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2010 MABB Annual Meeting

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Membership Fee (one year, $20.00)
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The MABB offers P.A.C.E. credits (approved by ASCLS).

Archives of prior years' programs: 2009 2008 2007

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2010 Program and List of Exhibitors

Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Regency Room

9:00 – 9:50 AM
Anne Chenoweth, MBA, MT(ASCP)CM, CQA(ASQ)
AABB Department of Accreditation and Quality, Bethesda, MD
“The AABB Assessment Process from Step One to Certificate”
598-001-10 Intermediate

9:50 – 10:40 AM
Evan A. Farkash, MD, PhD
Mass. General Hospital
“Erythropoietin: Renal Regulation of Red Blood Cell Production”
598-002-10 Intermediate

10:40 – 11:00 AM
Break and Exhibits

11:00 – 11:50 AM
Christopher Stowell, MD, PhD
Blood Transfusion Service, Mass. General Hospital
“Red Blood Cell Storage and Clinical Outcomes: The State of Controversy”
598-003-10 Intermediate

12:00 – 1:00 PM
Presentation of 2010 Karen Tiegermann Memorial Lectureship Award to Olive Sturtevant, MT(ASCP)
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Lunch and Exhibits
Menu:
Baked stuffed haddock, lobster sauce
Apple brie chicken, boursin sauce


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Whittier Room

9:00 – 9:50 AM
Betsy Lang, MSW, LICSW, OSW-C, CT
and
Eric Hanson, MSW, LICSW
BMT Service, Mass. General Hospital
“Supporting the BMT Patient and Their Family”
598-004-10 Basic

9:50 – 10:40 AM
Yi-Bin Chen, MD
Hematology/Oncology, Mass. General Hospital
“Markers in Prediction and Treatment of Graft vs. Host Disease”
598-005-10 Intermediate

10:40 – 11:00 AM
Break and Exhibits

11:00 – 11:50 AM
Raymond L. Comenzo, MD
Blood Bank and Neely Cell Collection Center, Tufts Medical Center
"Stem Cell Transplant for Multiple Myeloma: A Durable Success Story"
598-006-10 Intermediate

12:00 – 1:00 PM
Lunch and Exhibits
Menu:
Baked stuffed haddock, lobster sauce
Apple brie chicken, boursin sauce

(all afternoon lectures in Regency)

1:00 – 1:50 PM
Rustin M. Moore, DVM, PhD, DACVS
Ohio State University/College of Veterinary Medicine
“It’s All About Molly: A Pony, A Prosthesis, and A Purpose”
598-007-10 Intermediate

1:50 – 2:50 PM
Break – Raffles – Exhibits– Cake

2:50 – 3:40 PM
James T. Griffith, PhD, CLS (NCA)
Department of Medical Laboratory Science, UMass Dartmouth

“H1N1: Pestilence of Plenty”
598-008-10 Basic

3:40 – 4:30 PM
ARC Sponsored Lecture

Anne Eder, MD, PhD
ARC National Headquarters, Washington, DC
"The American Red Cross Hemovigilance Program"

598-009-10 Advanced


Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Regency Room

9:00 – 9:50 AM
Simon Mantha, MD
Lahey Clinic

"Use of Recombinant Activated Factor VII for Bleeding in Non-Hemophiliacs"
598-010-10 Basic

9:50 – 10:40 AM
Lynel J. Tocci, DVM, MT(ASCP)SBB
Veterinary Emergency and Specialty Center of New England, Waltham
“Interesting Cases in Veterinary Transfusion Medicine”
598-011-10 Basic

10:40 – 11:00 AM
Break and Exhibits

11:00 – 11:50 AM
Kay Doyle, MLS(ASCP)CM
UMass Lowell
“The Merger of the ASCP Board of Registry and the NCA; Implications for the Profession”
598-012-10 Intermediate

12:00 – 1:00 PM
Lunch and Exhibits
Menu:
Roast sirloin strip of beef, mushroom sauce
Porcini mushroom ravioli, creamy sauce


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Whittier Room

9:00 – 9:50 AM
Richard L. Haspel, MD, PhD
Stem Cell Processing Laboratory, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2010 recipient for the Morten Grove-Rasmussen Award
“Review of the 4th Edition of the AABB Standards for Cellular Therapy”
598-013-10 Intermediate

9:50 – 10:40 AM
Zbigniew M. Szczepiorkowski, MD, PhD
Cellular Therapy Center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
"Cell Based Immunotherapy in Cancer: Dartmouth Experience"
598-014-10 Intermediate to Advanced

10:40 – 11:00 AM
Break and Exhibits

11:00 – 11:50 AM
M. William Lensch, PhD
Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital Boston

“Stem Cells and the Future of Hematological Disease Therapy”
598-015-10 Intermediate

12:00 – 1:00 PM
Lunch and Exhibits
Menu:
Roast sirloin strip of beef, mushroom sauce
Porcini mushroom ravioli, creamy sauce

(all afternoon lectures in Regency)

1:00 – 1:50 PM
Mark Fung, MD, PhD
Blood Bank and HLA Lab, Fletcher Allen Health Care, University of Vermont
“Platelet Refractoriness; Strategies for Identifying Compatible Platelets”
598-016-10 Intermediate

1:50 – 2:50 PM
Break – Student Raffles – Exhibits– Cake

2:50 – 3:40 PM
Debra Breitenbecher, BS, MT(ASCP)
Southboro Medical Group, Southboro, MA
“CAP Laboratory Accreditation Program for Transfusion Medicine”
598-017-10 Intermediate

3:40 – 4:30 PM
Walter Dzik, MD
Blood Transfusion Service, Mass. General Hospital

“Reversing Anticoagulation with Blood Products”
598-018-10 Intermediate



List of Exhibitors

AABB NATIONAL BLOOD EXCHANGE • Blood Resource Sharing

AMERICAN RED CROSS (see ad in program booklet) • Blood Products and Services

BIO-RAD • Blood Bank Reagents

CHASMA SCIENTIFIC, INC. (see ad in program booklet) Generic Disposables Blood Bank Equipment - Reconditioning and Refurbishing

CSL BEHRING • Helixate FS, • Peregen

GENESIS • Total Containment Device —TCD • Sterile Tube Welder • Pedi-Pak (R) • Pedi-Syringe Filter

GRIFOLS • Flebogamma Albumin

HELMER • Ultra CW Cell Washer • SeroSpin • Quick Spin Plus

HEMO BIOSCIENCE • Lecithins, • Specialist Solutions

HEMOCUE • Hb301 Analyzer, • Plasma/Low Hb Photometer

IMMUCOR, Inc. • Blood Bank Reagents and Automation

KOL Bio-Medical Instruments • Compodock Waferless Sterile Docking System • Neonatal and Adult Transfusion Products

LABS, INC. • Complete Infectious Disease Testing Menu • Product Quality Control Testing • Testing Services

Med-Tech Gases, Inc. Cryofreezer Sales and Service

Next Control Systems (see ad in program booklet) • Wireless temperature sensor with receiver

Nouvation, Inc. (see ad in program booklet) • OTIS=Occurence Tracking Information System

Novo Nordisk

Ortho Diagnostics Provue and ID-MTS Gel Workstation

Pall Medical • Hemoflow Blood Collection Mixer • Acrodose PL System

Precision Dynamics-TimeMed Corporation

Progenika Inc. • Blood Group Genotyping

Quotient Biodiagnostics Inc. • Blood Bank Reagents

Rees Scientific

Rhode Island Blood Center • Blood Products and Services

TERUMO TRANSFUSION (see ad in program booklet) • Terumo TSCD • Imuflex WB-RP In-Line Leukoreduction System

VALIDATION PARTNERS, INC. Blood Bank Validation Data Conversion Service • National Patient Registry Data

WESCOTT LABORATORY SOLUTIONS Temp Check Rapid Response Thermometer BioHit Pipettors • Work Stations and Reagent Racks

Workplace Systems Lab Furniture

WYNDGATE TECHNOLOGIES • Safe Trace Tx • EdgeCell • El Dorado Donor