Saturday, June 23

SPANISH EDUCATIONAL DAY (Programme in the Spanish Language)
   
09.00 – 09.15  
  INTRODUCCIÓN
  Dr. E. Muñiz-Diaz (Presidente del Comité Cientific Banc de Sang i Teixits, Barcelona, Spain)
   
09.00 – 10.45 Auditorium A
FORO 1: Prevención de la aloinmunización materna con gammaglobulina anti-D en la EHRN
Chairs: C. Martin-Vega, G. de Souza
1SE-IS-01 J. Rodríguez-Villanueva (Complexo Hospitalario de Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain)
1SE-IS-02 O. Torres (Hospital Materno Infantil Ramón Sardá, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
   
10.45 – 11.15  
  PAUSA-CAFÉ
   
11.15 – 13.15 Auditorium A
FORO 2: La enfermedad de chagas y otras enfermedades parasitarias
Chairs: E. Franco, A. del Pozo
1SE-IS-03 E. Castro (Centro Transfusión. Cruz Roja Española, Madrid, Spain)
1SE-IS-04 G. Smunisch (Pan American Health Organization, Washington DC, USA)
   
12.45 – 13.15 Auditorium A
CONFERENCIA: Uso óptimo de los componentes sanguíneos
Chair: P. Madoz
1SE-IS-05 M. Corral (Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, España)
   
13.15 - 14.45  
  COMIDA
   
14.45 – 16.15 Auditorium A
FORO 3: Modelos organizativos en la gestión de la hemoterapia
Chairs: L. Barbolla, R. Cruz
1SE-IS-06 R. Pla (Banc de Sang i Teixits, Barcelona España)
1SE-IS-07 C. Martinez (Centro de Sangre Concepcion, Concepcion, Chile)
   
16.15 – 16.45 Auditorium A
CONFERENCIA: La hemovigilancia en el ámbito hospitalario
Chair: C. Zamora
1SE-IS-08 N. Carpio (Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, España)
   
16.45 – 17.15  
  PAUSA-CAFÉ
   
17.15 – 18.45 Auditorium A
FORO 4: Controversias en medicina transfusional
Chairs: R. Mazzara, B. Camacho
1SE-IS-09 GEL PLAQUETAR: ¿QUÉ HAY DE CIERTO?
  A. Castrillo (Galician Transfusion Center, Santiago De Compostela, España, Spain)
1SE-IS-10 HEMOCROMATOSIS Y DONACIÓN DE SANGRE
  G. León (Banco Municipal de Sangre Del D.C., Caracas, Venezuela)
   
PRE CONGRESS SYMPOSIUM
   
16.30 - 19.00 Madrid
  Standardization of Blood Services in the Eastern Mediteranean Region
Chair: F. Moftah
16.30 – 16.45  
  INTRODUCTION
  F Moftah (Egyptian National Blood Transfusion Service, Cairo, Egypt)
17.05 – 17.20  
OPC-01-01 NAT UPDATE
  P.N. Lelie (Chiron, Paris, France)
16.45 – 17.05  
OPC-01-02 WHO RECOMMENDATION FOR BASIC REQUIREMENTS OF BTS
  N. Dhingra (WHO, Geneva, Switzerland)
17.20 – 17.35  
OPC-01-03 REASONS FOR AUTOMATION IN BLOOD SERVICES
  J. Georgsen (Funen Transfusion Service, Odense C, Denmark)
17.35 – 17.50  
OPC-01-04 TRAINING AS A PREREQUISITE TO STANDARDIZATION
  B. McClelland (Scottish National Blood Transfusion Serv, Edinburg, United Kingdom)
17.50 – 18.05  
OPC-01-05 NATIONAL BLOOD STANDARDS, EGYPT EXPERIENCE
  F Moftah (Egyptian National Blood Transfusion Service, Cairo, Egypt)
18.05 – 18.20  
OPC-01-06 BASIC STANDARDISATION IN RECOURSE LIMITED COUNTRIES
  J.P. Allain (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom)
18.20 – 18.35  
OPC-01-07 TRANSFUSION IN TUNISIA
  S. Hmida (NBTC, Tunis, Tunisia)
18.35 – 18.50  
OPC-01-08 CONVERSIONS OF PAID DONATION TO VNRD, KUWAIT EXPERIENCE
  R. Al-Abdulrazzak (Kuwait)
18.50 – 19.00  
  DISCUSSION

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Sunday, June 24

ISBT EDUCATIONAL DAY (PART 1)
   
08.30 – 12.15 Auditorium A
Chair: E. Seifried, F. Carbonell
08.30 - 08.45  
  INTRODUCTION
08.45 - 09.15  
2ED-IS-01 RATIONAL TESTING FOR TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASES
  S. Wendel (Blood Bank, Sao Paulo, Brasil)
09.15 - 09.45  
2ED-IS-02 WHERE WILL PATHOGEN INACTIVATION HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT?
  T. Hervig (Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway)
09.45 - 10.15  
2ED-IS-03 EFFECT OF BACTERIAL TESTING: WHAT RISKS ARE REMAINING?
  E. Beckers (Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
10.15 - 10.45  
  COFFEE BREAK
   
10.45 - 11.15  
2ED-IS-04 NEW INSIGHTS IN THE RH SYSTEM: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
  N. Avent (University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom)
11.15 - 11.45  
2ED-IS-05 PLATELET GENE POLYMORPHISMS AND DISEASE ON BEHALF OF THE BLOODOMICS CONSORTIUM
  W. Ouwehand (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom)
11.45 - 12.15  
2ED-IS-06 INSIGHTS AND DIAGNOSTICS OF IMMUNE AND NON-IMMUNE CASES OF TRALI
  J. Bux (Blood Service "West" of the German Red Cross, Hagen, Germany)
12.15 - 14.30  
  LUNCH BREAK AND SATELLITE SYMPOSIA
   
SATELLITE SYMPOSIA
   
12.30 – 14.30 Roma
Satellite Symposium Organised by Roche
SS2: Meeting Global Challenges in a NAT Environment
Chair: J. Saldanha (Roche Molecular Systems, USA)
This symposium will cover a variety of topics of interest to those currently screening blood with nucleic acid amplification techniques or those considering implementing NAT. Subjects covered will include workflow, HBV performance in highly endemic areas, and matching NAT coverage to that currently expected from serology as well as a discussion of future platforms.
12.30 – 12.45 INTRODUCTION
12.45 – 13.10 TOWARDS TOTAL AUTOMATION: PREANALYTIC AUTOMATION COUPLED WITH NAT IN A BLOOD CENTRE IN SPAIN
  M.I. González Fraile (Centro de Hemoterapia de Castilla y León, Valladolid, Spain)
13.10 – 13.35 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HBV IN ITALY: ARE CURRENT SCREENING STRATEGIES EFFECTIVE?
  C. Velati (Azienda Ospedaliera della Valtellina e Valchiavenna, Sondrio, Italy))
13.35 – 14.00 KOUT OF AFRICA: HIV DIVERSITY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS
  R. Delgado (Laboratorio de Microbiología Molecular, Madrid, Spain)
14.00 – 14.25 THE PLATFORM OF THE FUTURE
  Speaker to be announced
   
12.30 – 14.30 Paris
Satellite Symposium Organised by Fenwal
SS1: Are you ready to go mobile with donor side automation?
Chair: Dr J.L. Bueno (Madrid, Spain)
12.30 – 12.40 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
  J.L. Bueno (Spanish Red Cross, Madrid, Spain)
12.40 – 13.05 IMPACT OF DONOR SIDE AUTOMATION ON MADRID RED CROSS BLOOD CENTRE EFFICIENCY
  J.L. Bueno (Spanish Red Cross, Madrid, Spain)
13.05 – 13.30 NOVEL MOBILE DONATION EXPERIENCE WITH ALYX ON A BUS
  P.O. Forsberg (Bergen, Norway)
13.30 – 13.55 IMPLEMENTATION OF MOBILE COLLECTIONS WITH ALYX IN ENGLAND
  C. Falkner (NHS Blood & Transplant, Leicester, United Kingdom)
13.55 – 14.20 ROUTINE EXPERIENCE WITH 2RBC AND RBC / PLASMA COLLECTIONS AT LIFESHARE
  F. Colvin (LifeShare Blood Centers, Shreveport, LA, USA)
14.20 – 14.30 ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND CONCLUDING REMARKS
14.30 ADJOURN
  F. Colvin (LifeShare Blood Centers, Shreveport, LA, USA)
   
ISBT EDUCATIONAL DAY (PART 2)
   
14.30 – 17.30 Auditorium A
Chairs: W. Mayr, L. Barbolla
14.30 - 15.00  
2ED-IS-07 DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION OF FETAL/NEONATAL ALLOIMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA (FNAITP)
  E. Muñiz-Diaz (Banc de Sang i Teixits, Barcelona, Spain)
15.00 - 15.30  
2ED-IS-08 SET UP OF TRIALS, REPORTING AND PUBLISHING
  W. Mayr (Medical University Vienna, Wien, Austria)
15.30 – 16.00  
2ED-IS-09 FETAL GENOTYPING BEYOND THE RH(D) ANTIGEN
  G. Follea (Etablissement Français du Sang PL, Nantes, France)
16.00 - 16.30  
  COFFEE BREAK
16.30 - 17.00  
2ED-IS-09 GETTING THE BEST OUT OF HLA TYPING
  R. Pujol-Borrell (Banc de Sang i Teixits, Badalona, Spain)
17.00 - 17.30  
2ED-IS-11 DO WE REALLY KNOW THE REAL RISKS OF APHERESIS DONATION?
  J.L. Bueno (Spanish Red Cross, Madrid, Spain)
   
18.00 - 19.00 Auditorium A
  OPENING CEREMONY
   
19.00 – 21.00 Exhibition Areas
  WELCOME RECEPTION

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Monday, June 25

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
   
08.30 - 10.30 Madrid
SESSION 1: Prevention of Rh(D) and Non-Rh(D) Immunization
Chairs: M. de Haas, J. Rodriguez-Villanueva
08.30 - 08.55  
3A-S01-1 NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES
  B. Kumpel (Bristol Institute of Transfusion Science, Bristol, United Kingdom)
08.55 - 09.20  
3A-S01-2 PREVENTING THE IMMUNE RESPONSE TO RHD BY PEPTIDE TOLERISATION
  S. Urbaniak (University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
09.20 - 09.45  
3A-S01-3 PREVENTION OF NON-RHD-ANTIBODY MEDIATED HAEMOLYTIC DISEASE IN THE NEWBORN
  M. de Haas (Sanquin, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
09.45 - 10.00  
3A-S01-4 FATAL HEMOLYTIC DISEASE OF THE NEWBORN CAUSED BY ANTI-JRA ANTIBODY
  T. Peyrard, B.N. Pham, H. Many, S. Fleutiaux, B. Guerin, C. Belcikowski, P. Rouger, P.Y. Le Pennec (INTS/CNRGS INSERM U665, Paris, France)
10.00 - 10.15  
3A-S01-5 FAETUS FATAL HAEMOLYTIC DISEASE BY ANTI-JKB, A CASE REPORT
  S. Martinez, I. Luna, F. Arriaga, A. Montava, M. Romero, N. Carpio, M.A. Sanz (Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Spain)
10.15 - 10.30 #3A-S01-6 INTERACTION BETWEEN THE BAND 3 PROTEIN AND RH COMPLEX IN SENESCENT ERYTHROCYTES
  L. Racca, A. Ensinck, C. Biondi, A. Rucci, S. García Borrás, C. Cotorruelo, A. Racca (Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina)
   
08.30 - 10.30 Roma
SESSION 2: The Influence of the Demographic and Epidemiological Changes on Blood Transfusion
Chairs: S. Wendel, E. Castro
08.30 - 08.55  
3A-S02-1 DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS
  A. Stewart (Scottish Nat. Blood Transfusion Service, Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
08.55 - 09.20  
3A-S02-2 INFLUENCE OF THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL FACTORS ON BLOOD TRANSFUSION
  S. Laperche (Institut National de la Transfusion Sang, Paris, France)
09.20 - 09.45  
3A-S02-3 PRECISE MATCH: IMPROVING TRANSFUSION OUTCOMES FOR CHRONICALLY TRANSFUSED PATIENTS VIA SPECIFIC DONOR RECRUITMENT AND TESTING STRATEGIES IN A LARGE URBAN BLOOD CENTER
  L. Jones, P. George, J. Valinsky, R. Reiss (New York Blood Center, New York, USA)
09.45 - 10.00  
3A-S02-4 THE RISK OF HIV TRANSMISSION BY TRANSFUSION IN ITALY DOESN’T INCREASE AFTER THE ABOLITION OF BAN ON BLOOD DONATIONS FROM HOMOSEXUAL MEN
  C. Velati, L. Fomiatti, L. Baruffi, L. Romanò, L. Macchi, A. Zanetti (Sondrio Hospital, Sondrio, Italy)
10.00 - 10.15  
3A-S02-5 DETECTION OF CHAGAS’ DISEASE ANTIBODIES IN BLOOD DONORS BY TIA (TRANS-SIALIDASE INHIBITION ASSAY)
  J.L. Blejer, P.A. Sartor, H.J. Salamone, M.S. Leguizamón (Fundación Favaloro, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
10.15 - 10.30  
3A-S02-6 SIMULATION MODELING OF TRANSFUSION-TRANSMITTED MALARIA (TTM) RISK IN THE UNITED STATES
  M. Walderhaug, H. Yang, S. Anderson (U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, USA)
   
08.30 - 10.30 Auditorium A
SESSION 3: New Perspectives in Cord Blood Banking
Chairs: P. Rebulla, J. Garcia
08.30 - 08.55  
3A-S03-1 LOGISTICAL AND FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS
  J. Garcia (Hospital Duran y Reinals, Barcelona, Spain)
08.55 - 09.20  
3A-S03-2 ETHICAL AND COST BENEFIT ASPECTS
  S. Querol (The Antony Nolan Trust, Hampstead, London, United Kingdom)
09.20 - 09.45  
3A-S03-3 CORD BLOOD BANKING AND ACCREDITATION
  P. Rebulla, L. Lecchi (Foundation Ospedale Maggiore, Milano, Italy)
09.45 - 10.00  
3A-S03-4 THE PROLIFERATION OF NATURAL KILLER T CELLS IN UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD OR PERIPERAL BLOOD ,THE DIFFERENT PHENOTYPE BETWEEN THEM AND THEIR ANTI-TUMOR IMMUNITY
  LY Liu, FHH Fan, YJ Yang, GF Gao (Shanghai, China)
10.00 - 10.15  
3A-S03-5 UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD TRANSPLANTS IN ADULTS WITH CO-TRANSPLANTATION OF CD34+ CELLS FROM A SECOND DONOR: METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS
  M.K. Kwon, J. Anguita, A. Perez Corral, P. Balsalobre, I. Buno, N. Sanchez Hernandez, D. Serrano, R. Carrion, N. Patrignani, C. Munoz, J.L. Diez Martin, A. Gomez Pineda (Hospital Gral. Univ. Gregorio Marañon, Madrid, Spain)
10.15 - 10.30  
3A-S03-6 PROFILE OF STORED AND TRANSPLANTED CORD BLOOD UNITS FROM SPANISH CORD BLOOD BANK
  M. Torrabadella, I. Prat, A. Castro, P. Solves, M.J. Rodriguez, J. Garcia, B.C. Hernandez, A. Castrillo, L. Blanco, L. Larrea, A. Gaya, J.L. Sánchez-Miret (Barcelona Cord Blood Bank Program, Barcelona, Spain) 
   
08.30 - 10.30 Paris
SESSION 4: Therapeutical Apheresis and Immunomodulation
Chairs: S. Jonsson, J. Muncunill
08.30 - 08.55  
3A-S04-1 ADSORPTIVE MONOCYTE AND GRANULOCYTE APHERESIS IN THE CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY ILLNESS: ULCEROUS COLITIS, CHRON DISEASE, RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND BEHCET SYNDROME
  J. Muñoz, M. Clavo, O. García, D. Reina, A. Vidaller, L.l. Massuet (Banc de Sang i Teixits, Hospitalet Llobregat, Spain)
08.55 - 09.20  
3A-S04-2 PHOTOPHERESIS IN GVHD
  C. Perotti (Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Pavia, Italy)
09.20 - 09.45  
3A-S04-3 IMMUNOLOGIC MARKERS OF EFFICACY IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING EXTRACORPOREAL PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY
  P Perseghin, E Biagi (Ospedale San Gerardo de' Tintori, Monza, Italy)
09.45 - 10.00  
3A-S04-4 THE USE OF A SIMPLIFIED ADSORPTION SYSTEM FOR ABO-INCOMPATIBLE KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS
  B. Balint, M. Trkuljic, D. Ignjatovic, M. Ostojic (Institute of Transfusiology, Belgrade, Serbia)
10.00 - 10.15  
3A-S04-5 AUTOLOGOUS DONATIONS WITH THE ALYX COMPONENT COLLECTION SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH INTRAVENOUS IRON TREATMENT
  M. Menor, M. Ruiz, L. Benito, N. Somolinos, M.C. Monteserin, J.A. Garcia Vela, F. Oña (Hospital Universitario deGetafe, Getafe - Madrid, Spain)
10.15 - 10.30  
3A-S04-6 EFFICACY OF A NURSING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ON APHERESIS DONATION PERFORMANCE
  M. Jiménez-Marco, C. Mercant-Gelabert, E. Girona-Llobera, M. Sedeño-Mombiedro, A. Forteza-Coscojuela (Fundacio Banc de Sang Teixits Balears, Palma De Mallorca, Spain)
   
10.30 – 11.00  
  COFFEE BREAK
   
11.00 - 12.50 Auditorium
SESSION 5: Blood Transfusion Practice (I)
Chair: B. McClelland, M. Corral
11.00 - 11.25  
3A-S05-1 WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE FOR CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS OF BLOOD TRANSFUSION ?
  E. Briët (Sanquin Blood Supply Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
11.25 - 11.50  
3A-S05-2 HOW MUCH BLOOD IS THE RIGHT AMOUNT FOR OUR POPULATION: IS THERE A RIGHT ANSWER?
  B. McClelland (Scottish National Blood Transfusion Serv, Edinburg, United Kingdom)
11.50 - 12.05  
3A-S05-3 LOW IMMUNIZATION RATE IN SICKLE CELLS PEDIATRIC PATIENTS
  D. Venturelli, G. Palazzi, L. Bensi, G.B. Ceccherelli, R. Grazian, M. De Palma (Servizio Medicina Trasfusionale, Modena, Italy)
12.05 - 12.20  
3A-S05-4 AN EFFECTIVE TRANSFUSION STRATEGY FOR LIMITING THE DONOR EXPOSURE IN NEWBORNS AND INFANTS BY USING PAEDIATRIC MINI-BAGS
  S. Misso, L. Paesano, B. Feola, M. D'Onofrio, F. Pullano, I. Bernardo, G. D'Ausanio, E. D'Agostino, G. Fratellanza, A. D'Ambra, A. Minerva (Hospital "S. Anna and S. Sebastiano", Caserta, Italy)
12.20 - 12.35  
3A-S05-5 EVALUATION OF D+RBCS TRANSFUSION TO D- PATIENTS: TOXICITY AND RESULTS.
  I. de la Fuente Graciani, J.R. Gonzalez Porras, M.J. Arcos Carmona, C. Encinas Rodriguez, J. Martin Sanchez, E. Colado Varela, J. Olazabal Herrero, L. Lopez Corral, J. Alonso Rodriguez, M.P . Conde, M.J. Nieto, M. Corral, J. San Miguel Izquierdo (Salamanca´s Universitary Hospital, Salamanca, Spain)
12.35 - 12.50  
3A-S05-6 THE EFFECT OF PROTOCOLLED BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS IN RECIPIENTS OF A SIMULTANEOUS PANCREAS-KIDNEY TRANSPLANT
  M.M. Waanders, D.L. Roelen, J.W. de Fijter, M.J.K. Mallat, I.I.N Doxiadis, A. Brand, F.H.J. Claas (Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands)
   
11.00 - 12.50 Paris
SESSION 6: Advances in the Diagnosis and in the Prevention of NAIT
Chair: C. Kaplan, N. Puig
11.00 - 11.25  
3A-S06-1 THE ROLE OF THE LOW FREQUENCY ANTIGENS IN NAIT
  C. Kaplan (INTS, Paris, France)
11.25 - 11.50  
3A-S06-2 SCREENING OF ANTI-HPA-1A IN HPA-1A NEGATIVE MOTHERS
  A. Husebekk, M. Kjaer Killie, B. Skogen, J. Kjeldsen-Kragh (Inst.of Med. Biolology, Univ. of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway)
11.50 - 12.05  
3A-S06-3 A NEW IN VITRO ASSAY DETECTING HPA-1a-SPECIFIC ANTIBODIES BASED ON PEPTIDE APTAMER TECHNOLOGY
  J. Thibaut, Y. Merieux, D. Rigal, G. Gillet (FOndation pour la Recherche Diagnostique, Lyon, France)
12.05 - 12.20  
3A-S06-4 A NEW POLYMORPHISM IN THE PLATELET GLYCOPROTEIN GPIIIA, MAT(A), ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE NEONATAL ALLOIMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA
  N. Nogues, R. Esteban, M. Gracia, M. Tarrago, M. Ibañez, I. Vinyets, T. Perez-Castellanos, E. Muñiz-Diaz (Banc de Sang i Teixits, Barcelona, Spain)
12.20 - 12.35  
3A-S06-5 HNA-1A, HNA-1B, AND HNA-1C (NA1, NA2 AND SH) FREQUENCIES IN ARGENTINEAN POPULATION
  D. De La Vega Elena, S. Oyonarte, N. Nogués, P.D. Blanzaco, E. Theiller, M.A. Raillon, S. Chialina, E. Solis, N. Arancegui, A. Fernández Montoya, V. Crespo Ferrer, A. Campos Muñoz, E. Muñiz-Diaz (Italian Hospital Garibaldi, Rosario, Argentina)
12.35 - 12.50
3A-S06-6 PRODUCTION OF THE FIRST HUMAN MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HIGHLY SPECIFIC FOR HPA-5B ALLOANTIGEN. APPLICATION FOR THE PHENOTYPING OF PLATELETS.
  D. Rigal, S. Canillas, P. Vigneron, C. Bourgeot, C. Courvoisier, M. Woicki, J. Bernaud, J.J. Pin, Y. Merieux (EFS de Lyon, Lyon, France) 
   
11.00 - 13.00 Roma
SESSION 7: Promotional Strategies in Voluntary Blood Donation
Chairs: D. De Coning, J.M. Cárdenas
11.00 - 11.25  
3A-S07-1 PROMOTION OF BLOOD DONATION: FOLLOWING A PROCESS APPROACH
  J.M. Cárdenas, S. Urcelay (Centro Vasco de Transfusion, San Sebastian, Spain)
11.25 - 11.50  
3A-S07-2 MEANS FOR MONITORING PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES IN BLOOD DONATION
  N. Mikkelsen (International Federation of Blood Donor, Copenhagen, Denmark)
11.50 - 12.15  
3A-S07-3 CLUB 25: A SOCIAL RESPONSE TO BLOOD DONATION IN THE AMERICAS
  N. Garcia de Paredes (Intern.Fed. of Red Cross & Red Crescent, Panama, Panama)
12.15 - 12.30  
3A-S07-4 CHARACTERESTICS OF VOLUNTARY NON-REMUNERATED BLOOD DONORS IN PAKISTAN
  H.A Zaheer, M. Sufyan, K. Hasan (Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan)
12.30 - 12.45  
3A-S07-5 PSYCHO-SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF BLOOD DONATION
  H. Javadzadeh Shahshahani, M. Yavari, R. Vafazadeh, M. Attar (Research center of Iranian BTO, Yazd, Iran)
12.45 - 13.00  
3A-S07-6 OPTIMAL POLICY FOR USE OF PLATELET CONCENTRATES IN GREECE
  C.P. Politis, P.K. Katsea, C.R. Richardson, A.S. Stayropoulou Gioka (General Athens Hospital "G. Gennimatas", Athens, Greece)
   
11.00 - 13.00 Madrid
SESSION 8: Blood Transfusion in the European Union
Chairs: B. Zupanska, M.A. Vesga
11.00 - 11.25  
3A-S08-1 HOSPITAL BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICES IN THE COUNTRIES WHICH JOINED EU IN THE LAST YEARS - POLAND
  M. Letowska (Institute of Hematology, Warsaw, Poland)
11.25 - 11.50  
3A-S08-2 HOSPITAL BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICES IN THE COUNTRIES WHICH JOINED EU IN THE LAST YEARS - CZECH REPUBLIC
  I. Turek (Central Military Hospital Prague, Prague, Czech Republic)
11.50 - 12.15  
3A-S08-3 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BLOOD DIRECTIVE: WHERE ARE WE?
  T. Bregeon (European Commission, Directorate C, Brussels, Belgium)
12.15 - 12.30  
3A-S08-4 THE NEW DEAL OF THE ITALIAN BLOOD SYSTEM
  G. Grazzini, A. Ozino Caligaris, G. Aprili, C. Velati, I. Sturvi, D. Greco (National Blood Centre, Rome, Italy)
12.30 - 12.45  
3A-S08-5 INFECTIVITY OF ANTI-HBC REACTIVE BLOOD PRODUCTS - CASE CONTROL STUDY
  M. Schmidt, M.K. Hourfar, E. Seifried (German Red Cross, Frankfurt, Germany)
   
13.00 - 15.00  
  LUNCH BREAK, VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION AND POSTERS
   
SATELLITE SYMPOSIA
   
13.00 – 15.00 Auditorium A
Satellite Symposium Organised by Chiron
SS3: Individual Donation (ID)-NAT in the Mediterranean Region – What have we learned?
13.10 – 13.15 WELCOME AND OPENING
  N. Lelie (CHIRON, Suresnes, France)
13,15 – 13.40 GREECE: OCCULT HEPATITIS B, NATIONAL SURVEILLANCE, LOW VIRAL LOAD YIELD CASES
  A. Hatzakis (National Retrovirus Reference Center, Athens, Greece)
13.40 – 14.05 ITALY: NAT & SEROLOGY, EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PATTERNS, HIV TRANSMISSIBILITY, NATIONAL SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME
  A. Zanetti (Istituto di Virologia – Università degli Studi di Siena, Milan, Italy)
14.05 – 14.30 SPAIN: ANTI-HBC & HBV-DNA, MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY, OCCULT CARRIER AND WINDOW PHASE RESIDUAL RISK
  S. Sauleda (Banc de Sang I Texits (BST), Barcelona, Spain)
14.30 – 14.55 DISCUSSION: ISBT HBV SAFETY WORKING GROUP, ID-NAT ALGORITHMS, HBV CONFIRMATION, OCCULT HEPATITIS B AND C
  Moderators : J.P. Allain (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom) J.I. Esteban (Hospital General Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain)
   
13.00 – 15.00 Roma
Satellite Symposium Organised by Gambro
SS4: Whole Blood Processes made simple
   
13.30 – 15.00 Madrid
Satellite Symposium Organised by Macopharma
SS5: Innovations in Blood Safety
Chairs: Dr Emma CASTRO (Centro de Transfusión de Cruz Roja Española, Madrid, Spain), Prof. Morris BLAJCHMAN (Mc Master University, Hamilton, Canada), Dr Wolfram H. WALKER (MacoPharma, Langen, Germany)
  PLASMA SAFETY:
  Use and results of Methlylene Blue virus inactivated Plasma
  Dr Luis LARREA, Centro de Transfusión de la Comunidad Valenciana, Valencia, Spain
  PLATELETS SAFETY:
  The THERAFLEX UV Platelets procedure for Pathogen Inactivation of Platelet Concentrates
  Dr Harald MOHR, DRK NSTOB, Springe, Germany
  Preliminary data on UVC-treated platelets
  Prof Morris BLAJCHMAN, Mc Master University, Hamilton, Canada
  RED CELLS SAFETY:
  Pathogen Reduction in Red Cell Concentrate: Prion removal filter
  Mr Mike WILTSCHIRE, CDL, NBS Brentwood, England
   
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
   
15.00 - 16.30 Auditorium A
  PLENARY SESSION 1
Chairs: P.F.W. Strengers, E. Muñiz-Diaz
15.00 - 15.45  
3B-PL1-1 HEPATITIS B AND BLOOD TRANSFUSION
  W.K. Roth (GFE Blut mbH, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany)
15.45 - 16.30  
3B-PL1-2 THE ECONOMICS OF BLOOD TRANSFUSION IN THE XXI CENTURY
  A. Pereira (Service of Hemotherapy and Hemostasis, Hôpital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain)
   
16.30 – 17.00  
  COFFEE BREAK
   
17.00 - 18.35 Paris
SESSION 9: History of Blood Transfusion
Chairs: M. Bayik, C. Martin-Vega
17.00 - 17.25  
3A-S09-1 THE CONTRIBUTION OF DR. DURAN-JORDA TO THE ADVANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE EUROPEAN BLOOD TRANSFUSION
  J.R. Grifols (Banc de Sang i Teixits, Badalona, Spain)
17.25 - 17.50  
3A-S09-2 THE ROLE OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EUROPEAN BLOOD TRANSFUSION
  W.A. van Aken (Amstelveen, The Netherlands)
17.50 - 18.05  
3A-S09-3 WARM STORAGE OF WHOLE BLOOD FOR 72 HOURS
  R. Hess (University of Maryland, Baltimore, United States of America)
18.05 - 18.20  
3A-S09-4 DESIGN OF A MODERN BLOOD COMPONENT MANUFACTURING FACILITY
  D. Edmondson, N.P. Tandy, G.S. Nicholson, M. Ashford (National Blood Service, Bristol, United Kingdom)
18.20 - 18.35  
3A-S09-5 HISTORY OF BLOOD TRANSFUSION IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
  N. Nedeljkovic (National Blood Transfusion Institute, Belgrade, Serbia)
   
17.00 - 18.35 Madrid
SESSION 10: Cost/Benefit of the Quality System in the European blood transfusion
Chairs: E. Seifried, M. Perez-Vaquero
17.00 - 17.25  
3A-S10-1 THE DIFFERENT TOOLS IN THE QUALITY MANAGEMENT
  N. Grunnet (Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Aarhus N, Denmark)
17.25 - 17.50  
3A-S10-2 DO CERTIFICATION AND ACCREDITATION IMPROVE QUALITY OF TRANSFUSION MEDICINE?
  C. Seidl (Inst for Transf. Med & Immunohematology, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany)
17.50 - 18.05  
3A-S10-3 THE SPANISH BLOOD TRANSFUSION ACCREDITATION COMMITTEE EXPERIENCE: A REVIEW OF THE MOST FREQUENT NONCONFORMANCES, 2004-2006.
  M. Ruiz Romero, J.L. Arroyo Rodríguez, L. Barea García, J. Candela García, A. Castrillo Fernández, J. García Gala, L. Larrea González, M. López Soques, F. Monsalve Gil-Fournier, I. Ortiz de Salazar, P. Rodríguez Vicente, M. Torrabadella de Reynoso, J. Rodríguez Villanueva (Spanish Blood Transfusion Accreditation, Barcelona, Spain)
18.05 - 18.20  
3A-S10-4 FROM IN HOUSE MINI-POOL NAT TO CE ACCREDITED IVD – IMPROVEMENT IN BLOOD SAFETY
  M. Schmidt, M.K. Hourfar, W. Sireis, S. Findhammer, E. Schellenberg, U. Mayr-Wohlfart, H. Schrezenmeier, J. Mytilineos, K. Gubbe, A. Karl, E. Seifried (German Red Cross, Frankfurt, Germany)
18.20 - 18.35  
3A-S10-5 MONITORING AND IMPROVEMENT OF DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS FOR BLOOD DELIVERING AND TRANSFUSION PROCESS.
  J. Rivera, A. Cascales, F. Ferrer, A. Periago, A. Garcia, A. Rodriguez, A. Lopez, V. Vicente (Centro Regional de Hemodonacion, Murcia, Spain) 
   
17.00 - 18.35 Roma
SESSION 11: New Technologies in Blood Transfusion
Chairs: G. Daniels, E. Aranburu
17.00 - 17.25  
3A-S11-1 MICROARRAY TECHNOLOGY AND ITS APPLICATION TO BLOOD GROUPING
  N. Nogues (Banc de Sang i Teixits, Barcelona, Spain)
17.25 - 17.50  
3A-S11-2 MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF RH(D) NEGATIVE DONORS: COST EFFICIENCY
  W. Flegel (Institut fur Klinische Transfusionsmedizin und Immungenetik, Ulm, Germany)
17.50 - 18.05  
3A-S11-3 MOLECULAR GENETIC INVESTIGATION OF BLOOD DONORS WITH WEAK RHE EXPRESSION REVEALS A BROAD SPECTRUM OF DIVERSE POLYMORPHISMS.
  A. Doescher, E.K. Petershofen, F.F. Wagner (Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Oldenburg, Germany)
18.05 - 18.20  
3A-S11-4 MASS SCREENING FOR RHD GENE FRAGMENTS IN RHD NEGATIVE DONORS BY MINIPOOL TESTING SYSTEM USING REAL TIME PCR TECHNOLOGY
  A. Orzinska, M. Pelc-Klopotowska, B. Michalewska, A. Walaszczyk, G. Liszewski, B. Zupanska, E. Brojer (Institute of Haematology and Transfusion, Warsaw, Poland)
18.20 - 18.35  
3A-S11-5 WEAK BLOOD GROUP B PHENOTYPES CAUSED BY VARIATIONS IN THE CBF-NFY ENHANCER REGION OF THE ABO GENE
  A. Seltsam, F.F. Wagner, D. Grueger, C. Das Gupta, C. Bade-Doeding, R. Blasczyk (Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany)
   
17.00 - 18.35 Auditorium A
SESSION 12: Blood Transfusion Practice (II)
Chairs: D. Teo, F. Gilsanz
17.00 - 17.25  
3A-S12-1 TREATMENT OF MASSIVELY BLEEDING PATIENTS - TIME TO CHANGE?
  I. Johansson, J. Stensballe, M.B. Hansen, L. Jørgensen, N.H. Secher (HS Blood bank, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark)
17.25 - 17.50  
3A-S12-2 MASSIVE BLOOD TRANSFUSION AND COAGULOPATHY: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS
  Speaker to be announced
   
17.50 - 18.05  
3A-S12-3 EFFECT OF PLATELET ACTIVATION ON BLEEDING AND TRANSFUSION RATES IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING HIGH RISK CARDIAC SURGERY
  R. Radovancevic, R. Radovancevic, A. Bracey, N. Matijevic, S. Carranza, I. Gregoric, O. Frazier (Texas Heart Institute, Houston, USA)
18.05 - 18.20  
3A-S12-4 CONTINUING EDUCATION IN TRANSFUSION MEDICINE: 10 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SALAMANCA
  J. Martin Sanchez, M.J. Rodriguez Dominguez, J.R. Gonzalez Porras, J.J. Mateos Mazon, O. Lopez Villar, E. Colador Varela, I. De La Fuente Graciani, M.J. Arcos Carmona, C. Encinas Rodriguez, M.J. Nieto Hernandez, M. Corral Alonso (Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain)
18.20 - 18.35  
3A-S12-5 PLATELET TRANSFUSION CLINICALLY APPROPRIATE IN NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
  S. Misso, B. Feola, L. Paesano, G. Fratellanza, M. D'Onofrio, E. D'Agostino, F. Pullano, I. Bernardo, G. D'Ausanio, F. Migliaro, A. Fratellanza, A. Minerva (Hospital "S. Anna and S. Sebastiano", Caserta, Italy) 

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Tuesday, June 26

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
   
08.30 - 10.20 Paris
SESSION 13: Haemovigilance: Much More Than a Register
Chairs: P. Robillard, M.T. Jimenez
08.30 - 08.43  
4A-S13-1 IMPACT OF THE CORRECTIVE AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES IMPLEMENTED IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES - CANADA
  P. Robillard (Quebec Public Health Institute, Montreal (qc), Canada)
08.43 - 08.56  
4A-S13-2 IMPACT OF THE CORRECTIVE AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES IMPLEMENTED IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES - UNITED KINGDOM
  D. Stainsby (Serious Hazards of Transfusion, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom)
08.56 - 09.09  
4A-S13-3 IMPACT OF THE CORRECTIVE AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES IMPLEMENTED IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES - FRANCE
  Ph. Renaudier (Hopital de la Croix Rousse, Lyon, France)
   
09.09 - 09.49  
4A-S13-4 RAPID ALERT: HOW CAN ITS UTILITY BE IMPROVED?
  J.C. Faber (Luxembourg Red Cross, Luxembourg, Luxembourg)
09.50 - 10.05  
4A-S13-5 HEMOVIGILANCE FOR TRANSFUSION OF INTERCEPTTM PLATELETS IN ROUTINE THERAPEUTIC USE: EXPERIENCE IN ÉTABLISSEMENT FRANÇAIS DU SANG (EFS) BLOOD CENTERS
  O. Garraud, P. Fabrigli, R. Tardivel, H. Gouezec, C. Waller, I. Mendel, J.P. Raidot, G. Kandel, H. Isola, J.P. Cazenave (EFS - Auvergne Loire, Saint Etienne, France)
10.05 - 10.20  
4A-S13-6 PREVENTION OF IMMUNE TRALI BY SCREENING FOR LEUKOCYTE ANTIBODIES
  A. Reil, D. Manke, J. Bux (German Red Cross Blood Service West, Hagen, Germany
   
08.30 - 10.30 Auditorium A
SESSION 14: Recipient Immune Status and Blood Transfusion in different stages
Chairs: J.P. Allain, S. Oyonarte
08.30 - 08.55
4A-S14-1 IMPACT OF RECIPIENT IMMUNE STATUS AND INFECTION RISKS OF TRANSFUSION
  H.W. Reesink (Sanquin Blood Bank North-West Region, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
08.55 - 09.20
4A-S14-2 DIFFERENTIATING TRANSFUSION-TRANSMITTED INFECTION AND REACTIVATION
  J.P. Allain (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom)
09.20 - 09.45
4A-S14-3 EFFECT OF RECIPIENT IMMUNE STATUS ON THE DEVELOPMENT, PERSISTENCE AND CLINICAL CONSEQUENCES OF TRANSFUSION-RELATED MICROCHIMERISM
   
  M. Busch (Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, USA)
09.45 - 10.00
4A-S14-4 RISK OF HBV-DNA-POSITIVE, HBSAG-NEGATIVE DONATIONS REDUCED BY ANTI-HBC TESTING: THE CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES EXPERIENCE
  F. O'Brien, M.A. Fearon, Q. Yi, W. Fan, V. Scalia, E. Zuber, E.C. Vamvakas (Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa, Canada)
10.00 - 10.15  
4A-S14-5 5 YEARS BACTERIAL SCREENING OF PC IN THE NETHERLANDS
  D. de Korte, J. Curvers, E.A.M. Beckers, J.H. Marcelis (Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
10.15 - 10.30  
4A-S14-6 IMPACT OF INDIVIDUAL DONATION (ID)-NAT ON THE RISK OF TRANSFUSION TRANSMITTED HIV INFECTIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA
  W. Sykes, R. Reddy, S. Gulube, M. Vermeulen, R. Swanevelder, E. Kuun, N. Lelie, R. Crookes (SANBS, Roodepoort, South Africa) 
   
08.30 - 10.30 Madrid
SESSION 15: A Critical Approach to Evidence-based Transfusion
Chairs: M. Olsson, A. Fernandez-Montoya
08.30 - 08.55
4A-S15-1 THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF THE EVIDENCE BASE FOR IMPROVING TRANSFUSION PRACTICE.
  M.F. Murphy, S. Brunskill, S. Stanworth, C. Doree, P.A. Robeda, C. Hyde (National Blood Service, Oxford, United Kingdom)
08.55 - 09.20  
4A-S15-2 IMPACT OF EVIDENCE-BASED TRANSFUSION IN THE TRANSFUSION PRACTICE AND POTENTIAL IMPACT ON LITIGATIONS
  K. Sazama (The University of TX, MD Anderson Cancer Cente, Houston, USA)
09.20 - 09.45  
4A-S15-3 CRITICAL ANALYSES OF THE TOP TEN ARTICLES THAT MOST INFLUENCED BLOOD TRANSFUSION IN RECENT YEARS
  M. Blajchmann (McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada)
09.45 - 10.00
4A-S15-4 DETECTION OF MICROCHIMERISM IN NORMAL BLOOD DONORS
  T.H.L. Lee, G. Utter, W. Reed, L. Wen, D. Chafets, L. Montalvo, M. Busch (Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, United States of America)
10.00 - 10.15  
4A-S15-5 RED CELL TRANSFUSION FOR IRON DEFICIENCY ANAEMIA
  E. Grey, J. Finlayson (PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Perth, Australia)
10.15 - 10.30
4A-S15-6 ASSOCIATION OF ANTI-LEUKOCYTE ANTIBODIES WITH TRALI PARTLY EXPLAINED BY PUBLICATION BIAS
  R. Middelburg, E. Briët, J.G. Van der Bom (Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands)
   
08.30 - 10.30 Roma
SESSION 16: Platelet Components and Platelet Transfusion
Chairs: N. Kalmin, M. Lozano
08.30 - 08.55
4A-S16-1 PLATELET COMPONENTS, TODAY
  M. Lozano (Hospital Clinic Provincial, Barcelona, Spain)
08.55 - 09.20
4A-S16-2 CONTROVERSY CONCERNING PLATELET DOSES
  N. Heddle (McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada)
09.20 - 09.45
4A-S16-3 QUALITY OF PLATELET CONCENTRATES FROM POOLED BUFFY-COATS MADE OF FRESH WHOLE BLOOD PROCESSED ON ATREUS 2C+ SYSTEM
  P. Sandgren, H. Gulliksson, M. Callaert (Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden)
09.45 - 10.00  
4A-S16-4 ALTERATION OF PLATELET PROTEINS DURING STORAGE ASSESSED BY PROTEOMICS: EVIDENCE OF ONGOING PROTEIN TRANSLATION OVER THE STORAGE PERIOD
  V. Devine, N. Thon, P. Schubert, K. Serrano, J. Kast (Canadian Blood Services, Vancouver, Canada)
10.00 - 10.15  
4A-S16-5 PLATELETS STORED AT 4°C, AN EVALUATION OF PLATELETS IN SSP+ ADDITIVE SOLUTION
  P.F. van der Meer, M. Eijzenga, R.N.I. Pietersz (Sanquin Blood Bank North West Region, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
10.15 - 10.30  
4A-S16-6 POST AUTHORIZATION SURVEILLANCE OF PLATELET CONCENTRATES AFTER TRANSFUSION
  M.J. Dijkstra-Tiekstra, E. Djasmadi, J. de Wildt-Eggen (Sanquin Blood Bank North East Region, Groningen, The Netherlands) 
   
10.30 – 11.00  
  COFFEE BREAK
   
11.00 - 12.30 Auditorium A
  ISBT GENERAL ASSEMBLY
   
11.00 - 12.30 Roma
F1: FORO DE PROMOCION DE LA SETS
  Promoción integral sostenible: formar e informar 
  VOLUNTARIADO Y DONANTES
  V. Calluo and A.V Sánchez (BST-Hospital Joan XXIII, Tarragona, Espana)
  POBLACIÓN GENERAL, INSTITUCIONES Y MEDIOS DE COMUNICACIÓN
  M Sala (Gerente de la Hermandad de donantes de Mallorca, Espana)
  EDUCACIÓN Y EDUCADORES (PROFESORADO Y PERSONAL SANITARIO)
  S Urcelay (Centro Vasco de transfusión y tejidos humanos de Guipúzcoa, Espana).
   
11.00 - 12.30 Paris
F2: FORO DE ENFERMERIA DE LA SETS
  Dimensiones de la práctica de enfermería en la Seguridad transfusional. El valor del registro
  Speakers:
  P. de la Peña (Enfermera responsable de Promoción del CRTS de Madrid, Espana)
  M. Fernández (Enfermera del área de extracciones, Oviedo, Espana)
  A. Mingo (Supervisor de Enfermería. BST-Hospital J Trueta, Gerona, Espana)
   
SATELLITE SYMPOSIA
   
12.30 – 14.30 Rome
Satellite Symposium Organised by Contoltechnica
SS6: Advanced Blood Management: The Hemosafe® System
Chair: to be confirmed
12.30 – 13.00 SMART BLOOD BANKS AND REMOTE BLOOD MANAGEMENT
  P.P. Pagliaro (Blood Center Director, Mantova, Italy)
13.00 – 13.10 THE “HEMOSAFE®” SYSTEM – GENERAL REMARKS
  L.M.Cappelletti (Angelantoni Industry, Massa Martana, Italy)
13.10 – 13.50 THE “HEMOSAFE®” SYSTEM– PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS
  S. Ventura (Angelantoni Industry, Massa Martana, Italy)
13.50 – 14.15 DISCUSSION
14.15 – 14.30 LUNCH BOXES
   
12.30 – 14.30 Madrid
Satellite Symposium Organised by Octapharma
SS7: 360º around solvent-detergent plasma
The symposium will review the solvent-detergent plasma from all angles. It will also show data on haemovigilance as well as covering the topic of adverse events related to plasma transfusion with a special focus on TRALI. 
   
12.30 – 14.30 Paris
Satellite Symposium Organised by Cerus
SS8: A Single Pathogen Inactivation System for Two Blood Components: INTERCEPT Blood System for Platelets and Plasma
Chair: J.P. AuBuchon (United States of America)
  INTRODUCTION
  J.P. AuBuchon (Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, Nh, United States of America)
  IMPLEMENTATION IN A HIGH VOLUME CENTER: IN VITRO CHARACTERISTICS OF INTERCEPT PLASMA
  R. Henschler (Germany)
  TWO PATHOGEN INACTIVATED BLOOD PRODUCTS FROM ONE DONATION - TREATMENT OF PLATELETS AND CONCURRENT PLASMA
  E. Castro (Centro Transfusión. Cruz Roja Española, Madrid, Spain)
  SYNERGY OF INTERCEPT PLATELETS AND PLASMA IN ROUTINE USE
  J-P. Cazenave (Établissement Français du Sang-Alsace, Strasbourg, France)
   
14.30 - 15.15 Auditorium A
PLENARY SESSION 2: Lección Professor Ricardo Castillo
Chairs: E. Muniz-Diaz, J.F. Chapman
14.30 - 15.15  
4B-PL2-1 GOODBYE TO AGGLUTINATION?
  D. Anstee (Bristol Institute for Transfusion Scienc, Bristol, United Kingdom)
   
15.15 - 15.45  
  COFFEE BREAK
   
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
   
15.45 - 17.20 Madrid
SESSION 17: Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpurra (TTP)
Chairs: P. Hôcker, J.L. Bueno
15.45 - 16.10
4C-S17-1 TTP AND PREGNANCY
  M. Scully (Haemostasis Research Unit, London, United Kingdom)
16.10 - 16.35
4C-S17-2 THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA (TTP): IS ANY PLASMA USEFUL TO TREAT THE TTP?
  J. Muncunill (IB Salut, Servei d'Hematologia i Hemoter, Palma De Mallorca, Spain)
16.35 - 16.50
4C-S17-3 LACK OF EFFECTIVENESS OF PLASMA-EXCHANGE IN CANCER-RELATED THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA
  M. Bianchi, I. Rago, N. Piccirillo, F. Sorà, M. Maresca, R. Putzulu, G. Zini, G. D'Onofrio, G. Giuseppe (Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy)
16.50 - 17.05  
4C-S17-4 METHYLENE BLUE PHOTOINACTIVATED PLASMA (MBPIP) VS FRESH FROZEN PLASMA (FFP) IN THE TREATMENT OF IDIOPATHIC THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA (TTP): A MULTICENTRIC PROSPECTIVE-COHORT STUDY
  J. del Rio-Garma, A. Alvarez-Larran, C. Martinez, J. de la Rubia, C. Zamora, J. Muncunill, M. Corral, A. Garcia-Noblejas, J. Mateo, J. Muñoz, E. Gomez-Arteta, M. Pujol, J.M. Jimenez, P. Rodriguez-Vicente, E. Contreras, C. Arbona, A. Pereira (Complejo Hospitalario de Orense, Orense, Spain)
17.05 - 17.20  
4C-S17-5 RITUXIMAB FOR TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH REFRACTORY OR RELAPSING THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA.
  M. Romero, J. De la Rubia, A. Montava, I. Luna, S. Martínez, N. Carpio, M.A. Sanz (Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Spain)
   
15.45 - 17.20 Roma
SESSION 18: Information to Transfusion Medicine
Chairs: C. Munk, L. Larrea
15.45 - 16.10
4C-S18-1 HOW TO DEAL WITH INFORMATION IN TRANSFUSION MEDICINE?
  C. Munk (Service Régional Vaudois de Transfusion, Lausanne, Switzerland)
16.10 - 16.35
4C-S18-2 DATA INTERCHANGE AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES IN TRANSFUSION MEDICINE
  P. Bruce (Finnish Red Cross Blood Service, Helsinki, Finland)
16.35 - 16.50
4C-S18-3 MANAGEMENT OF A HOSPITAL BLOOD BANK USING RADIO-FREQUENCE IDENTIFICATION (RFID)
  G. Follea, G. Bourreille, F. Dussaux, C. David, F.-L. Monge, C Ledoux, J.-C. Mongrenier (Etablissement Français du Sang PL, Nantes, France)
16.50 - 17.05  
4C-S18-4 USING GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS TO ENHANCE PRODUCTIVITY IN A BLOOD CENTER
  N.D. Kalmin, R. Garcia, K. Myers (South Texas Blood & Tissue, San Antonio, USA)
17.05 - 17.20  
4C-S18-5 FULL UNIT TRACKING 'FROM VEIN TO VEIN'. THE EXPERIENCE OF THE CENTRAL HOSPITAL IN CIUDAD REAL (SPAIN)
  P. Pereda Gomez, J.M. De Luis Gonzalez, A. Martinez Santaolalla (Centro de Innovacion en Tecnologias, Valladolid, Spain)
   
15.45 - 17.20 Auditorium A
SESSION 19: Errors in Blood Component Administration: How to Prevent Them?
Chairs: R. de Vries, N. Carpio
15.45 - 16.10
4C-S19-1 ERRARE HUMANUM EST...BUT IT IS ALSO HUMAN TO PREVENT ERRORS
  D. Cummins (Royal Bromton and Harefield Hospital NHS Trust, Harefield, Middlesex, United Kingdom)
16.10 - 16.35  
4C-S19-2 PROCESS CONTROLS TO AVERT MISTRANSFUSION
  J.P. AuBuchon (Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, Nh, USA)
16.35 - 16.50
4C-S19-3 HEMOLYTIC TRANSFUSION REACTIONS FOLLOWING ADMINISTRATION OF INTRAVENOUS GAMMAGLOBULIN
  Z. Daw, R. Padmore, M. Tokessy, N. Cober, D. Neurath, D. Desjardins, B. Olberg, A. Tinmouth, A. Giulivi (Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada)
16.50 - 17.05  
4C-S19-4 ADDITIONAL BENEFITS OF HAEMOVIGILANCE: CAN HAEMOVIGILANCE SYSTEMS DETECT GOOD AND 'EXPECTED' EFFECTS TOO?
  M. Lopez Soques, M. Bosch, A. Orfila, M. Carrasco, C. Besses, J. Cid, M.C. Raya, C. Basil, J. Garcia Alvarez, P. Carrasco, I. Campodarve, C. Solis, A. DeArriba (Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain)
17.05 - 17.20  
4C-S19-5 QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN IMMUNOHEMATOLOGY
  G.M.B.L. Leal, L.Y. Noguchi, M.C.C. Poli, M.M.M. Lemos, R.T. Scuotto, R. Colella (Hospital A.C. Camargo, Sao Paulo, Brazil)
   
17.20 - 19.00 Roma
  ASAMBLEA GENERAL SETS

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Wednesday, June 27

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
   
08.30 - 10.30 Roma
SESSION 20: Rationalisation of the Use of Allogeneic Blood Transfusion and its Alternatives
Chairs: M. Contreras, J. Garcia-Erce
08.30 - 08.55
5A-S20-1 RATIONALISATION OF BLOOD USE: THE UK'S EXPERIENCE
  M. Contreras (National Blood Service, London, United Kingdom)
08.55 - 09.20
5A-S20-2 PHARMACOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT OF PERIOPERATIVE ANAEMIA: OUR EXPERIENCE IN ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY
  M. Muñoz, J.A. García-Erce, J. Cuenca, E. Bisbe (School of Medicine, University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain)
09.20 - 09.45  
5A-S20-3 PERIOPERATIVE BLOOD CONSERVATION: THE ROLE OF CELL SALVAGE
  D. Thomas (Swansea NHS Trust, Swansea, United Kingdom)
09.45 - 10.00  
5A-S20-4 DOES PRE-OPERATIVE CORRECTION OF ANAEMIA REDUCE THE NEED OF RED CELL TRANSFUSION IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING MAJOR JOINT SURGERY?
  E. Saleh, T.S. Walsh, D.B.L. McClelland, D. Semple (Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
10.00 - 10.15 #5A-S20-5 ALLOGENEIC BLOOD TRANSFUSION SAVING PROGRAM BASED ON SELECTED PRE-SURGICAL AUTOLOGOUS BLOOD COLLECTION OR STIMULATION OF ERYTHROPOIESIS FOR PATIENTS UNDERGOING SPINE SURGERY
  F. Moscardó, T. Bas, S. Martínez, M. Romero, J. Sanz, M.L. Paciello, F. Arriaga, J. De la Rubia, M.A. Sanz, N. Carpio (Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Spain)
10.15 - 10.30
5A-S20-6 DISASTER-PREPAREDNESS PLAN AT SAINT-GEORGE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER DURING THE SUMMER 2006 WAR AND BLOCKADE ON LEBANON
  H.R. Samaha, N.A. Irani-Hakimeh, I.P. Hajj (Saint GeorgeUniversity Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon)
   
08.30 - 10.30 Madrid
SESSION 21: Cellular Therapy
Chairs: W.R. Mayr, M. Lamana
08.30 - 08.55
5A-S21-1 POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS OF DENDRITIC CELLS
  J. de Vries (Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Cent, Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
08.55 - 09.20
5A-S21-2 PREVENTION OF GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE (GVHD) BY ADIPOSE TISSUE-DERIVED MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS (AD-MSCSS) IN ALLOGENEIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTS
  M. Lamana, R. Yañez, J. García Castro, M. Ramírez, J. Bueren (CIEMAT & Hospital Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain)
09.20 - 09.45  
5A-S21-3 STEM CELL PLASTICITY AND REGULATION
  C. Verfaille (KU Leuven Stamcelinstituut, Leuven, Belgium)
09.45 - 10.00
5A-S21-4 TO BE ANNOUNCED
  To be announced
10.00 - 10.15
5A-S21-5 EX VIVO MODULATION OF THE ALLOREACTIVITY OF PRIMARY NK CELLS
  A. Seltsam, R. Blasczyk, C. Figueiredo (Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany)
10.15 - 10.30
5A-S21-6 A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON THE BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERS AND FUNCTION OF EXOSOMES DERIVED FROM DENDRITIC CELLS
  H. Fan, Y. Ren (Shanghai Blood Center, Shanghai, China)
   
08.30 - 10.30 Auditorium A
SESSION 22: Consensus and Controversial in Blood Transfusion
Chairs: F. Decary, J. Cid
08.30 - 08.55
5A-S22-1 CONSENSUS CONFERENCE ON PATHOGEN INACTIVATION
  M. Blajchmann (McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada)
08.55 - 09.20
5A-S22-2 PLATELET RICH PLASMA (PRP) AND PLATELET DERIVATIVES FOR TOPICAL THERAPY. WHAT IS TRUE?
  P. Borzini, L. Mazzucco (Ospedale SS Antonio e Biagio, Alessandria Al, Italy)
09.20 - 09.45
5A-S22-3 STERILIZATION OF PLATELET CONCENTRATES BY IRRADIATION WITH SHORT-WAVE ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT
  H. Mohr, U. Gravemann, A. Bayer, F. Tolksdorf, W.H. Walker, T.H. Müller (Blood Center of the German Red Cross, Springe, Germany)
09.45 - 10.00  
5A-S22-4 NET COST IMPACT OF IMPLEMENTATION OF PHOTOCHEMICAL PATHOGEN INACTIVATION (INTERCEPT BLOOD SYSTEM™ FOR PLATELETS) FOR PREPARATION OF PLATELET COMPONENTS
  J.P. Cazenave, I. Metzger, J. Dréno, H. Isola, N. Léon, A. Chicoye (Établissement Français du Sang-Alsace, Strasbourg, France) 
10.00 - 10.15
5A-S22-5 SURVEILLANCE STUDY OF THE TRANSFUSION EFFICIENCY AFTER TRANSFUSIONS OF APHERESIS PLATELET CONCENTRATES AND POOLED PLATELET CONCENTRATES
  J. Vasse, R. Tardivel, S. Gaucheron, G. Andreu, G. Semana (EFS Bretagne, Rennes, France)
10.15 - 10.30  
5A-S22-6 COMPARATIVE STUDY OF FIBRIN SEALANT PREPARED FROM CONVENTIONAL AND INTERCEPT BLOOD SYSTEM ™ PLASMA USING THE CRYOSEAL® FS-SYSTEM
  V. Kumar, L. Pinkoski, J. Chapman, L. Corash (Thermogenesis Corp., Rancho Cordova, United States of America)
   
08.30 - 10.20 Paris
SESSION 23: Foetal Genotyping in the Practice
Chairs: A. Brand, N. Nogues
08.30 - 08.55
5A-S23-1 FETAL GENOTYPING BEYOND THE RH(D) ANTIGEN
  K. Finning (International Blood Group Reference, Bristol, United Kingdom)
08.55 - 09.20
5A-S23-2 RHD FETAL GENOTYPING AS A ROUTINE TOOL IN THE PREVENTION OF THE HAEMOLYTIC DISEASE OF THE NEWBORN. THE DUTCH EXPERIENCE
  E. van der Schoot (Sanquin, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
09.20 - 09.50
5A-S23-3 RHD FETAL GENOTYPING AS A ROUTINE TOOL IN THE PREVENTION OF THE HAEMOLYTIC DISEASE OF THE NEWBORN. THE FRENCH EXPERIENCE
  Y. Colin (INSERM/INTS, U665, Paris, France)
09.50 - 10.05
5A-S23-4 ROUTINE CLINICAL PRACTICE OF FOETAL RHD GENOTYPING USING MATERNAL PLASMA IN BELGIUM: A FOUR-YEAR EXPERIENCE
  J.M. Minon, J.P. Schaaps, J.M. Senterre, J.M. Foidart (CHR de la Citadelle, Liège, Belgium)
10.05 - 10.20  
5A-S23-5 THE GERMAN FEASIBILITY STUDY ON NON-INVASIVE DETERMINATION OF THE FETAL D-STATUS FROM MATERNAL PLASMA FOR DECISION MAKING ON RH-PROPHYLAXIS
  J. Legler, S. Damme, S. Müller (University Medicine Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany)
   
11.00 - 11.45 Auditorium A
  PLENARY SESSION 3
Chairs: L. Hernandez-Nieto, A. Al Amiri
11.00 - 11.45
5B-PL3-1 GOVERNMENT, MEDIA AND DECISION MAKING IN TRANSFUSION MEDICINE
  J.P. AuBuchon (Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, Nh, USA)
   
11.45 – 12.45 Auditorium A
  CLOSING SESSION
Chairs: M. Algora, J.C. Faber
5B-PL4-1 BLOOD BANKING IN AN EU WITHOUT BORDERS
  P.F.W. Strengers (Sanguin, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
5B-PL4-2 CLOSING REMARKS AND CLOSING CEREMONY

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