The 38th International Congress of the ISBT (International Society of Blood Transfusion) 2024 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
The 38th International Congress of the ISBT (International Society of Blood Transfusion) 2024 will be held in Barcelona, Spain on 23-27 Jun 2024.