Session Information
AABB Annual Meeting and CTTXPO 2010
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Donor & Therapeutic Apheresis
Track : Oral Abstracts
Program Code: 020B
Date: Sunday, October 10, 2010
Time: 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM  EST
Location: 337/338
MODERATOR (S):
Cathy Conry-Cantilena, MD, National Institutes of Health
Dr. Karen King, MD, Director of Hemapheresis and Transfusion Support; Assoc Dir of Transfusion Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Description


OBJECTIVES:
  • Counsel granulocyte donors regarding their risk of steroid-associated cataract formation.
  • Describe the correlation of ADAMTS13 antibody quantitation and inhibitory titer with clinical outcomes in idiopathic TTP.
  • Optimize MNC collection efficiency on the Amicus instrument.
  • Comply with FDA guidelines, employing a new post-count algorithm for the Trima Accel which accounts for splenic redistribution of platelets.
  • Describe the performance of a new photopheresis instrument.


CE CategoryCE Value
California Clinical Laboratory Personnel 1.5
California Nurse 1.8
Florida Laboratory Personnel 1.8
General Attendee 1.5
Physician 1.5
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