Hemphil-Jordan Award - Beyond Blood!
Program Code: 5201-A
Monday, October 23, 2006
8:30 AM to 10:00 AM (ET)

MODERATOR
Mary Foss, BA, Mayo Clinic Rochester

SPEAKERS
Jill Hardman, PhD, MA, MT(ASCP)SBB

DESCRIPTION
Drawing from the world outside blood/transfusion, this presentation will highlight a variety of recent publicly reported topics that involve failures and successes related to implementation and operation of quality systems. The topics include but are not limited to diamonds, toll booths, tax returns, pedicures, traffic violations, fire trucks, airport runways and french fries. The presentation will promote recognition of the broad arena of opportunities for the audience to apply, in their communities and countries, quality system related skills that they routinely apply in their blood banks and transfusion services.

This award, renamed in 2005, honors leaders from the blood banking and transfusion medicine community, including Bernice Hemphill, W. Quinn Jordan, and Joel Solomon. The award recognizes an individual who made significant contributions in the areas of administration, quality programs, law and/or government affairs. The individual has demonstrated leadership qualities and a consistent willingness to lend his/her expertise to his/her peers. It may recognize one particular act or an accumulation of years of contributions.