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Janis R. Hamilton, MS, MLS(ASCP)SBB

Manager, Immunohematology Reference Laboratory
American Red Cross-Michigan Region
Detroit, Michigan

Janis R Hamilton, MS, MLS(ASCP)SBB is the Manager of the Immunohematology Reference Laboratories (IRL) at the American Red Cross in Detroit and Lansing, Michigan. She is the Associate Editor of Immunhematology, The Journal of Blood Group Serology and Molecular Genetics, a member of the ISBT and their Immunohaematology Working Party, and the AABB Selection of Abstracts Committee. She has worked at the American Red Cross -Detroit IRL for 40 years.

Previously, Jan was chair of the AABB IRL Accreditation Program Unit and the ACSP Board of Registry Blood Bank Examination Committee. She co-authored the chapter “Identification of Antibodies to Red Cell Antigens” in the 18th and 19th editions of the AABB Technical Manual and “The Positive Direct Antiglobulin Test and Immune-Mediated Hemolysis” in the upcoming 22nd edition. She also is co-author of Antibody Identification: Art or Science? A Case Study Approach and Investigating Positive DAT Results: A Case Study Approach.

Jan’s special interest is performing and teaching about blood group serology and red cell antibody identification. She has enjoyed involvement in immunohematology education regionally, nationally and internationally, with special emphasis on India and south Asia regions.
She has been recognized with the AABB Sally Frank Award and the American Society for Clinical Pathology Excellence in Education Award.

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