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

Program Chair(s)

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  Barry Siegfried, MD

  Regional Medical Director
  American Red Cross, Michigan
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  Glenn Ramsey, MD (he/him/his)

  Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
  Chicago, Illinois

Presentations:

• 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM  PT

  AABB Transfusion Medicine Subsection Committee Survey on Directed Blood Donation Practices
  

  Presenting Author: Nabiha H. Saifee, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Seattle Children's
• 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM  PT

  Assessment of Donor Presentation Times Relative to HIV Acquisition During Different Deferral Policies in the U.S. Based on Quantitative Biomarker Testing
  

  Presenting Author: Eduard Grebe – Vitalant Research Institute
• 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM  PT

  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
  

  Presenting Author: Galen Conti, MPH – American Red Cross
• 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM  PT

  Surge and Sustain: Crisis-Driven Donation Patterns in Whole Blood vs. Apheresis Platelets
  

  Presenting Author: Umesh Singh – American Red Cross