The International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) is a scientific society, founded in 1935 and joining over 1000 professionals involved in blood transfusion and transfusion medicine from more than 100 countries.
The Regional Congress of the ISBT covers topics such as:
- Blood donation
Blood collection including apheresis, Blood donor recruitment, Rare donor programme and Donor adverse events - Management and organisation
Information technology, Organisational issues, Training and education, Cost/effectiveness, Blood supply management and utilization, Risk models, standards and regulation, Quality management and History - Transfusion transmitted infections
Hepatitis B (HBV), Screening strategies for TTI, HIV, Hepatitis C (HCV), Parasites, Bacteria, other transfusion related pathogens and Newly emerging pathogens and - Blood products
Blood components, Blood processing, storage and release, Pathogen inactivation, Plasma products, Novel blood products and Biologicals - Clinical transfusion
Therapeutic apheresis. Neonatal and pediatric transfusion, Haemorrhage and massive transfusion, Evidence based transfusion medicine practice, Haemovigilance and transfusion safety, Adverse events, including TRALI and Alternatives to blood transfusion - Immune haematology
Red cell immunology: Molecular, Red cell immunology: Serology, Granulocyte immunology, Platelet immunology, Diagnosis of TRALI and Fetal-maternal immunology - Clinical immunogenetics
Histocompatibility in stem cell transplantation, HLA in transfusion medicine and Histocompatibility in organ transplantation - Cellular therapies
Collection, processing, storage and release, Stem cell and tissue banking, including cord blood and Clinical applications - Novel development
