parallel sessions - International Society for Blood Transfusion

Monday, 4 SeptemberISBT2006Monday, 4 SeptemberSATELLITE SYMPOSIASATELLITE SYMPOSIA30SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM12.15 – 13.45 Ballroom WestSatellite Symposium organised byNEW IDEAS… NEW ENERGY (From one of the world’s foremostrenaissance thinkers at the Gambro BCT satellite symposium)Part 2: Feasibility and clinical yield of NAT in high prevalence areas12.30 – 12.40P-110 SEROLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERISTICS OF HBV DNAPOSITIVE/ HBSAG NEGATIVE BLOOD DONORS*E. Brojer, M. Letowska, G. Liszewski, P. Grabarczyk, M. Mikulska (Institute of Haematologyand Blood Transfusion, Warsaw, Poland)31HOW TO THINK LIKE LEONARDO DA VINCI (Seven steps to genius everyday. Experience in the energy and intelligence of innovation and creativity expertMichael J. Gelb (www.bigspeak.com). His entertaining seminar will teach you to:balance analysis and imagination; cultivate an innovative working environment;sustain continuous learning)12.40 – 12.50P-018 DETECTION OF HIV-1 INFECTION IN BLOOD DONORS DURING THEIMMUNOLOGICAL WINDOW PERIOD BY IMPLEMENTATION OF NUCLEICACID 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)ISBT WORKING PARTY SYMPOSIUM12.15 – 13.45 Ballroom EastSymposium organised by ISBT Working Party on Transfusion Transmissible DiseasesGlobal experience with nucleic acid amplification (NAT)systems for blood donor screeningChairs: S. Wendel, K. Roth, M. Busch, J-P. Allain12.50 – 13.00P-136 EVALUATION OF ACCEPTED BLOOD DONORS WITH A MULTIPLEXNUCLEIC 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 CommunityMedicine, Chiang Mai, Thailand)Part 1: Comparison of performance between two commercialHIV/HCV/HBV NAT systems12.00 – 12.10P-128 COMPARISON OF THE CHIRON PROCLEIX ® TIGRIS ® ANDROCHE COBAS S 201 NUCLEIC ACID TESTING (NAT) SYSTEMS FORSIMULTANEOUS 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 – 12.20P-108 HEAD TO HEAD COMPARISON OF TWO NEW AUTOMATED NATSYSTEMS 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)13.00 – 13.10P-106 IMPLEMENTATION OF A POST-DONATION TRIPLEX HIV/HCV/HBVNAT IN A TEACHING HOSPITAL TRANSFUSION MEDICINE UNITIN 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 – 13.30DISCUSSIONJ-P Allain (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom)* Abstracts to be found in the poster section12.20 – 12.30DISCUSSIONM.P. Busch (Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, United States of America)INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLOOD TRANSFUSIONXXIX THINTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE ISBT