Rapid Assays for Infectious Disease Testing in Transfusion Medicine
Program Code: 5121-S
Saturday, October 20, 2007
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM (ET)

MODERATOR
Roger Dodd, PhD, American Red Cross Blood Services
Silvano Wendel, MD, PhD, Hospital Sirio Libanes - Blood Bank

SPEAKERS
Jean-Pierre Allain, MD, PhD, University of Cambridge, UK
Indira Hewlett, PhD, CBER/FDA
Wayne Dimech, National Serology Reference Laboratory, Australia

DESCRIPTION
In this session, scientists and regulators will discuss the role of rapid tests either as an international perspective or how FDA considers its appplication in the USA. A performance analysis developed by one World Health Organization reference lab will be discussed.