June 7 - 12, 2008
Macao SAR, China
Venetian Macao Resort Hotel

Programme

Sunday, June 8

ISBT EDUCATIONAL DAY

08.30 - 10.00 Ballroom G - L

Educational Session 1: Safe Blood

08.30 – 09.00
1ED-01-01 ANALYSIS OF MEASURES FOR IMPROVING BLOOD SAFETY
H. Klein (NIH, Bethesda MD, USA)

09.00 – 09.30
1ED-01-02 GLOBAL BLOOD SAFETY INDICATORS: TRENDS AND ANALYSES (1998-2006)
N. Dhingra (WHO, Geneva, Switzerland)

 09.30 – 10.00
1ED-01-03 RISK MANAGEMENT BASED ON MATHEMATICAL MODELS
M.P. Janssen, C.L. Van der Poel (University Medical Hospital Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands)

10.00 – 10.30

COFFEE/TEA BREAK

10.30 – 12.00 Ballroom G - L

Educational Session 2: Transfusion Practise

10.30 – 11.00
1ED-02-01 THE VALUE OF EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE
N. Heddle (McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada)

11.00 – 11.30
1ED-02-02 TRANSFUSION PRACTICE IN CLINICAL CARE
J. Isbister (University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia)

11.30 – 12.00
1ED-02-03 TRANSFUSION IN RESOURCE LIMITED COUNTRIES
J. Emmanuel (Blood Transfusion Specialist, Borrowdale, Zimbabwe)

SATELLITE SYMPOSIA

12.00 – 14.00

 LUNCH BREAK AND SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM

Satellite Symposium

12.15 – 13.45 Milan

Satellite Symposium organised by Octapharma

SS1: Optimization of the use of blood components within the hospital: strategies and trends

Blood components are scarce products which are used in many life-threatening conditions. All of them have approved indications which try to optimise their use and therapeutic benefit, however, audits and surveys demonstrate that they are not always used as indicated. Do we have enough guidelines? How can we set up a program to audit our current use of blood components and help us in implementing new product saving strategies? Are we aware of alternative therapies, which could result in an optimised treatment?

Satellite Symposium

12.15 – 13.45 Milan

Satellite Symposium organised by OCD

SS2: Transfusion Medicine Practice
  • BEST PRACTICES IN TESTING FOR CLINICALLY RELEVANT ANTIBODIES Speaker to be announced
  • ACHIEVING INCREASED SAFETY & OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS WITH PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS AND THE AUTOVUE INNOVA® Speaker to be announced
  • WHY WE AUTOMATED THE TRANSFUSION SERVICE Speaker to be announced
  • PANEL DISCUSSION/Q&A

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

14.00 – 15.30 Ballroom G - L

Educational Session 3: Quality approaches

14.00 – 14.45
1ED-03-01 QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN BLOOD ESTABLISHMENTS
J.-C. Faber (Blood Transfusion Service, Luxembourg, Luxembourg)

14.45 – 15.30
1ED-03-02 MANAGEMENT OF BLOOD PROGRAMMES: ASIAN APPROACH
K. Tadokoro (The Japanese Red Cross Society, Tokyo, Japan)

16.00 – 17.30 Ballroom G - L

Educational Session 4: Future Developments

16.00 – 16.45
1ED-04-01 THE APPLICATION OF PROTEOMICS TO BLOOD BANKING
D. Devine (Canadian Blood Services, Vancouver, Canada)

16.45 – 17.30
1ED-04-02 NEW FRONTIERS IN BLOOD TRANSFUSION
W. Mayr (Medical University of Vienna, Wien, Austria)