHILIA: THE PROS AND CONS
E. Tuddenham, P. Giangrande (United Kingdom)
15.00 - 15.15
4PS-21-03 REDUCED APC CATALYZED INACTIVATION OF FACTOR VA BOUND TO STORAGE INDUCED MICROPARTICLES
E.J.P. Magdeleyns, J.F.W. Keuren, C. Van der Zwaan, S. Meijer, J. Curvers (Sanquin Blood Bank Southeast region, Maastricht, Netherlands)
15.15 - 15.30
4PS-21-04 CLINICAL EVALUATION OF FIBRIN SEALANT PRODUCED BY CRYOSEAL® FS SYSTEM IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING LIVER RESECTION: A MULTICENTER RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL
V. Kumar, T. Madsen, C. Weatherford, V. Kumar, J. Chapman (University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, United States of America)
 
14.00 - 15.30 Room: 1.61 - 1.64
S22: Artificial O2 Carriers: Status 2006
Chairs: E. Briët, N. Novitsky
14.00 - 14.30
4PS-22-01OVERVIEW OF ARTIFICIAL O2 CARRIERS
A. Pape (Johann Wolfgang Goethe - University, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany)
14.30 - 15.00
4PS-22-02 HEMOSPAN®: SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATIONS AND CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT
B. Winslow (Sangart Inc., San Diego, United States of America)
15.00 - 15:30
4PS-22-03 BOVINE HEMOGLOBIN (HEMOPURE): CLINICAL USE IN SOUTH AFRICA
L.J. Levien (Milpark Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa)
 
14.00 - 15:30 Auditorium
S23: HIV
Chairs: R.M. Wood, M.P. Busch
14.00 - 14:30
4PS-23-01 HAEMATOLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF HIV IN PAEDIATRIC PRACTICE AND TRANSFUSION MANAGEMENT OF HIV
G. Gray (Perinatal HIV Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Diepkloof, South Africa)
14:30 - 15.00
4PS-23-02 BIOLOGY OF HIV IN AFRICA
C. Williamson (HDMM, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa)
15.00 - 15:15
4PS-23-03 GENITAL HERPES (HSV-2) EXPOSURE CORRELATES STRONGLY WITH PREVALENT HIV-1 INFECTIONS IN SOUTH AFRICAN BLOOD DONORS: A PILOT STUDY
R.J. Benjamin, C.T. Fang, A. Puren, B.D. Schoub, M. Vermeulen, C. Coleman, A. du P. Heyns, R.L. Crookes (American Red Cross Blood Services, Dedham, United States of America)
15:15 - 15:30
4PS-23-04 PK BLOOD GROUP ANTIGEN: A NATURAL RESISTANCE FACTOR TO HIV INFECTION
N. Lund, D. Sakac, C.A. Lingwood, C. Levene, A. Hellberg, M.L. Olsson, D.R. Branch (University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada)
 
14.00 - 15.30 Room: 1.41 - 1.44
S24: An Update on Blood Transfusion Services/Practice in Africa
Chairs: J. Emmanuel, J.B. Tapko
14.00 - 14.05
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION OF AFSBT PRSIDENT
J. Emmanuel (Malawi Blood Transfusion Service Project, Malawi)
14.05 - 14.10
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
K. Bouhef (National Blood Transfusion Service, Tunis, Tunisia)
14.10 - 14.19
4PS-24-01 CURRENT STATUS OF THE BLOOD PROGRAMME IN NAMIBIA: IMPROVING BLOOD SAFETY AND ADEQUACY AND FUTURE CHALLENGES
R. Redeker, R. Wilkinson (Blood Transfusion Service, Namibia)
14.19 - 14.28
4PS-24-02 NIGERIA: EMERGENCE OF THE RUDIMENTS OF CENTRALIZED, NATIONALLY-COORDINATED BLOOD SERVICE - THE GOALS, SUCCESSES, CHALLENGES AND FUTURE PLANS
F. Ayo (Federal Ministry of Health Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria)
14.28 - 14.37
4PS-24-03 THE CONCEPT TO PROVISION OF SAFE BLOOD IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY: THE LAGOS STATE MODEL
R. Olatunji (Lagos State Health Service Commission, Lagos, Nigeria)
14.37 - 14.46
4PS-24-04 ANTI - U IDENTIFIED IN ERITREA
G. Williams (National Health Laboratory, Asmara, Eritrea)
14.46 - 14.55
4PS-24-05 QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE WHO AFRO - ANGLOPHONE REGION
N. Rosin (South African National Blood Service (SANBS), Roodepoort, South Africa)
14.55 - 15.04
4PS-24-06 A RAPID SCALE UP OF THE BLOOD TRANSFUSION PROGRAMME IN ZAMBIA
K. Muyinda, K. Mulenga, N. Chikwese (Zambia National Blood Transfusion Servic, Lusaka, Zambia)
15.04 - 15.13
4PS-24-07 CURRENT STATE OF BLOOD COLLECTION AND TRANSFUSION IN KENYA
J. Mwangi, J.A. Nyamongo, L.H. Marum (Centers for Disease Control and Preventi, Nairobi, Kenya)
15.13 - 15.22
4PS-24-08 BLOOD TRANSFUSION IN BURKINO FASO: EXPERIENCE OF BOBO DIOULASSO BLOOD TRANSFUSION CENTRE
H. Dahourou (Centre Régional de Transfusion Sanguine (CRTS), Bobo-Droulasso, Borbina, Fasso)
15.22 - 15.30
GENERAL DISCUSSION AND CLOSURE
J. Emmanuel (Malawi Blood Transfusion Service Project, Malawi)
 
14.00 - 15.30 Ballroom East
S25: Donor Management
Chairs: V. Poovalingam, D. Teo
14.00 - 14.25
4PS-25-01 COUNSELLING THE HIV AND HEPATITIS POSITIVE DONOR
C. Sims (Western Province Blood Transfusion Service, Howard Place, South Africa)
14.25 - 14.45
4PS-25-02 IMPACT OF ADVERSE DONOR REACTIONS ON BLOOD CENTRES AND THE DONOR
J. Jørgensen (Blood Transfusion Center, Aarhus, Denmark)
14.45 - 15.00
4PS-25-03 ANALYSIS OF COMPLAINTS RECEIVED BY THE UK BLOOD SERVICES CONCERNING THE POLICY BARRING HOMOSEXUAL MEN FROM DONATING BLOOD
F. Boulton, S. Curtis (National Blood Service England, Southampton, United Kingdom)
15.00 - 15.15
4PS-25-04 DEVELOPMENT OF A WORKBOOK TO INCLUDE COMPETENCY ASSESSMENTS FOR USE IN INTRA-OPERATIVE CELL SALVAGE TRAINING
J. Jones, C.A. Howell (Welsh Blood Service, Cardiff, United Kingdom)
15.15 - 15.30
4PS-25-05 APPLICATION AND EVALUATION OF POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR) IN DETECTION OF MALARIA INFECTION IN DONORS OF TRANSFUSION CENTERS IN SISTAN -BALOOCHESTAN PROVINCE
M. Moghtadaei, S. Amini kafiabad, G. Edrissian, S. Samiei (Iranian Blood Transfusion ORG.research, Tehran, Iran)
 
15.30 – 16.00
TEA BREAK
 
16.00 - 17.30 Ballroom West
S26: Role of International Organisations in Strengthening/Supporting Blood Transfusion Services
Chairs: K. Boukef, P.F.W. Strengers
16.00 - 16.20
4PS-26-01 WHO INITIATIVES
N. Dhingra (WHO, Geneve, Switzerland)
16.20 - 16.40
4PS-26-02 CDC INITIATIVES - PEPFAR (PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AIDS RELIEF)
L. Marum (Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya)
16.40 - 17.00
4PS-26-03 ISBT
P.F.W. Strengers (Secretary General ISBT)
17.00 - 17.20
4PS-26-04 ADRP
S. Churchill (Mayo Clinic Blood Donor Program, Rochester, United States of America)
17.20 - 17.30
4PS-26-05 ALLIANCE OF BLOOD OPERATORS: Global performance improvement through benchmarking
S. Morgen (NHSBT International, Bristol, United Kingdom)
 
16.00 - 17.30 Room 1.41 - 1.44
S27: Resuscitation/Massive Transfusion
Chairs: M. James, E. Steyn
16.00 - 16.30
4PS-27-01 RECENT ADVANCES IN TRAUMA SURGERY
A. Nichol (Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa)
16.30 - 17.00
4PS-27-02 DAMAGE CONTROL SURGERY
E. Steyn (Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa)
17.00 - 17.30
4PS-27-03 MASSIVE TRANSFUSION IN TRAUMA PATIENTS
T. Hardcastle (University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa)
 
16.00 - 17.30 Auditorium
S28: Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing (NAT)
Chairs: S. Kleinman, N. Lelie
16.00 - 16.25
4PS-28-01 APPLICATION OF NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TESTS TO STUDY TRANSFUSION-ASSOCIATED MICROCHIMERISM – A NEW COMPLICATION OF BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS IN TRAUMA PATIENTS
M.P. Busch (Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, United States of America)
16.25 - 16.45
4PS-28-02 IMPACT OF NAT ON SEROLOGICAL SCREENING OF TTD
S.L. Stramer (America Red Cross, Gaithersburg, United States of America
16.45 - 17.05
4PS-28-03 NAT TESTING OF BLOOD RECIPIENTS TO PROSPECTIVELY MONITOR TRANSFUSION ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS
H. Alter (National Institute of Health, Bethesda, United States of America)
17.05 - 17.30
4PS-28-04 THE IMPACT OF INDIVIDUAL DONOR NAT SCREENING ON BLOOD SAFETY - THE SOUTH AFRICAN EXPERIENCE
A. Heyns (South African National Blood Service, Johannesburg, South Africa)
 
16.00 - 17.30 Ballroom East
S29: Haemovigilance Systems
Chairs: R. de Vries, S. Asmal
16.00 - 16.30
4PS-29-01 HAEMOVIGILANCE SYSTEMS: AN OVERVIEW AND USE OF DATA FOR EVALUATION
P. Robillard (Quebec Public Health Institute, Montreal, Canada)
16.30 - 16.45
4PS-29-02 SURVIVAL AFTER BLOOD TRANSFUSION - A STUDY OF MORE THAN ONE MILLION TRANSFUSION RECIPIENTS
K. Titlestad, M. Ahlgren, H. Hjalgrim, K. Rostgaard Petersen, A. Shanwell, G. Edgren, E. Tynell, R. Norda (Department of Clinical Immunology, Odense C, Denmark)
16.45 - 17.00
4PS-29-03 POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF AN INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO MONITOR HEMOVIGILANCE
J.G. van der Wijst, A.G. van den Bos, B. de Pauw (University Hospital St Radboud, Nijmegen, Netherlands)
17.00 - 17.15
4PS-29-04 HAEMOVIGILANCE IN FRANCE: CONTRIBUTION TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF TRANSFUSION PROCESS AND PRACTICE
C. Caldani, N. Ounnoughene, M.P. Vo Mai, K. Martiniere, B. Willaert, J.F. Legras, P. Zorzi (AFSSaPS, Saint-Denis, France)
17.15 - 17.30
4PS-29-05 THREE YEAR TRENDS IN TRANSFUSION ASSOCIATED ADVERSE EVENTS IN CANADA, 2002-2004
S Leduc, P. Robillard, N. McCombie, J. Egan, M. Cator (Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Canada)
 
16.00 - 17.30 Room 1.61 - 1.64
S30: Rare Donor Programme
Chairs: S. Nance, E. Smart
16.00 - 16.20
4PS-30-01 THE INTERNATIONAL RARE DONOR PANEL
J. Poole (IBGRL, NBS, Bristol, United Kingdom)
16.20 - 16.35
4PS-30-02 SOUTH AFRICAN RARE DONOR PANEL
E. Smart (South African National Blood Service, Pinetown, South Africa)
16.35 - 16.50
4PS-30-03 TESTING FOR RARE BLOOD DONORS FOR DNA ANALYSIS
C. Lomas-Francis (New York Blood Center, New York, United States of America)
16.50 - 17.05
4PS-30-04 THE AMERICAN RARE DONOR PROGRAM – A COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS AND THE AABB
S. Nance (American Red Cross, Philadelphia, United States of America)
17.05 - 17.20
4PS-30-05 SCREENING FOR BLOOD DONORS WITH RARE PHENOTYPES BY MULTIPLEX PCR WITHOUT DNA PURIFICATION
F. Wagner, R. Bittner, A. Döscher, E.K. Petershofen (DRK Blutspendedienst NSTOB, Springe, Germany)
17.20 - 17.35
4PS-30-06 RARE BLOOD PROGRAMME IN CHINA
Z. Zhu (Shanghai Blood Center, Shanghai, China)
 
POSTER 2
Posterwalks are going to be held for the first time this year. This new event is introduced

in order to gain a maximum benefit from the scientific work presented and to create a lively interaction between poster authors, moderators and interested congress participants. Posterwalks will be organised during the poster sessions on Monday, 4 September and on Wednesday, 6 September (17.30 – 18.30 hours). The poster area is located next to the exhibtion. Poster authors, moderators and interested congress participants are kindly requested to be present at the first poster in their poster session at the beginning of the presentation time (17.30 hours). Snacks and drinks will be served.

 
THE FOLLOWING POSTERS WILL BE DISCUSSED ON WEDNESDAY:
 
Topic 01.1. Blood Safety - TTD - HIV  P-013 – P-024
Topic 01.2. Blood Safety - TTD - Hepatitis  P-056 – P-085
Topic 01.4. Blood Safety - TTD - West Nile Virus  P-095 – P-099
Topic 01.5. Blood Safety - TTD - Emerging Pathogens  P-114 – P-140
Topic 01.7. Blood Safety - TTD - Bacterial Contamination  P-150 – P159
Topic 02.1. Red Cells – Immunohaematology  P-232 – P-283
Topic 02.2. Red Cells - Immune Haemolytic Aneamias  P-284 – P-301
Topic 02.4. Red Cells Transfusion  P-327 – P-348a
Topic 03.2. Haemostatis - Related to Blood Transfusion