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  • Saturday, Oct 19th
    8:15 AM - 9:15 AM  
    OA1-AM24-ST-06 - A Haemovigilance Perspective on Routine HEV-RNA NAT Testing in Swiss Donors
    Location: 342
    Presenting Author: Soraya Amar El-Dusouqui, MD, CMO (she/her/hers) – Swiss Transfusion SRC
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: Zero
  • Saturday, Oct 19th
    9:45 AM - 10:45 AM  
    AM24-ST-13-L - Oral Abstract - Storage Lesion
    Location: 342
    Program Chair: Cristina Figueroa Villalba, MD – Yale School of Medicine
    Program Chair: John R. Hess, MD, MD, MPH, FACP, FAAAS – University of Washington School of Medicine
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • Saturday, Oct 19th
    9:45 AM - 10:45 AM  
    OA1-AM24-ST-13 - Donor Specific Factors Associated with Aggregates in Cold Stored Platelets in 100% Plasma:
    Location: 342
    Presenting Author: Marjorie D. Bravo, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Vitalant
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: Zero
  • Saturday, Oct 19th
    9:45 AM - 10:45 AM  
    OA3-AM24-ST-13 - Platelet Components With Persistent Aggregates Are More Activated, Which Does Not Change Following Pre-transfusion Filtration: The BEST Collaborative Study
    Location: 342
    Presenting Author: DENESE C. MARKS, PhD – Australian Red Cross Lifeblood
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: Zero
  • Saturday, Oct 19th
    9:45 AM - 10:45 AM  
    OA4-AM24-ST-13 - Residual Red Blood Cells (rRBC) and Microparticles (MP) in Apheresis Platelet Products
    Location: 342
    Presenting Author: Susanne Marschner (she/her/hers) – Vitalant Research Institute
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: Zero
  • Saturday, Oct 19th
    11:15 AM - 12:15 PM  
    AM24-ST-17-L - Oral Abstract - Blood Donor Issues
    Location: 372
    Program Chair: Eric Senaldi – New York Blood Center
    Program Chair: Gwendolyn Jones – Vitalant
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • Saturday, Oct 19th
    11:15 AM - 12:15 PM  
    OA2-AM24-ST-17 - External Validation of Machine Learning Models Predicting Iron Recovery After Blood Donation
    Location: 372
    Presenting Author: W. Alton Russell, PhD (he/him/his) – McGill School of Population and Global Health
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: Zero
  • Saturday, Oct 19th
    11:15 AM - 12:15 PM  
    OA3-AM24-ST-17 - Ferritin Testing of Adult Donors with a Prior Low Hemoglobin (Hb) Deferral
    Location: 372
    Presenting Author: Ralph R. Vassallo, MD FACP – Vitalant
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: Zero
  • Saturday, Oct 19th
    1:45 PM - 2:45 PM  
    AM24-ST-27-L - Oral Abstract - Blood Safety Evaluation
    Location: 362
    Program Chair: Philip Norris, MD – Vitalant Research Institute
    Program Chair: Emily Coberly, MD – American Red Cross
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • Saturday, Oct 19th
    1:45 PM - 2:45 PM  
    OA4-AM24-ST-26 - Evolving Blood Donor Demographics in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic
    Location: 342
    Presenting Author: W. Alton Russell, PhD (he/him/his) – McGill School of Population and Global Health
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: Zero
  • Saturday, Oct 19th
    1:45 PM - 2:45 PM  
    OA1-AM24-ST-27 - Assessment of Blood Safety Implications of Increasing Use of HIV Treatment and Prevention Therapies
    Location: 362
    Presenting Author: Brian Custer, PhD, MPH (he/him/his) – Vitalant Research Institute
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: Zero
  • Saturday, Oct 19th
    1:45 PM - 2:45 PM  
    OA2-AM24-ST-27 - Deferrals for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV Before and After the Switch to Sexual Risk Behaviour Screening
    Location: 362
    Presenting Author: Mindy Goldman, MD, FRCPC (she/her/hers) – Canadian Blood Services
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: Zero
  • Saturday, Oct 19th
    1:45 PM - 2:45 PM  
    OA4-AM24-ST-27 - Prevalence of Anti-HBs In Anti-HBc Only Reactive Blood Donors – Implications For A Strategy To Mitigate Donor Deferral And Donation Discard
    Location: 362
    Presenting Author: Guillermo Orjuela, MD, MS (he/him/his) – Abbott
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: Zero
  • Sunday, Oct 20th
    8:15 AM - 9:15 AM  
    AM24-SN-05-L - Ensuring Blood Availability for Mass Casualty Events
    Location: 332
    Program Chair: Nelson Hellwig, MBA – ACTS / Blood Emergency Readiness Corps
    Speaker: Belinda A. Flores, MA – South Texas Blood and Tissue
    Speaker: Amanda Hess, MBA (she/her/hers) – ImpactLife
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • Sunday, Oct 20th
    8:15 AM - 9:15 AM  
    AM24-SN-07-L - Blood Donor Center Staffing Analysis – Armed Services Blood Program
    Location: 362
    Program Chair: Leslie Riggs, MS, MT (ASCP), SBB – Armed Services Blood Program
    Speaker: Mary Ann Spott, PhD, MPA, MSIS, MBA (she/her/hers) – Defense Health Agency, J-3/5/7, Armed Services Blood Program Division (ASBPD)
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • Sunday, Oct 20th
    9:30 AM - 11:00 AM  
    PL6-SN-27 - Implementation of Individual Donor Assessment in the USA and Impact on Rates of Residual Infectious Disease
    Presenting Author: Mary Townsend, MD (she/her/hers) – Vitalant
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: Zero
  • Sunday, Oct 20th
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM  
    AM24-SN-11-L - Why is My Blood Product Being Quarantined? Investigations that Happen Behind the Scenes
    Location: Grand Ballroom C
    Program Chair: Shraddha Patel Babariya, MD (she/her/hers) – American Red Cross
    Speaker: Saqib Alvi, MD (he/him/his) – American Red Cross- Baltimore, MD
    Speaker: Barry Siegfried, MD – American Red Cross
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • Sunday, Oct 20th
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM  
    AM24-SN-12-L - Oral Abstract - Blood Donor Testing
    Location: 332
    Program Chair: Jean Stanley, MBA, MLS(ASCP)SBB, CMQ/OE(ASQ)CQA – Roche Diagnostics Solutions
    Program Chair: Rim Abdallah, MD – Vitalant
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • Sunday, Oct 20th
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM  
    AM24-SN-15-L - Oral Abstract - Donor Adverse Events
    Location: 372
    Program Chair: Todd Nishimoto, MD – Blood Bank of Hawaii
    Program Chair: Sarah Vossoughi, MD, RN (she/her/hers) – New York Blood Center Enterprises
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • Sunday, Oct 20th
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM  
    OA1-AM24-SN-15 - Abnormal Pre-Donation Blood Pressure And Adverse Events In Whole Blood And Apheresis Donation
    Location: 372
    Presenting Author: Catherine Thibeault, RN, B.Sc. (she/her/hers) – Medical Affairs and Innovation
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: Zero
  • Sunday, Oct 20th
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM  
    OA2-AM24-SN-15 - Frequency of Vasovagal Reactions with Large Volume Plasma Donations in Canada
    Location: 372
    Presenting Author: Aditi Khandelwal, MD MSc (she/her/hers) – Canadian Blood Services
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: Zero
  • Sunday, Oct 20th
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM  
    OA3-AM24-SN-15 - Predictors of Off-site Loss of Consciousness or Major Injury Across the Donor Age Spectrum
    Location: 372
    Presenting Author: Ralph R. Vassallo, MD FACP – Vitalant
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: Zero
  • Sunday, Oct 20th
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM  
    OA2-AM24-SN12 - The Effect of Age and Gender on Anti-A/B IgM Antibody Titers in O Rh(D) Positive Donors
    Location: 332
    Presenting Author: Samantha G. Ngamsuntikul, MD (she/her/hers) – BioBridge Global
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: Zero
  • Sunday, Oct 20th
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM  
    OA1-AM24-SN-12 - Humoral Response to Antigen Challenge in Plasmapheresis Donors with Different Circulating IgG Levels
    Location: 332
    Presenting Author: Renee Bazin, PhD (she/her/hers) – Hema-Quebec
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: Zero
  • Sunday, Oct 20th
    3:30 PM - 5:00 PM  
    AM24-SN-21-L - Beyond Gender-Based Sexual Activity Blood Safety Rules - Outcomes and Next Steps
    Location: 332
    Program Chair: Isra Levy, MB,BCh, MSc, FRCPC (he/him/his) – Canadian Blood Services
    Speaker: Katy Davison, MSc (she/her/hers) – Blood Safety, UK Health Security Agency London, England, United Kingdom
    Speaker: Joanne Pink, MD, FRCPA, FRACP – Australian Red Cross Lifeblood
    Speaker: Mindy Goldman, MD, FRCPC (she/her/hers) – Canadian Blood Services
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: 1.5 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.5 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • Sunday, Oct 20th
    3:30 PM - 5:00 PM  
    OA1-AM24-SN-23 - Clinical Evaluation of Leukoreduced Red Blood Cells After Automated Separation of Whole Blood by the Reveos™ System and Storage for 42 Days
    Location: 362
    Presenting Author: Rebecca Sedjo, PhD, MSPH (she/her/hers) – Terumo BCT, Inc
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: Zero
  • Sunday, Oct 20th
    3:30 PM - 5:00 PM  
    OA3-AM24-SN-23 - Novel Anticoagulant/Additive Solution Maintains the Hemostatic Function of Cold Stored Whole Blood for 56 Days
    Location: 362
    Presenting Author: Jose Cancelas, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: Zero
  • Monday, Oct 21st
    9:45 AM - 10:45 AM  
    OA1-AM24-MN-14 - Aggregates in Cold Stored Platelet Units have Diverse Phenotypes that are Removed by Transfusion Filters
    Location: 332
    Presenting Author: Kathleen Kelly, PhD – Vitalant Innovation Center
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: Zero
  • Monday, Oct 21st
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM  
    AM24-MN-22-L - What is the Status of the U.S. Blood Supply? Preliminary Findings of the 2023 NBCUS and Latest Trends From Blood Collectors
    Location: 332
    Speaker: Ian T. Kracalik, PhD – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Speaker: Katie Risvold (she/her/hers) – Circulate
    Speaker: Hunter Shaffer, MBA – Blood Centers of America (BCA)
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • Monday, Oct 21st
    5:30 PM - 6:30 PM  
    AM24-MN-35-L - The Role of Blood Operators and Transfusion Services in Preventing and Responding to Transfusion-transmitted Malaria
    Location: 332
    Program Chair: Steven Drews, PhD FCCM D(ABMM) (he/him/his) – Donation Policy and Studies, Canadian Blood Services; Professor, Division of Diagnostic and Applied Microbiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
    Speaker: Susan Nahirniak, MD, FRCPC (she/her/hers) – Transfusion and Transplantation Medicine, Alberta Precision Laboratories & Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, University of Alberta
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • Tuesday, Oct 22nd
    8:30 AM - 10:00 AM  
    AM24-TU-02-L - Cross-cultural Conversations: Our Words and Interactions Have Power
    Location: Grand Ballroom A
    Program Chair: Yvette M. Miller, MD, ABIHM (she/her/hers) – American Red Cross
    Speaker: Yvette M. Miller, MD, ABIHM (she/her/hers) – American Red Cross
    Speaker: Tamara A. Henry, Ed.D (she/her/hers) – The George Washington University, Milken Institute School of Public Health
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: 1.5 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.5 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • Tuesday, Oct 22nd
    8:30 AM - 10:00 AM  
    OA1-AM24-TU-07 - Gender-Specific Individual Donor Assessment (IDA) based Deferral Rates as Compared to MSM Based Deferral in a Large US Blood Collection Establishment
    Location: 362
    Presenting Author: Ruchika Goel, MD, MPH, CABP (she/her/hers) – Vitalant and Johns Hopkins University
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: Zero
  • Tuesday, Oct 22nd
    8:30 AM - 10:00 AM  
    OA2-AM24-TU-07 - Implementation of Sexual Risk Behaviour Donor Screening
    Location: 362
    Presenting Author: Mindy Goldman, MD, FRCPC (she/her/hers) – Canadian Blood Services
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: Zero