BBTS 2023: Clinical and Scientific Programme
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DAY 1: Tuesday 10th October
| Time | |||
| 7:45 onwards | REGISTRATION | ||
| 9:15 - 9:30 | Conference Opening from BBTS President Dr Geoff Poole | ||
Simultaneous Sessions | |||
| 9:30 - 11:00 | Red Cell Special Interest Group: Red blood cell antigens Speakers and topics: Balanding Manneh - Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge Duffy negativity reshapes the erythrocyte surface and reduces invasion by Plasmodium falciparum parasites Nicole Thornton - International Blood Group Reference Laboratory, NHSBT The need for rare blood programs is real Martin L Olsson - Division of Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University CD36 constitutes a new blood group system Session 1 of 3 | Blood bank technology SIG: Speakers and topics: Susan Puttock - Transfusion Practitioner, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Reducing the delay in administration of PCC Chloe George - Principal Clinical Scientist in Transfusion Medicine, Welsh Blood Service cffDNA Implementation - The Welsh Perspective Dr Jennifer Davies - Transfusion Laboratory Manager, Royal Devon University Uptake of electronic blood management systems Julie Staves - Transfusion Laboratory Manager, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust How to Pick the Best LIMS for Transfusion | Components SIG: Around the Components in 90 minutes Speakers and topics: Dr Tom Scorer Platelets: is the answer in the fridge? Peter Smethurst - Research Coordinator, Component Development Laboratory Towards novel functional measures of stored red cells Lucy Bower - Component Development Lead Specialist, NHSBT Component Development Lead Specialist, NHSBT: Curious case of the missing FXI in plasma |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Break & Trade Exhibition | ||
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| 11:30 - 13:00 | Red Cell Special Interest Group: Defects of Erythropoiesis Speakers and topics: Dr Farrukh Shah - Colindale Blood Centre, NHSBT Erythropoiesis in lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes and beta-thalassemia Sara El Hoss - King's College London Ineffective Erythropoiesis in sickle cell disease Jan Frayne - School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol Novel human cellular model of CDA IV enables comprehensive analysis revealing molecular basis of disease phenotype 2 of 3 | Paediatric SIG: Speakers and topics: Dr Nadia Ladak - Consultant Anaesthetist, Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, and Dr Ben Clevenger - Consultant Anaesthetist, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital 2022 National comparative audit on pre-operative anaemia management in children Kelly Cripps - Biomedical Scientist , Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust Prevalence of adsorbed A antigen onto donor-derived group O red cells in children following stem cell transplantation Dr Jessica Sandham - Consultant Haematologist, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool Managing congenital & acquired bleeding in children | Microbiology SIG This session runs from 11:30 - 1:30 Speakers and topics: Prof. Richard Knight - Emeritus Professor of Clinical Neurology, Centre for Clinical Brain Studies, University of Edinburgh vCJD and blood transfusion Dr Su Brailsford - Consultant in Epidemiology and Health Protection/Interim Clinical Director, NHS Blood and Transplant Where did that come from? The English experience of bacterial screening Dr Alan Kitchen - Consultant in Blood Safety Screening donors/donations for malaria - risk reduction and increase in component availability Alvin Fabiana - Senior Nurse Practitioner, NHS Blood and Transplant Occult HBV and donor follow-up in England Dr Nicole Priddee - Consultant Haematologist, Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service Improving Transfusion Safety-One year of anti-HBc screening in Scotland |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch/Lunchtime Symposium Speakers and topics: TBC
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| 14:00 - 15:30 | Red Cell Special Interest Group: Red cells in drug delivery or diagnostics Speakers and topics: Marcelo Guerin - Structural Glycobiology Laboratory, Institute of Molecular Biology of Barcelona Turning universal O into rare Bombay type blood Pavel Swietach - Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford Impaired O2 unloading from stored blood results in diffusion-limited O2 release at tissues: evidence from human kidneys Kay Ridgwell - International Blood Group Reference Laboratory, NHSBT Soluble recombinant CD47: facilitating serological investigation and improving patient care | HOT SIG: Patient Blood Management: Obstetric Haemorrhage Speakers and topics: Obstretic Haemorrhage Falguni Choksey - Consultant Anaesthetist, UHCW NHS Trust Cell Salvage in Obstetrics Dr Craig Carroll - Consultant Anaesthetist, Salford Royal Hospital Sue Pavord - Consultant Haematologist, Oxofrd University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Should Obstetrics have their own MHP? | Cellular Therapies SIG: Speakers and topics: Dr Jordan Burgess - Haematology Specialty Registrat, SNBTS Glasgow 'O valiant cousin! Worthy gentleman!' Collateral related donor haplo transplant - an initial single-centre experience." Dr Julia Wolf - Haematology Registrar, NHSBT Target PBSC cell dose for myeloma autograft - are we still looking for enough for 2 transplants, and how does CAR T cell therapy impact on this Speaker TBC Vertex Pharmaceuticals "Vertex gene therapy for haemoglobinopathies - how best to address PBSC collection for starting material" Dr James Griffin - Consultant Haematologist, NHSBT Chemotherapy-based PBSC mobilisation versus G-CSF-only mobilisation in myeloma - where are we in 2023? |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Break & Trade Exhibition | ||
| 16:00 - 17:30 | Plenary I: Speakers and Topics: Dr Farrukh Shah, Medical Director for Transfusion - NHSBT Dr Alex Wickham, Consultant Anaesthetist - Imperial College Healthcare NHS Uchechi Izuka, Assistant Director Business Development and Strategy - Clinical Services Transfusion NHS Blood and Transplant Blood shortages | ||
| 17:30 - 20:00 | Exhibition Opening Evening & Buffet Supper | ||
DAY 2: Wednesday 11th October
| Time | |||
| 07:45 onwards | REGISTRATION | ||
| 08:00 - 08:45 | Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Drop-In Dr Nelson Osaro, BBTS EDI Committee Chair and Ian Sullivan, Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS Trust | ||
Simultaneous Sessions | |||
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Margaret Kenwright awards Speakers and topics: Alice Hathaway, University of Bristol: The association of ABO and Rhesus blood group with severe outcomes from non-SARS-CoV-2 respiratory infection: a prospective observational cohort study in Bristol, UK 2020-22 Ruth Wilkie, United Kingdom Health Security Agency: Impact of FAIR blood donor selection policy during mpox outbreak in England, 2022 Chloe Davison, NHS Blood And Transplant: Process and progress: a five-year focus on viral transfusion-transmitted infection investigations in the UK Dr Shannah Gates, NHS Blood And Transplant: Emerging infections and blood safety Mark Dwight, NHS Blood And Transplant: What Good Looks Like – Management of the Risk of D Sensitisation of a D Negative Patient Receiving a D Positive Liver Transplant | Serological Case Studies Speakers and topics: Interesting Laboratory Case Studies Nicole Thornton - Head of IBGRL The meaning of discovery – how solving old mysteries led to resolution of a new case Emma Chambers - HSST - Southmead Hospital (North Bristol Trust) A Surprising Case of Nothing Yasin Fozdar - Senior BMS - Leicester Royal Infirmary Multi-Centre Laboratory Management of an Acute Sickle Cell Crisis Patient with Multiple Antibodies | BTRU/Transfusion 2024 Blood Transfusion Cellular Therapies Speakers and topics: Dr Samantha R Warnakulasuriya, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Perioperative anaemia PBM and the work of the data BTRU: what is happening? Dr Hongchao Qi, Research Associate, BTRU Donor Health and Behaviour: Post-donation haemoglobin testing strategy in whole blood donation: a modelling study on the STRIDES cohort Dr Heli Harvala, Consultant Virologist, NHS Blood and Transplant Research Unit Advances in Genomic-Enhanced Surveillance of Microbial Infections |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Break & Trade Exhibition | ||
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Plenary II BBTS Award Lectures: Introduction to Awards by BBTS President Dr Geoff Poole Race and Sanger Award: Nick Gleadall James Blundell Award: Fumiichiro Yamamoto The BBTS President will also announce Lise Estcourt as the 2023 Kenneth Goldsmith Award winner and Megan Rowley as the 2023 BBTS Mollison Award winner | ||
| 12:30 - 13:00 | BBTS Annual General Meeting, Members Only | ||
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch & Trade Exhibition | ||
| 13:05 - 13:50 | Lunch/Lunchtime Symposium Speakers and topics: TBC | ||
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| 14:00 - 15:30 | TP Session Speakers and topics: Samantha Bonney, Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust: Impact of providing insufficient clinical details to Blood Bank Pedro Vallevallines, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust: Pitfalls of Electronic Tracking Aimi Baird, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust: The good, the bad and the downright horrific aspects of overhauling transfusion practice Jipsa Jacob, Lead Transfusion Practitioner at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust Major Haemorrhage: time-critical mission-impossible | Clinical Case Studies Speakers and topics: Dr Jennifer Laird, Consultant Haematologist, Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service Transfusion support for a patient with complex requirements in pregnancy: case study and reflective discussion Dr Cath Booth, Consultant Haematologist, NHSBT and Barts Health NHS Trust ABO grouping after massive transfusion: puzzles, pitfalls and potential perils Dr Jessica Sandham, Consultant Haematologist, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Trust Topic TBC Dr Jenny Easterbrook, Consultant in Transfusion Medicine with SNBTS, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh: A challenging case of anaphylaxis | Replacing Analysers Speakers and topics: Ian Sullivan, Blood Transfusion Laboratory Manager, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust: The Procurement Process Kerry Dowling, Transfusion Laboratory Manager, Southampton General: Validation and verification Tim Wreford Bush, Blood Transfusion Laboratory Manager, Severn Pathology, North Bristol NHS Trust: Change control |
| 15:30 - 16:45 | Break followed by networking and Poster Viewing Afternoon | ||
| 16:45 - 17:15 | Poster Prize Giving | ||
| 19:00 - 23:30 | Gala Dinner Hilton Harrogate Majestic Hotel | ||
DAY 3: Thursday 12th October
| Time | Session |
| 08:00 onwards | REGISTRATION |
| 09:30 - 11:00 | Simultaneous Sessions: SHOT Simon Carter-Graham, - Clinical Incident Specialist - Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT) and Jane Oldham, Transfusion Practitioner for NHS Lothian, SNBTS Transfusion Team ABOi cases reported to SHOT – what can we learn from them? (Illustrative cases and overview) Dr Jennifer Davies, Transfusion laboratory Manager, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Learning from transfusion related deaths reported to SHOT Nicola Swarbrick, Laboratory Incident Specialist - Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT) SCRIPT – overview and resource Victoria Tuckley, Laboratory Incident Specialist - Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT) ACE Reporting – learning from excellence Education Session Education courses/resources for Scientific and Clinical Colleague Kerry Dowling and Dr Jennifer Davies, United Kingdom Transfusion Laboratory Collaborative Chair and Deputy Chair 2023 standards and survey results update Sasha Cooke, Patient Blood Management Education Team, NHS Blood and Transplant Improving access to continuous professional development for hospital transfusion staff Andy King-Venables, Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, Transfusion Team, Part of National Services Scotland Non-Medical Authorisation of Blood Components and the new United Kingdom and Ireland Blood Transfusion Network framework Helen Thom, Red Cell Immunohaematology Development Lead for Transfusion 2024 and Alex Hogan, Undertaking the Higher Specialist Scientist Trainee. Both from NHS Blood and Transplant Red Cell Immunohaematology Assist App: A National Referral Algorithm and Transfusion Education Resource SS9: Transfusion 2024 Suzy Morton - Consultant Haematologist, UHB and Clinical Education Lead, NHSBT Clinical transfusion education - what will we be prioritising over the next 3 years? Lise Estcort - Director of NHSBT Clinical Trials Unit Why we need to develop a clinical studies network Matt Bend - Blood Stocks Management Scheme Manager, NHSBT Hospital data integration and future potential - the truth is out there! Gary Cavanagh - Business Development Manager, RCI, NHSBT Heather Clarke - Transfusion Labatory Manager, University Hospitals of Derby & Burton How e-requesting and e-reporting for Fetal RhD tests can improve practice |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Break |
| 11:30 - 13:00 | Plenary III - Environmental Impact (Blood Service) Neil Powell, Environmental Manager, NHSBT Lisa Waltham, Immucor Padraig Williams, Head of testing Irish Blood Transfusion Service |
| 13:00 - 13:15 | Closing Remarks, Dr Geoff Poole |
| 13:15- 13:45 | Lunch-To-Go |
| 13:45 | Close of Exhibition and Departure |
