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

Sunday, October 26, 2025

3:45 PM - 6:00 PM PT

Location: 25

Program Chair(s)

Jayanna K. Slayten, MS, MLS(ASCP)SBBcm

Assistant Professor and QA Coordinator
UTMB and Indiana University Health
Indianapolis, Indiana

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Speaker(s)

Sydney Klausing, MSTM, MLS(ASCP)cm, SBBcm

IRL Technologist III
American Red Cross
Detroit, Michigan

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Nibal Harb, MS, SBB(ASCP)CM

Manager Medical Technology Education
OneBlood, Florida

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Proposed Session Description: This is the time to show off your blood bank knowledge with your participation in a challenging blood bank game show! In the spirit of friendly competition, multiple-choice questions will be presented to the audience in categories corresponding to the SBB and BB Exam Content Outline. Responses will be tallied by audience response technology allowing participants to be part of the ACTION! The questions range from the esoteric to basic blood bank knowledge, inviting all levels of AABB attendees to get involved in this fun and challenging session. The technology tracks the scores of the participants leading to a champion of this energizing interactive session.

Learning Objectives:

Identify the blood bank methods, details and practices aid in patient care daily.
Recognize and analyze various patient cases scenarios in the transfusion medicine to determine best “next steps” for resolution of situation.
Explore content and didactics covered on the BB and SBB Certification exams.
Apply basic and advance transfusion medicine knowledge to formulate best actions for laboratory testing and patient’s clinical care.