Ask the Experts
Program Code: 426-TC
Tuesday, October 26, 2004
4:00 PM to 5:30 PM (ET)

SPEAKERS
Patrick Ooley, MS, MT(ASCP), CQA(ASQ)CMQ/OE, Blood Systems, Inc.
Edward Snyder, MD, Yale University School of Medicine/Yale-New Haven Hospital
Loni Calhoun, MT(ASCP)SBB, UCLA Medical Center
Mary Jo Drew, MD, MHSA, Henry Ford Hospital
Susan Stramer, PhD, American Red Cross Biomedical Services
Ronald O. Gilcher, MD, FACP, Oklahoma Blood Institute

DESCRIPTION
Blood banking and transfusion medicine experts will share their knowledge and experience by answering questions submitted by participants before and during the meeting. Questions may cover a wide range, including compatibility testing, complex serologic workups, quality programs, quality assurance, quality control, donor infectious disease testing, donor deferral criteria, blood safety, apheresis, blood collection, component preparation, component therapy and new technologies applied to transfusion medicine and blood banking. Questions for the panel discussion can be submitted through the AABB Web site prior to the meeting and by using Cyber Connection kiosks during the meeting.

OBJECTIVES

• Answer questions posed by the transfusion medicine community, pertaining to a wide variety of topics

AUDIENCE
Physicians, Scientists, Technologists, Nurses, Managers/Supervisors

PROGRAM LEVEL
Intermediate