parallel sessions - International Society for Blood Transfusion

Sunday, 3 SeptemberISBT2006Sunday, 3 September20EDUCATIONAL AND STATEOF THE ART REVIEWS10.30 - 12.00 Ballroom EastE3: Evidence Based Transfusion MedicineSATELLITE SYMPOSIASATELLITE SYMPOSIUM12.15 – 13.45 Room 1.61 – 1.64Satellite Symposium organised by OCD21Chair: V. Poovalingam10.30 - 11.151ED-03-01 WHY DO WE BELIEVE IN BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY?B. McClelland (Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, Edinburgh, United Kingdom)11.15 - 12.001ED-03-02 TRANSFUSION ASSOCIATED GRAFT VS. HOST DISEASEGlobal Automation and Process Excellence ....Today, Tomorrow and the FutureThis event will highlight the benefits of full automation in the area of donor validation testingand patient pre-transfusion testing. It will also include customer presentations on ORTHOAutoVue ® Innova and the new donor screening platform, the ORTHO Paradigm ® , as well asa virtual reality tour through the donor screening laboratory of the future.P.V. Holland (University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento,United States of America)AUTOMATION IN THE TRANSFUSION LABORATORY:10 YEAR EXPERIENCEJ. Wallis (Freeman Hospital- Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom)10.30 - 12.00 Ballroom WestE4: Transfusion in Resource Limited CountriesChair: G.M. Thurtell10.30 - 11.151ED-04-01 TESTING STRATEGIESJ.P. Allain (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom)11.15 - 12.001ED-04-02 PRACTICAL PROBLEM SOLVING IN BLOOD BANKSA. Devenish (National Blood Service, London, United Kingdom)A MULTICENTRIC STUDY ON SECOND LEVEL AUTOMATIONIN IMMUNOHEMATOLOGYM. Ripamonti (HTS Santa Chiara - Trento, Italy)THE DONOR CENTRE PERSPECTIVEK. Grundon (Automation Lead Engineer Ortho-Clincal Diagnostics)12.00 – 14.00LUNCH BREAK AND SATELLITE SYMPOSIAINTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLOOD TRANSFUSIONXXIX THINTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE ISBT