Comparative Transfusion Medicine Worldwide: What Can We Learn from Each Other?
Program Code: 5307-TC-I
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
8:30 AM to 12:00 PM (ET)

MODERATOR
Kendall Crookston, MD, PhD, University of New Mexico School of Medicine

SPEAKERS
Alexander Indrikovs, MD, MBA, University of Texas Medical Branch
Kendall Crookston, MD, PhD, University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Bjarte G Solheim, MD,PhD,MHA, Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet Medical Centre
Niels Mikkelsen, JD, Internat. Federation of Blood Donor Organizations
Jean-Claude Faber, MD, Luxembourg Red Cross

DESCRIPTION
High quality transfusion medicine outcomes exist in many countries of the world. However, the specific approaches and methods used to achieve the same outcomes may differ greatly. This session will look at innovative products, procedures, surveillance methods, recruitment philosophies, and organizational structures that are being used in Europe and the Americas. Understanding how different approaches may be used to successfully address similar challenges sets the stage for thinking ?outside of the box?.