Full Schedule

10:00 AM - 6:00 PM PT

Speaker Ready Room

Location: 22

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM PT

AABB Foundation Research & Development Summit

Location: Marriott Marquis Marina, Marina D

2:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

REGISTRATION

Location: Exhibit Hall E

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM PT

Assessor LIVE Session

Location: Marriott Marquis Marina, Del Mar

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM PT

Biotherapies Networking Reception

Location: Marriott Marquis Marina

CE: N/A

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM PT

AABB Foundation Reception - A Party with a Purpose!

Location: Marriott Marquis Marina

6:30 AM - 7:00 PM PT

REGISTRATION

Location: Exhibit Hall E

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM PT

Molecular Testing Standards Committee Meeting

Location: Marriott Marquis Marina, Del Mar

7:00 AM - 6:00 PM PT

Speaker Ready Room

Location: 22

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM PT

Coding and Reimbursement Committee Meeting

Location: Marriott Marquis Marina, Mission Hills

7:30 AM - 5:30 PM PT

Bookstore and AABB Central

Location: Exhibit Hall E

7:30 AM - 6:00 PM PT

Coat and Luggage Check

Location: Lobby

8:00 AM - 8:15 AM PT

CBC: Cord Blood Connect – Welcome and Opening Remarks

Location: 32

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM PT

T-shirt and Packet Pickup: Run for Research and Sleep-in for Research

Location: Exhibit Hall E

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

AM25-ST-23-L - CBC: The New Frontiers of MSC´s in Regenerative Medicine

Location: 32

Program Chair: – Cleveland Cord Blood Center

Speaker: – MEDIPOST, Inc.

Speaker: – Mesoblast

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

AM25-ST-03-L - Quality Agreements in Cell Therapy: Building Successful Partnerships

Location: 30CDE

Program Chair: – MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

Speaker: – Hackensack University Medical Center

Speaker: – Michigan Medicine at the University of Michigan

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

AM25-ST-04-L - Reducing O Negative RBC Overutilization in Pediatric Transfusion Medicine:Overcoming Challenges

Location: 33

Program Chair: – American Red Cross

Speaker: – WashU in St. Louis

Speaker: – IU Health

Transfusion Service

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

AM25-ST-01-L - The Peer-Review Publication Process - How to Dip Your Toe in the Author and Reviewer Waters

Location: 31

Program Chair: – American Red Cross

Speaker: – Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Speaker: – Mayo Clinic

Education/Developing Curriculum

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

AM25-ST-02-L - Understanding Generative AI: A Friendly Introduction for Medical Professionals

Location: 25

Program Chair: – Ochsner Medical Center

Speaker: – Mayo Clinic Florida

Speaker: – NMDP

Information Technology and Informatics

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

#OA3-AM25-ST-24 - Investigation of Phenotype/genotype Discrepancies Identified Novel RHCE*cE(1040C) and KEL*K(1712C) Alleles Emphasizing Need for Two Methods for Determining Donor Antigen Status

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – Versiti Blood Center of Wisconsin, Immunohematology Reference Laboratory, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells/leukocytes and platelets) - Molecular Diagnostics and Testing

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

#OA4-AM25-ST-24 - Investigation Prompted by Antibodies to High-Incidence Rh Antigens Reveals RH Haplotypes Consisting of Three Variant Alleles, With Two RHD and One RHCE Across Three Generations in a Congolese Family

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – New York Blood Center Enterprises, Community Blood Center of KC

Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells/leukocytes and platelets) - Immunohematology (includes serology)

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

#OA2-AM25-ST-24 - Novel RHCE*ce(510C) Allele Reactive with Some Anti-D Reagents Shows Importance of Careful Selection of Reagents Used for Routine Prenatal and Pretransfusion RhD Typing

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – Versiti Blood Center of Wisconsin, Immunohematology Reference Laboratory, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells/leukocytes and platelets) - Molecular Diagnostics and Testing

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

AM25-ST-24-L - Oral Abstract Session - Novel RHCE Variants

Location: 30AB

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

#OA1-AM25-ST-24 - Three Unique RHCE Variants Causing Negative Phenotypes

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – New York Blood Center Enterprises, Immunohematology and Genomics Laboratory

Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells/leukocytes and platelets) - Molecular Diagnostics and Testing

8:15 AM - 12:15 PM PT

AM25-ST-25-L - AABB/THOR Joint Session: Some New Looks at Old Dogma, New Studies, and New Blood Products

Location: 20A

Program Chair: – South Texas Blood & Tissue

Program Chair: – American Red Cross

Speaker: – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Speaker: – University of Minnesota

Speaker: – Meir Medical Center

Speaker: – The Geneva Foundation

Speaker: – University of Utah Health

Speaker: – University of Vermont Medical Center

Speaker: – Trauma and Transfusion Medicine Research Center, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh

Speaker: – Allo Hope Foundation

Speaker: – Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT

AM25-ST-06-L - Building Trust-Based Teams: A Strategic Imperative for Leaders

Location: 25

Program Chair: – Canadian Management Centre

Leadership

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT

AM25-ST-09-L - CBC: How does Cord Blood Facilitate Tissue Repair and Regeneration?

Location: 32

Program Chair: – Duke University

Speaker: – Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Speaker: – Cellenkos

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT

AM25-ST-05-L - Choose Your Own Adventure: Spooky Serology, Mysterious Molecular, and Eerie Incompatibility

Location: 30CDE

Speaker: – American Red Cross

Speaker: – New York Blood Center

Program Chair: – New York Blood Center Enterprises

Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT

AM25-ST-26-L - Improving Recognition and Reporting of Transfusion Reactions: Data-Driven Insights and Quality Improvement Strategies

Location: 33

Program Chair: – Yale School of Medicine

Speaker: – New York Blood Center Enterprises

Speaker: – Yale University School of Medicine

Transfusion Service

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT

AM25-ST-07-L - Demystifying the Grant Review Process: A Mock Study Section

Location: 31

Program Chair: – University of Virginia

Program Chair: – Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Speaker: – Columbia University

Speaker: – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT

#OA3-AM25-ST-08 - Impact of Reconstituted Whole Blood Product Hematocrit on Neonatal Double Volume Exchange Transfusions for Hyperbilirubinemia

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

Transfusion Service - Pediatric Transfusion Clinical Medicine

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT

AM25-ST-08-L - Oral Abstract Session - Pediatric Transfusion Practice

Location: 30AB

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT

#OA2-AM25-ST-08 - Pre-Transfusion Platelet Counts and Bleeding in Very Low Birth Weight Infants

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Transfusion Service - Pediatric Transfusion Clinical Medicine

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT

#OA4-AM25-ST-08 - Reduced Platelet Transfusion Dosing Safely Limits Infant Platelet Exposure and Decreases Costs

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Transfusion Service - Pediatric Transfusion Clinical Medicine

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT

#OA1-AM25-ST-08 - Transfusion Practices in Very Low Birth Weight Infants: Data from the Transfusion in Premature Infants (TIPI) Study

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – Emory University School of Medicine and Yale University School of Medicine

Transfusion Service - Pediatric Transfusion Clinical Medicine

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM PT

AM25-ST-27-L - 15-Minute Mentoring: Focus Group Discussions with Mid- to High-Level Career Leaders in AABB

Location: 29

Program Chair: – Children's Hospital Colorado

Speaker: – Michigan Medicine at the University of Michigan

Leadership

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM PT

AM25-ST-13-L - Think Like a Detective: Investigating Quality Issues with Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Tools

Location: 33

Speaker: – Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

Program Chair: – Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Speaker: – Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Speaker: – Vitalant

Quality

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM PT

AM25-ST-14-L - Allogeneic Transplant, Gene Therapy, or the Evolving Drug Landscape in Sickle Cell Disease: Helping Patients Choose Between Options

Location: 30CDE

Program Chair: – New York Blood Center

Speaker: – Sickle Cell Branch, NHLBI, NIH

Speaker: – Vanderbilt University

Speaker: – The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM PT

AM25-ST-12-L - Assessor Townhall: Assessment Readiness-Get Ready and Stay Ready

Location: 25

Program Chair: – AABB

Speaker: – MedStar Union Memorial Hospital & MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital

Speaker: – HCMC Minneapolis, MN

Speaker: – .

Speaker: – AABB

Speaker: – University of Washington

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM PT

AM25-ST-10-L - CBC: Innovative Approaches in Cord Blood Transplantation: Clinical Outcomes and New Strategies

Location: 32

Program Chair: – Fred Hutch

Speaker:

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM PT

AM25-ST-15-L - Solve It! Scenarios in Cellular Therapy

Location: 31

Program Chair: – IASO, EUC

Speaker: – CSM

Speaker: – Hackensack University Medical Center

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM PT

#OA3-AM25-ST-01 - Diversity of RH and Antibody Development Following Transfusion in the Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study-III (REDS-III) Brazil Sickle Cell Disease Cohort

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – New York Blood Center Enterprises, Immunohematology and Genomics Laboratory

Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells/leukocytes and platelets) - Molecular Diagnostics and Testing

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM PT

#OA2-AM25-ST-01 - Low Affinity RBC Autoreactive B Cells Escape Deletion in the Bone Marrow of Mice

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – University of Virginia

Cell Biology/Immunology and Biochemistry (Basic and Preclinical Research) - Red Cells

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM PT

AM25-ST-28-L - Oral Abstract Spotlight Session - Discoveries in the Science of Immunohematology

Location: 30AB

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM PT

#OA4-AM25-ST-01 - Red Cell Antibody and Antigen Patterns in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease: A Multi-Center Analysis

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – Brigham and Women's Hospital

Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells/leukocytes and platelets) - Immunohematology (includes serology)

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM PT

#OA1-AM25-ST-01 - Transfusion Induced Alloantigen-Specific CD8+ T Cells Cause Platelet Refractoriness in Mice.

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – University of Virginia

Cell Biology/Immunology and Biochemistry (Basic and Preclinical Research) - Platelets

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PT

Selection of Abstracts Committee (SoAc) Meeting

Location: Marriott Marquis Marina, Balboa

12:05 PM - 1:45 PM PT

Transfusion Fellowship Directors Subsection Meeting

Location: Marriott Marquis Marina, Mission Hills

12:10 PM - 1:45 PM PT

Technical Practices, Serology and Genomics Subsection Meeting

Location: Marriott Marquis Marina, Cardiff/Carlsbad

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM PT

AABB Foundation Research Symposium & Luncheon

Location: 29

Program Chair: – Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Speaker: – Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Speaker: – Bloodworks Northwest Research Institute

Speaker: – University of Virginia

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM PT

Donor History Task Force/Regulatory Affairs Joint Meeting

Location: Marriott Marquis Marina, Del Mar

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM PT

New Member and First Time Attendee Lunch

Location: 28

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM PT

AM25-ST-20-L - CBC: Opportunities & Challenges the Field of Cord Blood and Birthing Tissues

Location: 32

Program Chair: – Parent's Guide to Cord Blood Foundation

Program Chair: – Duke University

Speaker: – Parent's Guide to Cord Blood Foundation

Speaker: – Seattle Children’s Therapeutics (SCTx); Clinical Cell Processing Laboratory (CCPL); Seattle Children’s Research Institute (SCRI); University of WA, Dep’t of Pediatrics; Fred Hutch Cancer Center

Panelist: – Pharmaceutical Industry

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM PT

AM25-ST-18-L - Ensuring Safe and Effective Distribution of Advanced Therapies: Unique Perspectives from Pharmacy and Cell Therapy Labs

Location: 33

Program Chair: – AABB

Speaker: – UCSD Medical Center

Speaker: – UC San Diego Health Stem Cell Processing Laboratory

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM PT

AM25-ST-17-L - Novel Insights into Iron Toxicities in Hematologic Diseases and Related Pharmacological and Gene Therapy Approaches

Location: 31

Speaker: – Children's hospital of Philadelphia

Program Chair: – New York Blood Center

Speaker: – New York Blood Center

Cell Biology, Immunology and Biochemistry (basic and preclinical research)

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM PT

AM25-ST-16-L - The Changing Landscape of Conflict: Armed Services Blood Program Supporting the Warfighter Through Partnerships and Blood Product Innovations

Location: 25

Program Chair: – ASBP

Speaker: – Army Medical Command

Speaker: – Air Force Medical Command

Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM PT

#OA1-AM25-ST-21 - Cost Comparison of In-House Antigen Typing vs Ordering from a Blood Supplier and Analysis of Routine Antigen Screening for C, c, E, and K

Location: 30CDE

Presenting Author: – Trinity Health

Transfusion Service - Transfusion Service Inventory Management/Storage and Distributions

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM PT

AM25-ST-21-L - Oral Abstract Session - Lessons From the Immunohematology Lab

Location: 30CDE

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM PT

#OA3-AM25-ST-21 - Protein Variance Affects the Highly Immunogenic Rh Complex in the Red Cell Membrane: A Flow Cytometry Analysis

Location: 30CDE

Presenting Author: – NIH Clinical Center/Department of Transfusion Medicine

Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells/leukocytes and platelets) - Immunohematology (includes serology)

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM PT

#OA2-AM25-ST-21 - Transfusion Safety Assessment of RBC Units Containing Unexpected Donor Alloantibody

Location: 30CDE

Presenting Author: – Versiti

Transfusion Service - Evidence Based Medical Practices

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM PT

#OA1-AM25-ST-22 - Are Improvements in Inventory and Patient Blood Management Sufficient? An Analysis of past Performance to Target Realistic Blood Product Budgeting for the Coming Fiscal Year

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – NYC H+H/Bellevue & NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Inventories - Inventory Management

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM PT

#OA2-AM25-ST-22 - Beyond the Operating Room: Preservation of Blood Quality and Erythrocyte Function in Postoperative Salvaged Mediastinal Blood

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College

Patient Blood Management

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM PT

AM25-ST-22-L - Oral Abstract Session - New Insights to Patient Blood Management

Location: 30AB

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM PT

#OA3-AM25-ST-22 - Outcomes of Bloodless Cardiac Surgery in Jehovah’s Witnesses: A Meta-Analysis of Comparative Studies Since 2000

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – University of California Los Angeles

Patient Blood Management

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM PT

#OA4-AM25-ST-22 - Systematic Obstetric Anemia Prevention Across an Integrated Health Network: Impact of Patient Blood Management Nurse Consultation on Hemoglobin Change

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – Geisinger

Patient Blood Management

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM PT

AM25-ST-30-L - AABB Opening General Session

Location: 20BCD

4:30 PM - 7:00 PM PT

Opening Reception

Location: Exhibit Hall F-H

6:30 AM - 6:30 PM PT

REGISTRATION

Location: Exhibit Hall E

7:00 AM - 7:45 AM PT

Circular of Information Task Force

Location: Marriott Marquis Marina, Del Mar

7:00 AM - 7:50 AM PT

Cellular Therapy (CT) Subsections Meeting

Location: Marriott Marquis Marina, Mission Hills

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM PT

CTSCC- Cellular Therapies Section Coordinating Committee Meeting

Location: Marriott Marquis Marina, Balboa

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM PT

Run for Research

Location: Offsite

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM PT

Sleep-In for Research

Location: N/A

7:00 AM - 6:00 PM PT

Speaker Ready Room

Location: 22

7:15 AM - 8:15 AM PT

Clinical Transfusion Medicine Committee Meeting

Location: Marriott Marquis Marina, Mission Hills

7:30 AM - 9:00 AM PT

Transfusion Editorial Board Breakfast

Location: Marriott Marquis Marina, Mission Hills

7:30 AM - 5:30 PM PT

Bookstore and AABB Central

Location: Exhibit Hall E

7:30 AM - 6:00 PM PT

Coat and Luggage Check

Location: Lobby

8:00 AM - 9:15 AM PT

AM25-SN-01-L - CBC: Emerging Issues in Cord Blood Therapeutics and Gene Therapies (President’s Session)

Location: 32

Speaker: – Johns Hopkins University

Program Chair: – Duke University

Speaker: – Pharmaceutical Industry

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

AM25-SN-03-L - “Blood Products as Pharmaceuticals: Should that be our Goal?” (Tibor Greenwalt Memorial Award and Lectureship)

Location: 20D

Award Acceptance: – Columbia University

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

AM25-SN-07-L - Expanding CGT Access: The Role of Blood Centers in Last-Mile Delivery

Location: 20BC

Program Chair: – Cryoport

Speaker: – Vitalant

Speaker: – Gulf Coast Blood

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

AM25-SN-06-L - Optimization of Postpartum Hemorrhage Management in the Academic and Community Setting

Location: 31

Program Chair: – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Speaker: – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center / Harvard Medical School

Speaker: – Cambridge Health Alliance

Transfusion Service

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

AM25-SN-05-L - Planning for Disease X: To Ensure a Safe and Sufficient Blood Supply During the Next Emerging Pathogen Event

Location: 33

Program Chair: – Canadian Blood Services

Speaker: – New York Blood Center Enterprises

Speaker: – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

#OA2-AM25-SN-31 - Bringing Whole Blood into Inventory: A Look into the Data of a Level One Pediatric Trauma Center

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – Texas Children's Hospital

Transfusion Service - Trauma and Massive Transfusion Practices

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

#OA3-AM25-SN-31 - Characterizing 2024 Pre-Hospital Blood Product Administrations in the U.S. using the National EMS Information System

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Transfusion Service - Trauma and Massive Transfusion Practices

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

#OA1-AM25-SN-31 - Impact of Low Titer O Positive Whole Blood Implementation on Blood Component Utilization in a Level I Trauma Center

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – Carter BloodCare

Transfusion Service - Trauma and Massive Transfusion Practices

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

AM25-SN-31-L - Oral Abstract Session - Insight into Whole Blood and Hemorrhage Management

Location: 30AB

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

#OA4-AM25-SN-31 - Whole Blood for Trauma in a Low-Volume Level 1 Trauma Center: A Six-Year Review of Massive Transfusion Practices and Blood Product Utilization

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics

Transfusion Service - Trauma and Massive Transfusion Practices

8:15 AM - 3:30 PM PT

AM25-SN-04-L - SBB BB Exam Review

Location: 25

Program Chair: – UTMB and Indiana University Health

Speaker: – University of Texas Medical Branch

Speaker: – Bloodworks Northwest

Speaker: – American Red Cross

Speaker: – Transfusion Medicine Division, The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Speaker: – Versiti

Speaker: – Self

Speaker: – The National Institutes of Health

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT

CABP Celebration and Networking

Location: Exhibit Hall F-H, Biotherapies Pavilion

9:30 AM - 4:30 PM PT

Exhibit Hall Open

Location: Exhibit Hall F-H

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

PL5-SN-08 - Lyophilized Platelet Extracellular Vesicles Mitigate Intracranial Hemorrhage in a Murine Model of Traumatic Brain Injury by Delivering Hemostatic Proteins and mRNA Cargo

Location: 20BC

Presenting Author: – University of California San Francisco

Biotherapies/Cellular Therapies and Immunotherapies - Regenerative Medicine

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

PL1-SN-08 - Nrf2 Activation Modulates Macrophage Polarization and Reduces RBC Alloimmunization in a Transfusion Model

Location: 20BC

Presenting Author: – Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Cell Biology/Immunology and Biochemistry (Basic and Preclinical Research) - Red Cells

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

PL2-SN-08 - Platelet Cold Storage Alters Platelet Extracellular Vesicle Phenotype, Inducing Pro-Inflammatory Responses in Monocytes

Location: 20BC

Presenting Author: – Vitalant Research Institute

Cell Biology/Immunology and Biochemistry (Basic and Preclinical Research) - Platelets

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

AM25-SN-08-L - Plenary Oral Abstract Session

Location: 20BC

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

PL6-SN-08 - Spray-dried Plasma: A Multi-center, Prospective, Randomized, Dose-escalation Cohort Safety Clinical Trial

Location: 20BC

Presenting Author: – Velico Medical

Biotherapies/Cellular Therapies and Immunotherapies - Collections/Processing and Storage

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

PL4-SN-08 - Toll-like Receptor 9 on Donor RBCs Enhances Transfusion Induced Alloimmunity in Mice

Location: 20BC

Presenting Author: – University of Virginia

Cell Biology/Immunology and Biochemistry (Basic and Preclinical Research) - Leukocytes (includes Experimental transplantation/immunotherapy)

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

PL3-SN-08 - Transfusion-Transmissible Infection Prevalence in US Blood Donations: Comparison of 3-month Deferrals to Individual Donor Assessment

Location: 20BC

Presenting Author: – The American Red Cross

Public Health/Policy and Ethics

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PT

Attendee Lunch

Location: Exhibit Hall F-H

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PT

Biotherapies Sizzling Topics Luncheon

Location: 28

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PT

Immunohematology Reference Laboratory Luncheon

Location: 28

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PT

Meet the Poster Authors

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM PT

AABB Interorganizational Disaster Task Force

Location: Marriott Marquis Marina, Del Mar

12:05 PM - 1:45 PM PT

Accreditation Program Committee and Standards Program Committee Meeting

Location: Marriott Marquis Marina, Del Mar

12:10 PM - 1:30 PM PT

Pediatric Transfusion Medicine Subsection Meeting

Location: Marriott Marquis Marina, Balboa

12:10 PM - 1:45 PM PT

Leadership and Administrative Subsection Meeting

Location: Marriott Marquis Marina, Cardiff/Carlsbad

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM PT

Patient Blood Management and Transfusion Safety Officer Subsection Meeting

Location: Marriott Marquis Marina, Balboa

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

AM25-SN-17-L - CBC: Defining Novel Growth Opportunities for the Cord Blood Field: Lessons Learned & Pathways Forward

Location: 32

Speaker: – Cleveland Cord Blood Center

Speaker: – CBR by CooperSurgical

Speaker: – FamiCord

Speaker: – CryoHoldco Brasil

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

AM25-SN-12-L - Creating Effective Donor Recruitment Videos Through the Use of Co-Design with Community Partners

Location: 29

Speaker: – Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, University Medical City & College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University

Program Chair: – University of Nottingham

Speaker: – Action On Blood

Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

AM25-SN-18-L - Ensuring Ethical and Regulatory Compliance in Donor Collections for Advanced Therapies

Location: 28BCDE

Speaker: – Blood Centers of America

Program Chair: – BBG Advanced Therapies

Speaker: – Bloodworks Northewest

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

AM25-SN-10-L - Implementation of Lab Automation with AI-Driven Software: Best Practices and Benefits

Location: 20BC

Program Chair: – BioBridge Global

Speaker: – QualTex Laboratories

Speaker: – Australian Red Cross Lifeblood

Instrumentation

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

AM25-SN-11-L - Prehospital Transfusion: A Collaborative Approach to Implementing the New AABB Standards

Location: 31

Program Chair: – Vitalant

Speaker: – South Texas Blood & Tissue

Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

AM25-SN-14-L - Unexplained Reactivity in Red Cell Antibody Identification: A Way Through

Location: 33

Speaker: – University of Pennsylvania, Division of Transfusion Medicine and Therapeutic Pathology

Speaker: – Complement Biology, Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute, New York Blood Center Enterprises

Program Chair: – American Red Cross-Michigan Region

Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

AM25-SN-13-L - Update on the Use of Cryopreserved Platelets in Acute Surgical Settings

Location: 20D

Speaker: – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Speaker: – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Program Chair: – University of Minnesota

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

#OA2-AM25-SN-09 - Changes in Irradiation Practices as Revealed by 2024 Survey

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – Mayo Clinic Florida

Transfusion Service - Transfusion Practices

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

#OA4-AM25-SN-09 - Contemporary Etiologies of Crossmatch Incompatible Red Blood Cell Transfusions

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine

Transfusion Service - Patient Testing

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

AM25-SN-09-L - Oral Abstract Session - Non-Infectious Hazards of Blood Transfusion

Location: 30AB

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

#OA1-AM25-SN-09 - Systematic Review of Transfusion-associated Graft-versus-host Disease (TA-GVHD): Lessons from the Era of Leukoreduction

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – University of Texas Southwestern

Transfusion Service - Patient Safety

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

#OA3-AM25-SN-09 - Transfusion Safety: A Journey of Establishing Risk Register to Standardized Hemovigilance in a LMIC Healthcare Setting

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – Indus Hospital & Health Network

Quality - Quality Management Systems

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PT

AM25-SN-19-L - CBC: Exploring the Unique Biology of Cord Blood and Birthing Tissues

Location: 32

Program Chair: – University of Indiana School of Medicine

Speaker: – Hexem Bio Inc.

Speaker: – University of California - Davis Health

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PT

AM25-SN-23-L - FcRN Inhibitors – a New Era for Transfusion Medicine?

Location: 20D

Speaker: – Stanford Healthcare

Speaker: – UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE

Program Chair: – Department of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PT

AM25-SN-26-L - Real-World Models in Action: EMS, Hospital, and Blood Center Partnerships for Prehospital Transfusion

Location: 31

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PT

AM25-SN-22-L - Should We Bring ABO Genotyping to Our Institution? Things to Know About Taking the Leap

Location: 33

Program Chair: – University of California San Diego School of Medicine

Speaker: – Brigham and Women's Hospital

Speaker: – New York Blood Center

Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PT

AM25-SN-25-L - The Transformative Power of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: From Blood Collectors to the Transfusion Service, a Vein to Vein Approach

Location: 20BC

Program Chair: – Johns Hopkins University

Speaker: – Vitalant and Johns Hopkins University

Speaker: – Johns Hopkins Medicine

Information Technology and Informatics

3:45 PM - 6:00 PM PT

AM25-SN-35-L - Basic Blood Biology and Mechanisms of Immunity in Transfusion Medicine and Biotherapies

Location: 28BCDE

Program Chair: – Brigham and Women's Hospital

Program Chair: – New York Blood Center

Speaker: – University of Maryland

Speaker: – Harvard Medical School

Speaker: – NYBC

Speaker: – Bloodworks Northwest

Speaker: – Versiti Blood Research Institute; Medical College of Wisconsin

Speaker: – Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Speaker: – Brigham and Womens Hospital, Harvard University

3:45 PM - 6:00 PM PT

AM25-SN-24-L - Test Your Blood Bank Knowledge 2025 – Are You up for a Challenge?

Location: 25

Program Chair: – UTMB and Indiana University Health

Speaker: – American Red Cross

Speaker: – OneBlood

Education/Developing Curriculum

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

AM25-SN-37-L - Bridging the Gaps: Hospital–EMS Collaboration for Safe and Effective Prehospital Transfusion

Location: 31

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

AM25-SN-33-L - CBC: Evidence Based Communication in Cord Blood Donation and Banking

Location: 32

Program Chair: – ViaCord from Revvity

Speaker: – Duke University

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

AM25-SN-29-L - Cold Truths: The Potential Hidden Impact of “Clinically Insignificant” Antibodies in Hypothermic Cardiac Surgery

Location: 33

Program Chair: – Mayo Clinic Florida

Speaker: – Mayo Clinic Rochester

Speaker: – Mayo Clinic

Transfusion Service

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

AM25-SN-30-L - Ethical Dilemmas in Compensating Blood Donors: Navigating Global Health Perspectives

Location: 20A

Program Chair: – Department of Health Sciences, AT Still University

Speaker: – Moffitt Cancer Center

Speaker: – Macopharma

Public Health, Policy and Ethics

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

Hospital-Based Blood Collectors Roundtable

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

AM25-SN-27-L - Revolutionizing Donor Selection: Integrating AI, Omics Data, and Large-Scale Cohorts for Improved Cell Therapy Outcomes

Location: 20BC

Program Chair: – AABB

Speaker: – Cell Therapy Manufacturability Program

Speaker: – Excellos

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

AM25-SN-36-L - The Four Season of Leadership: A Personal Journey (Hemphill-Jordan Leadership Award)

Location: 29

Award Presenter: – NIH Clinical Center

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

AM25-SN-28-L - When the Refrigerator Is Bare – Innovations from the Blood DESERT Coalition

Location: 20D

Program Chair: – Linda S Barnes Consulting

Speaker: – University Health Network

Speaker: – The Geneva Foundation

Public Health, Policy and Ethics

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

#OA1-AM25-SN-02 - Effect of Immune Priming with Pre-Omicron SARS-Cov-2 Antigenic Stimuli on Antibody Responses Among Blood Donors with Omicron Infections and Reinfections

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – Vitalant Research Institute / UCSF

Blood Center/Hospital-Based Donor Center - Donor Testing

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

#OA2-AM25-SN-02 - HIV Serologic Reactivity in Long-term Treated Persons with HIV According to Timing of ART Initiation and Implications for Blood Safety

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – Vitalant Research Institute / UCSF

Transfusion Service - Recipient/Patient Hemovigilance - Infectious Diseases

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

AM25-SN-02-L - Oral Abstract Session - Infectious Diseases & Transfusion Medicine

Location: 30AB

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

#OA4-AM25-SN-02 - Seroprevalence of Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis in Australian Blood Donors

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – Australian Red Cross Lifeblood

Public Health/Policy and Ethics

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

#OA3-AM25-SN-02 - The Transfusion-Transmissible Infections Monitoring System (TTIMS): 10 Years of Key Insights in Policy Change and Blood Safety

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – Vitalant Research Institute, Department of Laboratory Medicine, UCSF, San Francisco, California, US

Public Health/Policy and Ethics

6:15 PM - 7:30 PM PT

Research and Progress (RAPS): Whole Blood in Modern Transfusion Practice - A Debate on Evidence and Application

Location: 33

Program Chair: – University of Minnesota

Speaker: – Vitalant

Speaker: – University of Utah Health

Speaker: – American Red Cross

Speaker: – University Oxford

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM PT

AABB Volunteer Celebration: Recognizing Volunteers & Exploring Opportunities

Location: Marriott Marquis Marina, Marina D

6:30 AM - 6:30 PM PT

REGISTRATION

Location: Exhibit Hall E

7:00 AM - 8:30 AM PT

Awards Committee Meeting

Location: Marriott Marquis Marina, Balboa

7:00 AM - 6:00 PM PT

Speaker Ready Room

Location: 22

7:30 AM - 5:30 PM PT

Bookstore and AABB Central

Location: Exhibit Hall E

7:30 AM - 6:00 PM PT

Coat and Luggage Check

Location: Lobby

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

AM25-MN-02-L - CBC: Lightning Talks – The Future of Cord Blood: Bold Visions & Innovations

Location: 32

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

AM25-MN-01-L - Iron Matters: Regulating the Metal That Makes Blood Red (Landsteiner-Alter Award and Lectureship)

Location: 20D

Award Acceptance: – David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

9:30 AM - 4:30 PM PT

Exhibit Hall Open

Location: Exhibit Hall F-H

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

AM25-MN-13-L - AABB/ASHI Symposium: Exploring Transplant Uncertainties/Conundrums in ABO

Location: 33

Program Chair: – University of Alberta

Speaker: – University of California San Diego Health

Speaker: – NYU Langone Health

Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

AM25-MN-38-L - AABB’s Updated Platelet and Red Blood Cell Transfusion Guidelines

Location: 30CDE

Program Chair: – University of Minnesota

Program Chair: – Johns Hopkins University

Speaker: – University Oxford

Speaker: – University of Washington Medical Center

Speaker: – University of Utah Health

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

AM25-MN-06-L - Blood Conservation in the OR: How to Create a Comprehensive Pediatric Patient Blood Management Program

Location: 25

Program Chair: – Seattle Children's

Speaker: – Seattle Children's and University of Washington

Speaker: – Stanford University School of Medicine

Patient Blood Management

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

AM25-MN-03-L - CBC: A New Era for Cord Blood - The National Cord Blood Network

Location: 32

Speaker: – MSK kids

Program Chair: – Weill Cornell Medicine/ New York Presbyterian

Speaker: – Fred Hutch

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

AM25-MN-07-L - Cell Therapy Lab Jeopardy!

Location: 31

Program Chair: – NMDP

Speaker: – Vitalant

Speaker: – NMDP

Speaker: – NIH Clinical Center

Speaker: – University of Minnesota

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

AM25-MN-05-L - Closing the Divide: Pathways to Engaging Underrepresented Communities in Blood Donation

Location: 20A

Program Chair: – American Red Cross

Speaker: – Vitalant

Speaker: – American Red Cross

Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

AM25-MN-09-L - Expanding Access, Ensuring Safety: Best Practices in Out-of-Hospital Transfusion

Location: 20BC

Speaker: – The University of Chicago

Program Chair: – University of Washington

Speaker: – University Hospital Marques de Valdecilla

Transfusion Service

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

AM25-MN-10-L - Lord of the Antibodies

Location: 20D

Speaker: – Versiti

Speaker: – Rotary Bangalore TTK Blood Bank, Bangalore Medical Services Trust, India

Program Chair: – Versiti Blood Center of Wisconsin

Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

#OA4-AM25-MN-04 - AABB Transfusion Medicine Subsection Committee Survey on Directed Blood Donation Practices

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – Seattle Children's

Transfusion Service - Transfusion Practices

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

#OA2-AM25-MN-04 - Assessment of Donor Presentation Times Relative to HIV Acquisition During Different Deferral Policies in the U.S. Based on Quantitative Biomarker Testing

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – Vitalant Research Institute

Public Health/Policy and Ethics

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

#OA1-AM25-MN-04 - Demographics and Characteristics of First-Time Blood Donors: Comparison of the Implementation of 3-Month Deferral vs Individual Donor Assessment Policies for High-Risk Behaviors

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – American Red Cross

Public Health/Policy and Ethics

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

AM25-MN-04-L - Oral Abstract Spotlight Session - Cutting Edge Insights into Blood Donations and Allocations

Location: 30AB

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

#OA3-AM25-MN-04 - Surge and Sustain: Crisis-Driven Donation Patterns in Whole Blood vs. Apheresis Platelets

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – American Red Cross

Blood Center/Hospital-Based Donor Center - Donor Recruitment and Retention

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

#OA3-AM25-MN-18 - Analysis of Impact to HLA Coverage and Usability of Cord Blood Units Banked Between 2017 and 2024

Location: 32AB

Presenting Author: – National Cord Blood Network

Biotherapies/Cellular Therapies and Immunotherapies - Cord blood (including cord tissue and perinatal cells)

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

#OA1-AM25-MN-18 - Ex Vivo and In Vivo Potency of CD34+ Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells Isolated from Cord Blood Using a Novel Technology

Location: 32AB

Presenting Author: – 42Bio

Biotherapies/Cellular Therapies and Immunotherapies - Cord blood (including cord tissue and perinatal cells)

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

AM25-MN-18-L - Oral Abstract Session - Advances in Cord Blood Therapy

Location: 32AB

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

#OA2-AM25-MN-18 - Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation (UCBT) a Very Good Curative Option for Pediatric Patients with Congenital Disorders Even in the Setting of Underrepresented Minorities

Location: 32AB

Presenting Author: – Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital

Biotherapies/Cellular Therapies and Immunotherapies - Hematopoietic Cell Therapy/Transplant Immunotherapies (includes CAR T cells)

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PT

Attendee Lunch

Location: Exhibit Hall F-H

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PT

Physicians Leadership Roundtable

Location: 28

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PT

Annual Meeting Education Committee Meeting

Location: Marriott Marquis Marina, Balboa

12:05 PM - 1:30 PM PT

Transfusion Medicine Coordinating Committee and John Elliott Memorial Award Meeting

Location: 29

12:05 PM - 1:45 PM PT

Quality and Regulatory Subsection Meeting

Location: Marriott Marquis Marina, Cardiff/Carlsbad

12:05 PM - 1:55 PM PT

Global Transfusion Forum Meeting

Location: Marriott Marquis Marina, Mission Hills

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM PT

AABB Transfusion Transmitted Diseases Committee Meeting

Location: Marriott Marquis Marina, Del Mar

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

AM25-MN-16-L - “I Want It That Way” – Ethical Dilemmas in Pediatric Transfusion Medicine

Location: 31

Program Chair: – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Speaker: – Emory University

Speaker: – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Transfusion Service

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

AM25-MN-12-L - Advances in Labeling: Practical Applications of 2-D Data Matrix Symbols with ISBT 128

Location: 20D

Program Chair: – ICCBBA

Speaker: – ICCBBA

Speaker: – Duke Health

Information Technology and Informatics

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

AM25-MN-14-L - Advancing Cord Blood Utilization: Building Pathways for Innovation and Clinical Adoption

Location: 32

Speaker: – National Cord Blood Network

Program Chair: – NMDP

Speaker: – Anthony Nolan

Speaker: – Seattle Children’s Therapeutics (SCTx); Clinical Cell Processing Laboratory (CCPL); Seattle Children’s Research Institute (SCRI); University of WA, Dep’t of Pediatrics; Fred Hutch Cancer Center

Speaker: – NMDP

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

AM25-MN-11-L - From Blueprint to Benchmark: A Journey Through AABB Standards Development and Accreditation

Location: 20A

Program Chair: – CooperSurgical, Inc

Speaker: – Schaefer Consulting, LLC

Speaker: – NIH Clinical Center

Quality

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

AM25-MN-15-L - From Fellow to Faculty: Practical Insights for Trainees and Early Career Physicians

Location: 25

Program Chair: – Yale School of Medicine

Speaker: – Johns Hopkins Medicine

Speaker: – Yale University School of Medicine

Speaker: – Department of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

Education/Developing Curriculum

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

AM25-MN-17-L - Uncovering New Blood Groups: Impacts in Transfusion and Beyond (Sally Frank Award and Lectureship)

Location: 33

Award Presenter: – Etablissement Français du Sang, La Plaine Saint-Denis, France

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

#OA2-AM25-MN-19 - Blood Resource Allocation in Oklahoma: A Geospatial Analysis on Available Blood Supply and Potential Networks of Distribution

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – Harvard Medical School

Blood Center/Hospital-Based Donor Center - Blood Center/Donor Center Inventory Management

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

#OA3-AM25-MN-19 - Evaluating Immersive Virtual Reality as a Training Tool for Crossmatching in Transfusion Laboratories

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – NHS Blood and Transplant

Education/Developing Curriculum - Training Methods for Employees/Students/Residents and Fellows

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

AM25-MN-19-L - Oral Abstract Session - Application of Novel Technology in Transfusion Medicine

Location: 30AB

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

#OA4-AM25-MN-19 - Prospective Validation of an Artificial Intelligence Clinical Decision Support System for Preoperative Blood Orders

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – Washington University in St Louis

Information Technology and Informatics - Advanced Computing and Security (includes AI/Cybersecurity/etc.)

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

#OA1-AM25-MN-19 - TransfusaScope: Visualizing the Physiologic Response — Before, During, and After Transfusion

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg FL

Transfusion Service - Pediatric Transfusion Clinical Medicine

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PT

AM25-MN-27-L - Ask the Standards

Location: 20BC

Speaker: – Duke University

Speaker: – Vitalant

Program Chair: – AABB

Management

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PT

AM25-MN-26-L - Blood Bank IT: Compliance and Data Management Concepts

Location: 20D

Program Chair: – Kalidad Healthcare Consulting

Speaker: – Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Speaker: – Northwestern Medicine

Information Technology and Informatics

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PT

AM25-MN-28-L - Plasma Failure in Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome (MODS)

Location: 31

Program Chair: – University of California, San Francisco

Speaker: – University of Vermont Medical Center

Speaker: – University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Therapeutic Apheresis

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PT

AM25-MN-23-L - The Top Nonconformances Stratified by Facility Size and Location. Where Do You Fit?

Location: 29

Speaker: – AABB

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PT

AM25-MN-24-L - Transfusing Safely and Wisely: Much Progress But Still Need to Do Better (Emily Cooley Memorial Award and Lectureship)

Location: 33

Award Acceptance: – University of Oxford

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PT

AM25-MN-25-L - Transfusion Medicine Education for Physicians: Ready-to-Use, Customizable, and Innovative Teaching Tools

Location: 25

Speaker: – The University of Chicago

Speaker: – University of Wisconsin

Program Chair: – The University of Chicago

Education/Developing Curriculum

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PT

#OA1-AM25-MN-20 - Novel JK*A(160T) Identified in a Pediatric Patient with Anti-Jka: Evidence from Family-Based Investigation

Location: 30CDE

Presenting Author: – New York Blood Center Enterprises, Blood Bank of Delmarva

Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells/leukocytes and platelets) - Immunohematology (includes serology)

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PT

AM25-MN-20-L - Oral Abstract Session - New Variants in Kid & ABO

Location: 30CDE

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PT

#OA3-AM25-MN-20 - Variants Causing Altered Expression of ABO Antigens

Location: 30CDE

Presenting Author: – New York Blood Center Enterprises, Immunohematology and Genomics Laboratory

Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells/leukocytes and platelets) - Molecular Diagnostics and Testing

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PT

#OA1-AM25-MN-21 - Hemostatic Efficacy of Prothrombin Complex Concentrate for Managing Coagulopathic Bleeding in Surgical Patients: Results from the LEX-209 and LEX-211 (FARES-II) Phase 3 Trials

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – Octapharma, USA Inc., Paramus, NJ, USA

Hematology and Coagulation - Disorders

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PT

#OA4-AM25-MN-21 - Impact and Frequency of Intravenous Fluid Contamination of Complete Blood Counts: A Multicenter Retrospective Study

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – WashU in St. Louis

Patient Blood Management

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PT

AM25-MN-21-L - Oral Abstract Session - Hematology & Coagulation

Location: 30AB

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PT

#OA2-AM25-MN-21 - Rapidly Fatal Adult Case of Ceftriaxone-Induced Immune Hemolytic Anemia

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – Corewell Health

Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells/leukocytes and platelets) - Immunohematology (includes serology)

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PT

#OA3-AM25-MN-21 - Use of Sutimlimab to Treat a Complement Binding Auto-anti-AnWj Antibody in a Patient with Refractory B-Cell Lymphoma

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – Transfusion Medicine Division, The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells/leukocytes and platelets) - Immunohematology (includes serology)

3:45 PM - 5:15 PM PT

AM25-MN-22-L - CBC: State of the Science Symposium – Striking a New Cord in the Evolution of Stem Cell Transplant (sponsored by Gamida Cell)

Location: 32

Speaker: – Duke University

Speaker: – Washington University

Speaker: – NHLBI, National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Speaker: – Boston Children's Hospital

Speaker: – Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

AM25-MN-34-L - A Tale of Twice-Annual Verification: Why Two Matter, and Who’s Looking?

Location: 20A

Speaker: – AABB

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

AM25-MN-32-L - CABP Exam Prep

Location: 25

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

AM25-MN-37-L - Computer Systems Under Attack: Cybersecurity Best Practices and Lessons Learned

Location: 28

Program Chair: – Duke Health

Speaker: – New York Blood Center Enterprises

Information Technology and Informatics

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

AM25-MN-33-L - Crossmatch Incompatible Transfusions: How Collaboration Between Transfusion Services and Immunohematology Reference Laboratories Enhance Patient Safety

Location: 33

Program Chair: – Weill Cornell Medicine

Speaker: – New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

Speaker: – New York Blood Center Laboratory of Immunohematology and Genomics

Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

AM25-MN-30-L - Debate: Therapeutic Leukapheresis in Hyperleukocytosis—Data-Driven or Dubious?

Location: 31

Program Chair: – Michigan Medicine at the University of Michigan

Speaker: – Children's Hospital Colorado

Therapeutic Apheresis

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

AM25-MN-31-L - Safety, Standards, and Sanity: Navigating Compliance in Emergent Blood Product Release

Location: 20D

Program Chair: – Mayo Clinic

Speaker: – Mayo Clinic Rochester

Speaker: – Mayo Clinic

Transfusion Service

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

AM25-MN-29-L - Unlocking the Power of Extracellular Vesicles: From Intercellular Communication to Therapeutic Innovation

Location: 20BC

Program Chair: – CEO & Founder, Questar Enterprise, LLC, Dubai, UAE; VP-Infohealth FZE, Dubai, UAE; Consultant- AABB Global Impact Consulting, MD, USA; Consultants- Oncology Services, London, UK; Consultant- Clinical Affairs, Regenerative Outcomes, LLC, Nashville, TN, USA; PO Box: 6824 UAE.

Speaker: – CEO & Founder, Questar Enterprise, LLC, Dubai, UAE; VP-Infohealth FZE, Dubai, UAE; Consultant- AABB Global Impact Consulting, MD, USA; Consultants- Oncology Services, London, UK; Consultant- Clinical Affairs, Regenerative Outcomes, LLC, Nashville, TN, USA; PO Box: 6824 UAE.

Speaker: – University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

#OA4-AM25-MN-35 - A Randomized, Controlled Pilot Clinical Trial of Extended-stored Cold-stored Platelets in 100% Plasma for Cardiothoracic Surgical Bleeding: The CHASE Trial

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – Bloodworks Northwest

Transfusion Service - Transfusion Practices

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

#OA2-AM25-MN-35 - Donor Genetics and Storage Conditions Influence Mitochondrial DNA Levels in RBC Units

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – Vitalant Research Institute

Cell Biology/Immunology and Biochemistry (Basic and Preclinical Research) - Red Cells

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

AM25-MN-35-L - Oral Abstract Session - New Insights into Components, Storage, and Patient Outcomes

Location: 30AB

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

#OA1-AM25-MN-35 - Oxygen-Restricted, Cold Storage Preserves Platelet Function and Count Amid Divergent Oxidative Stress Responses

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – Bloodworks Northwest

Cell Biology/Immunology and Biochemistry (Basic and Preclinical Research) - Platelets

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

#OA3-AM25-MN-35 - The Impact of Donor Sex on Platelet Hemostatic Function During 21-Day Cold Storage: Insights from the Chilled Platelet Study in Vitro (CHIPSiv)

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – Trauma and Transfusion Medicine Research Center, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh

Cell Biology/Immunology and Biochemistry (Basic and Preclinical Research) - Platelets

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

#OA3-AM25-MN-36 - Asian-type DEL Among D-Negative Patients and Donors in Malaysia Can Ease the Demand for D-Negative Red Cells and RhIG

Location: 30CDE

Presenting Author: – National Institutes of Health

Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells/leukocytes and platelets) - Immunohematology (includes serology)

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

#OA4-AM25-MN-36 - Growing a RH Variant Donor Database to Meet the Demands for RH Allele-Matched Requests

Location: 30CDE

Presenting Author: – OneBlood

Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells/leukocytes and platelets) - Molecular Diagnostics and Testing

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

#OA2-AM25-MN-36 - Molecular Characterization of Variant D Antigen Expression Among 56,445 Blood Donors in East India

Location: 30CDE

Presenting Author: – National Institutes of Health

Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells/leukocytes and platelets) - Molecular Diagnostics and Testing

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

AM25-MN-36-L - Oral Abstract Session - Novel RHD Variants and Approaches to Overcoming Them

Location: 30CDE

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

#OA1-AM25-MN-36 - Partial RHD Genotypes in Genetic-Ancestry Genome Databases

Location: 30CDE

Presenting Author: – Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells/leukocytes and platelets) - Molecular Diagnostics and Testing

6:15 PM - 7:30 PM PT

Research and Progress (RAPS): Organoids in Research and Biotherapies: Promise, Progress, and Challenges

Location: 33

Program Chair: – Lab Medicine & Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School

Program Chair: – National Institutes of Health

Speaker: – University of Minnesota

Speaker: – UC San Diego

Speaker: – OrganaBio

7:30 PM - 9:30 PM PT

President's Reception

Location: Marriott Marquis Marina

6:30 AM - 11:00 AM PT

REGISTRATION

Location: Exhibit Hall E

7:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT

Speaker Ready Room

Location: 22

7:30 AM - 11:30 AM PT

Bookstore and AABB Central

Location: Exhibit Hall E

7:30 AM - 12:15 PM PT

Coat and Luggage Check

Location: Lobby

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

AM25-TU-03-L - Enhancing Perioperative Autologous Transfusion: Bridging the Gap Between Standards and Practice

Location: 20A

Speaker: – University of California, Irvine

Program Chair: – Ochsner Health

Speaker: – Comprehensive Care Services

Quality

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

AM25-TU-04-L - Exploring Innovative Strategies for Blood Donor Recruitment and Retention in Developing Countries, Addressing Challenges and Ensuring Sustainable Blood Supply

Location: 32

Program Chair: – University of Calabar, Nigeria

Speaker: – Head of Blood Services, National Blood Center, Mexico

Speaker: – Lagos State Blood Transfusion Service

Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

AM25-TU-05-L - Generations Apart and Together: Navigating Today’s Culture to Build a Sustainable Workforce for Your Transfusion Service

Location: 20BC

Program Chair: – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Speaker: – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Management

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

AM25-TU-01-L - How New Red Cell Antigens Are Identified, Classified, Added to a Blood Group System. or Creating a New Blood Group System, Theory, and Practice

Location: 20D

Speaker: – Prince Sultan Military Medical City

Program Chair: – Versiti Blood Center of Wisconsin

Speaker: – Etablissement Français du Sang, La Plaine Saint-Denis, France

Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

AM25-TU-02-L - The Specialization of Hospital Transfusion Committees: Pragmatic Approaches to Increasing Interest and Effectiveness

Location: 31

Speaker: – University of Utah

Program Chair: – UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE

Speaker: – Banner University Medical Center Tucson

Quality

8:15 AM - 12:15 PM PT

AM25-TU-08-L - The ICCBBA Learning Lab: The ISBT 128 Standard in Action

Location: 33

Speaker: – ICCBBA

Program Chair: – ICCBBA

Speaker: – ICCBBA

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM PT

AM25-TU-13-L - 2025 Ask the FDA and CMS/CLIA

Location: 20BC

Program Chair: – AABB

Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM PT

AM25-TU-12-L - Alpha-Gal Syndrome: Can Tick Bites Lead to Life-Threatening Allergic Transfusion Reactions?

Location: 29

Speaker: – Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine

Program Chair: – Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine

Speaker: – Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine

Speaker: – University of North Carolina

Transfusion Service

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM PT

AM25-TU-11-L - BPDR Demystified: A Practical Guide to Reporting and Preventing Errors

Location: 30CDE

Speaker: – Roche Diagnostics Solutions

Speaker: – Independent Consultant

Speaker: – University of Utah

Program Chair: – Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Quality

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM PT

AM25-TU-16-L - Building a Translational Arm to Your Cellular Therapy Laboratory

Location: 20D

Speaker: – University of Minnesota

Speaker: – Mayo Clinic

Program Chair: – Alberta Precision Labs

Speaker: – CIRM

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM PT

AM25-TU-09-L - IRL Accreditation: Case Studies and Helpful Hints for Better Conformance.

Location: 31

Program Chair: – American Red Cross

Speaker: – Vitalant

Speaker: – American Red Cross

Speaker: – OneBlood

Speaker: – Lutheran Hospital

Speaker: – New York Blood Center Enterprises, Community Blood Center of KC

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM PT

AM25-TU-14-L - Maximum Surgical Blood Order Schedule (MSBOS): Return on Investment, Implementation, and AI

Location: 20A

Program Chair: – Cleveland Clinic

Speaker: – Cleveland Clinic

Speaker: – Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Diagnostics Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio

Speaker: – University of Wisconsin - Madison

Patient Blood Management

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM PT

AM25-TU-10-L - Transfusion Medicine, Hemostasis, Apheresis, and Cellular Therapy Review Session for Trainees

Location: 32

Speaker: – Mayo Clinic Hospital

Speaker: – Hoxworth Blood Center/University of Cincinnati

Program Chair: – NMDP

Speaker: – NMDP

Transfusion Service

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM PT

#OA4-AM25-TU-15 - Daratumumab Administration Results in Durable Reduction of Isohemagglutinin Titers in ABO-Mismatched Bone Marrow Transplant

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – University of Michigan

Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells/leukocytes and platelets) - Immunohematology (includes serology)

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM PT

#OA1-AM25-TU-15 - Duffy-Null Status and Delayed Neutrophil Engraftment in Autologous Hematopoietic Transplantation: A Call for Awareness

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – Cleveland Clinic Foundation, cleveland, ohio

Biotherapies/Cellular Therapies and Immunotherapies - Hematopoietic Cell Therapy/Transplant Immunotherapies (includes CAR T cells)

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM PT

#OA2-AM25-TU-15 - Lack of Transfusion Independence by Day 30 After Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Is Associated with Increased Non-Relapse Mortality Independent of HCT-CI in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – City of Hope

Transfusion Service - Transfusion Practices

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM PT

AM25-TU-15-L - Oral Abstract Spotlight Session - Biotherapies & Cell Transplantation

Location: 30AB

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM PT

#OA3-AM25-TU-15 - Using Protein Phosphorylation Network Analysis to Design Neonatal Platelet Transfusion Products

Location: 30AB

Presenting Author: – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Cell Biology/Immunology and Biochemistry (Basic and Preclinical Research) - Platelets

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM PT

AM25-TU-20-L - Oral Abstract Session - Therapeutic and Donor Apheresis and Blood Donation Infectious Disease

Location: 28BCDE

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM PT

AM25-TU-17-L - The Monocyte Monolayer Assay in Transfusion Medicine: Historical Insights and Clinical Applications

Location: 32

Co-Chair: – American Red Cross

Speaker: – American Red Cross

Co-Chair: – American Red Cross

Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM PT

AM25-TU-22-L - Transfusion Medicine and Blood Bank Practice Guidelines for Von Willebrand Disease

Location: 31

Program Chair: – Baylor College of Medicine/Harris Health System

Speaker: – Houston Methodist Hospital

Speaker: – Versiti Blood Centers

Hematology and Coagulation

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM PT

AM25-TU-21-L - Veterinary Transfusion Medicine: An Overview of Blood Banking for Our Furry Friends

Location: 25

Program Chair: – Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

Speaker: – Reviving Veterinary Medicine

Transfusion Service

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM PT

AM25-TU-19-L - What's New in Transfusion Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease

Location: 25

Program Chair: – New York Blood Center

Speaker: – UNC Health Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Speaker: – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Transfusion Service

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM PT

AM25-TU-18-L - Why, When and How Should You Use Electronic Batch Records (EBRs) in the Cell and Gene Therapy Manufacturing Process

Location: 20A

Program Chair: – BioBridge Global

Speaker: – Versiti

Speaker: – BioBridge Global Advanced Therapies

Quality

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PT

#OA2-AM25-TU-20 - Blood Exchange Transfusion as a Novel Immunotherapy in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Location: 28BCDE

Presenting Author: – Department of Blood Transfusion, Xiangya Hospital, NHC Key Laboratory of Cancer Proteomics, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China

Therapeutic Apheresis

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PT

#OA1-AM25-TU-20 - Evaluation of Lymphoplasmapheresis as a Novel Therapy for Efficacy and Immunomodulatory Mechanisms in Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder

Location: 28BCDE

Presenting Author: – Department of Blood Transfusion, Xiangya Hospital, NHC Key Laboratory of Cancer Proteomics, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China

Therapeutic Apheresis

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PT

#OA4-AM25-TU-20 - HIV Incidence and Factors Associated with Recent Infection Among Blood Donors in Brazil Following Adoption of Individual Donor Assessment

Location: 28BCDE

Presenting Author: – Vitalant Research Institute

Transfusion Service - Recipient/Patient Hemovigilance - Transfusion Transmitted

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PT

#OA3-AM25-TU-20 - The Effect of Plasma Donation Frequency on Lipid Profile: Results from a Randomized Controlled Study

Location: 28BCDE

Presenting Author: – Innlandet Hospital Trust

Blood Center/Hospital-Based Donor Center - Donor Apheresis