"Transplants and Transfusions: When Two Worlds Intersect"

The MABB is pleased to present a Spring RAP session titled, "Transplants and Transfusions: When Two Worlds Intersect". It will be held on Thursday, April 28 from 6:00-8:00pm as a virtual Zoom webinar. Registration includes Panel Discussion and 1 hour PACE® Credit. To view the PDF flyer, please click here.

• Cost is only $10 for members, or $15 for non-members.
• Please register and pay fees by Wednesday, April 27^th. You can register online here. To register by mail, view the PDF flyer for the registration form.

Course Objectives

1. Discuss the varying strategies employed by different health systems to manage the transfusion needs for transplant recipients.
2. Describe the ABO verification process for solid organ transplant, with emphasis on the Blood Bank staffs’ role
3. Explain the handling of 2 challenging transfusion cases in a transplant setting
4. Given different ABO incompatible bone marrow transplants, be able to select appropriate blood products for transfusion
5. Describe how different institutions prepare for transplants in patients with alloantibodies

Moderator:

Kathryn Watkins, MT (ASCP)
Education Committee Member and Board Member-at‐Large, MABB Blood Bank
Beaumont Health – Royal Oak

Panelists:

Sandra Hoffmann, MT (ASCP), SBB
Cellular Therapy Supervisor
Department of Pathology
Michigan Medicine

Kelly Kulikowski, BSN‐RN, RN‐BC
Manager, Transplant Quality
Beaumont Health – Royal Oak

Zaher Otrock, MD
Associate Director – Transfusion Medicine and Special Coagulation
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Henry Ford Health System