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Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center

Oral Abstract - Blood Safety Evaluation

Saturday, October 19, 2024
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM  
Location: 362
CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

    Program Chair(s)

  • Philip Norris, MD

    VP Research
    Vitalant Research Institute
    Mill Valley, California, United States

    Disclosure(s): Cerus Corporation: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)

  • Emily Coberly, MD

    Divisional Chief Medical Officer
    American Red Cross
    Maryland Heights,, Missouri, United States

    Disclosure information not submitted.

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Disclosure(s):
Philip Norris, MD: Cerus Corporation: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the rate of reported antiretroviral drug use in blood donors and the implications for blood safety
  • Learn the rate of deferral for PrEP use before and after implementation of sexual risk behaviour screening
  • Analyze comprehension and interpretation of donor deferral guidelines among MSM populations
  • Explore nuances of hepatitis B serology and nucleic acid testing and implications for limiting donor deferral for anti-HBc+ donors

Presentations:

  • 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM  
    Assessment of Blood Safety Implications of Increasing Use of HIV Treatment and Prevention Therapies

    Presenting Author: Brian Custer, PhD, MPH (he/him/his) – Vitalant Research Institute

  • 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM  
    Deferrals for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV Before and After the Switch to Sexual Risk Behaviour Screening

    Presenting Author: Mindy Goldman, MD, FRCPC (she/her/hers) – Canadian Blood Services

  • 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM  
    Insights from Mixed Methods Analysis of the ADVANCE Study: Appropriate Donation Educational Materials Remain Critical

    Presenting Author: Shana D. Hughes, PhD (she/her/hers) – Vitalant Research Institute

  • 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM  
    Prevalence of Anti-HBs In Anti-HBc Only Reactive Blood Donors – Implications For A Strategy To Mitigate Donor Deferral And Donation Discard

    Presenting Author: Guillermo Orjuela, MD, MS (he/him/his) – Abbott