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Transfusion Service

What Does the Transfusion Service Need to do to Implement an ABO Incompatible Pediatric Heart Transplant Program?

Sunday, October 20, 2024
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM  
Location: Grand Ballroom C
CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

    Program Chair(s)

  • AP

    Andrea Pelock, MT(ASCP)

    Transfusion Service Supervisor
    Advocate Christ Medical Center
    Oak Lawn, Illinois, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

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    • Speaker(s)

  • Kristen Nelson-McMillan, MD (she/her/hers)

    Director, Pediatric MCS, Pulmonary Hypertension; Attending, Advanced Heart Failure, Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care
    Advocate Children's Hospital - Oak Lawn
    Oak Lawn, Illinois, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

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  • JM

    Jamie Moore, MLS (ASCP), SBB

    Transfusion Services Manager
    Atrium Health
    Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

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Disclosure(s):
Andrea Pelock, MT(ASCP): No financial relationships to disclose
Kristen Nelson-McMillan, MD: No financial relationships to disclose
Jamie Moore, MLS (ASCP), SBB: No financial relationships to disclose

Session Desription: Due to the difficulty in obtaining pediatric and neonate heart transplant organs, there is a push to give ABO incompatible (ABOi) hearts to neonates and pediatric patients. This is possible because neonates and some pediatric patients have weak or no isohemagglutinins. To ensure that the transplant is successful, several steps need to be put in place to prepare the patient for the ABOi heart. In this session, we will share our process for implementing what type of blood products are acceptable before, during and after the ABOi heart transplant. We will also share our testing strategy and clinical needs for the patient in order to have a successful ABOi heart transplant.

Learning Objectives:

  • Discuss the background for how ABOi heart transplants have become possible.
  • Share the clinical needs of this patient population when preparing for an ABOi heart transplant.
  • Discuss the type of transfusion service testing needed for ABOi heart transplant.
  • Share decision tables for the ABO type of blood products before, during and after an ABOi heart transplant is performed.