BBTS 2024: Clinical and Scientific Programme
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| Time | |||
| 8:00 onwards | REGISTRATION | ||
| 9:15 - 9:30 | Conference Opening from BBTS President Prof Dave Roberts | ||
Simultaneous Sessions | |||
| 9:30 - 11:00 | Red Cell SIG Part 1: Biochemical and computational analysis of red cells Session Chair(s): William Dunn, Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge Machine learning to predict the presence of high-risk clonal haematopoiesis from blood count data Giuseppe Di Caprio, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Innovative assay for high-throughput single-cell measurement of red blood cell oxygen affinity: from haemoglobin polymerization in sickle cell patients to characterizing blood substitute functionality. Session 1 of 3 | Paediatric SIG: Paediatric and Neonatal Transfusion from PBM to cord blood Session Chair: Anne Kelly, Consultant Paediatric Haematologist,Great Ormond Street Hospital and NHSBT | Cellular Therapies SIG: Session Chair: Gillian McGaffin, Stem Cell Laboratory Director, NHS Scotland Challenges of running a bone marrow harvest service in 2024 Rachel Wood, Project Manager, Quality Directorate, Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service Replacing SNBTS's cell separator fleet - challenges of tendering and validation |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Break & Trade Exhibition | ||
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| 11:30 - 13:00 | Red Cell SIG Part 2: Sickle cell disease Session Chair(s): Session Chairs: Lesley Bruce, Research Science Project Leader, Component Development Laboratory, NHSBT and Vanja Crew, Vanja Crew, Senior Research Scientist, IBGRL, NHSBT Corrina McMahon, Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin, Haematology Oncology, Dublin Sickle cell disease landscape and challenges in the EU: the ERN-EuroBloodNet perspective William Astle, NHS Blood and Transplant, Cambridge, UK and the MRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge Genetic association studies of red cell phenotypes and implications for the treatment of sickle cell disease. Panicos Shangaris, Women and Children's Health, School of Life Course and Population Sciences, King's College London Crack in the Creation: Prenatal Therapy for Congenital Blood Disorders Session 2 of 3 | Patient Blood Management SIG: Consent, Choice and Candour
Mark Tarrant, Presentations Coordinator, HLC South London Why Choice is Important to Me: A Jehovah's Witness Perspective Anwen Davies, Patient Blood Management Practitioner, NHSBT QS138 Quality Insights: Using data to improve practice | Microbiology SIG:
Prof. Peter Simmonds, Consultant of Microbiology, BTRU-GEMS, University of Oxford Lessons learnt from the Past- blood born virus contamination of clotting factor concentrates
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch/Lunchtime Symposium
Werfen Sponsored Lunch Symposium Its all about the Fit… Claire Hayward, Deputy Director of Quality Governance, George Eliot NHS Trust and Mick Earle, Management/Leadership Consultant. | ||
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| 14:00 - | Red Cell SIG Part 3: New methods for identifying old antigens Session Chair(s): Annika Hult, Division of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University Elucidating the cause of LKE negativity and its relationship to FORS Louise Tilley, International Blood Group Reference Laboratory, NHSBT, Bristol Revealing the underlying gene for the AnWj-negative blood group phenotype Tosti Mankelow, International Blood Group Reference Laboratory, NHSBT, Bristol Unravelling the molecular basis of the newest CTL2 blood group antigens Session 3 of 3 | Blood Bank TechnologySIG: Transfusion at the cutting edge Session Chair: Jennifer Davies, Transfusion Manager, Royal Devon University Healthcare, NHS Foundation Trust Using artificial intelligence for Kleihauer slide interpretation Laura Eastwood, Consultant Scientist Trainee, NHSBT VR training
| Components SIG: Frozen and dried blood components Session Chair: Mike Wiltshire, Component Development Laboratory Manager and Head of Centre Cambridge Dr Matt Ellington, Clinical Research Fellow in Haematology, Component Development Laboratory, NHS Blood and Transplant and UK Military - Use of Blood Products including Emergency Donor panels Katarzyna Oleniacz, Component Development Scientist, Component Development Laboratory, NHSBT and Melani Munro Translational Research Programme Lead,Component Development Laboratory, NHS Blood and Transplant Spray-dried plasma Shane Girmsley, DipRCPath, FBBTS, Senior Clinical Scientist (HSST), IBGRL, NHSBT: The importance, use and specification of frozen red cells |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Break & Trade Exhibition | ||
| 16:00 - 17:30 | Plenary I: Blood Supply: Infected Blood Enquiry Plenary Chair: Julie Staves, Transfusion Laboratory Manager, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Heidi Doughty, Retired Consultant, NHSBT Speakers and Topics: Su Brailsford, Consultant in Epidemiology and Health Protection, NHSBT Blood Service aspects of the IBI Mike Murphy, Transfusion Consultant, NHS Blood and Transplant, Oxford University Hospitals The Infected Blood Enquiry: Recommendations for Improving Hospital Transfusion Practice Dr Lorna McLintock, MedicalDirector, Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, NHS National Services Scotland The Scottish Experience | ||
| 17:30 - 20:00 | Exhibition Opening Evening & Buffet Supper (included in your registration fee)  | ||
DAY 2: Wednesday 18th September
| Time | |||
| 08.00 onwards | REGISTRATION | ||
| 08:00 - 08:45 | |||
Simultaneous Sessions | |||
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Margaret Kenwright awards Session Chair(s): Denise McKeown, Regional Haemovigilance Co-ordinator, Belfast Trust and Dr Jamie Nash, PhD, Post Doctoral Researcher, Component Development and Research Laboratory
Welsh Blood ServiceCarla Dawson, Transfusion Practitioner for NHS Grampian, Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) Clinical Transfusion Dashboard Dr Matthew Poynton, NHS Education Fellow,The Pathology Portal Developing a novel, interactive education resource for Transfusion Science and Transfusion Medicine Thomas Bailey-Schmidt, Res M student, Welsh Blood Service Novel cryoprotective agents for long-term storage of red cells: results and considerations for future work Helen Morgan, Healthcare Scientist, NHSBT Bristol Two examples of Rhnull phenotypes of the regulator type, caused by novel RHAG mutations Abigail Borowski, Advanced Specialist Biomedical Scientist, NHSBT Bristol A second example of Anti-GIL in a patient with a homozygous missense mutation in AQP3, resulting in the rare GIL- | Serious Hazards of Transfusion: Improving Transfusion Safety Session Chair(s): Vera Rose, SHOT Incident Specialist, NHSBT Victoria Tuckley, SHOT Incident Specialist, NHSBT Learning from Laboratory errors Nicola Swarbrick, SHOT Laboratory Incident Specialist, NHSBT Safer transfusions for patients with shared care April Malloy, Transfusion Haemovigilance Specialist, SNBTS Transfusion Team, NHS and Simon Carter-Graham, SHOT Clinical Incident Specialist, NHSBT Implementation of actions following the TACO Alert Dr Shruthi Narayan, Medical Director, SHOT and Consultant Donor Medicine, NHSBT, Dipika Shah, Senior EQA Scientist /Patient Representative, NHS, Stuart Lord, Lead Transfusion Practitioner, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Engaging with patients | Serological Case Studies: What’s Plan B? – Planning for Emergencies in Complex Serology Cases Session Chair: Laura Eastwood, Consultant Clinical Scientist Trainee, RCI Barnsley, NHS Blood and Transplant Nicci Wilkes, Consultant Clinical Scientist Trainee (HSST), RCI Birmingham Rh Null With Evolving Serology Nicola Kirkham, Senior BMS, Royal Derby Hospital & Dianne Armstrong, Reference Laboratory Manager, RCI Barnsley: Case Study: Putting Plan B into Practice Nicole Thornton, Head of Red Cell Reference, IBGRL: Case Study, Case of a rare blood group: when group O isn’t suitable for an emergency Additional Simultaneous Session SS4: IT: Getting the Most out of your IT Session Chair(s): Julie Staves, Transfusion Laboratory Manager, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Rachel Moss Julie Staves, Transfusion Laboratory Manager, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Use of Order Comms in Blood Transfusion Laboratories James Davies, Senior Transfusion Practioner, Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Making the most of your IT: Electronic Blood Tracking Systems Jennifer Davies, Transfusion Laboratory Manager, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Making the most of your IT system: LIMS |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Break & Trade Exhibition | ||
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Plenary II: BBTS Award Lectures: Introduction to Awards by BBTS President Prof Dave Roberts Race and Sanger Award Lecture – Dr. Christian Jannete Stevens Hernandez, Research Assistant, NHSBT Red Blood Cell Development and Storage Kenneth Goldsmith Award Lecture – Dr. Laura Green, Consultant in Haemostasis and Transfusion Medicine, NHSBT and Barts Health NHS Trust Bleeding, Blood and Data: Learn from Every Transfusion James Blundell Award Lecture – Professor Dennis Lo, Medical Director, Department of Chemical Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Creating Paradigm Shifts in Diagnostics Using Plasma DNA The BBTS President will also announce Prof Mike Murphy as the 2024 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 | Clinical Case Studies: Interesting cases Session Chair: Katie Hands, Consultant Haematologist, Associate Medical Director, Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service Helen New, Consultant Paediatric Haematology, NHSBT and Rebecca Braund, Lead Specialist Dried Plasma, Component Development Laboratory, NHSBT Management of ‘anaphylactic’ reactions to red cell transfusions in a severely anaemic patient Katherine Philpott, Blood Transfusion Laboratory Manager, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust Management of a complicated antenatal case with complex antibodies Sara Wright, Consultant Clinical Scientist, NHS Guarding against Auto Immune Haemolytic Anaemia – Rh typing strategies in Bone Marrow transplant | Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Transfusing the Transgender patient | Transfusion 2024: From Transfusion 2024 to Transfusion Transformation Session Chair: Louise Sherliker, Programme Director Transfusion 2024, NHSBT and Anna Mamwell, Patient and Public Involvement Shubha Allard, Consultant Haematologist, NHSBT Transfusion Transformation - why now? Lise Estcourt, Medical Director for Transfusion, NHSBT Appropriate blood use- ensuring there is blood available for those that need it Jane Mills, Deputy Director, Pathology NHS England Digital Integration in transfusion Tom Bullock, Interim Chief Scientific Officer, NHSBT and Kerry Dowling Transfusion Laboratory Manager and UKTLC chair Prioritising the transfusion workforce
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| 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 Argyll Suite, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Glasgow | ||
DAY 3: Thursday 19thSeptember
| Time | Session |
| 08:00 onwards | REGISTRATION |
| 09:30 - 11:00 | Simultaneous Sessions: Transfusion Practitoner SIG: Developments and resources for TP enrichment Session Chairs: Karen Mead, Specialist Practitioner of Transfusion, Severn Pathology, North Bristol NHS Trust and Pedro Valle Vallines, Lead Transfusions Practitioner, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust John Grant-Casey, Programme Manager, NHSBT: Lets get it right! A novel approach to improving bedside transfusion practices Jenifer Rock, T2024 Transfusion Education Specialist, NHSBT and Katarina Kacinova, Transfusion Practitioner, University Hospital of Derby and Burton NHSFT: Transfusion Practitioner Professional Development Framework: how will it benefit TPs today and in the future? Anne Davidson, Education Lead, Patient Blood Management Team, NHSBT Educational resources: What’s new and coming soon! Hospital Laboratory Session Chair: Graham Scott, Lead BMS, Southern Health and Social Care Trust, Craigavon.N Ireland Topic: Recruiting Laboratory Staff Ian Davies, Lecturer, University of Stafford From Intent to Impact: The role of degree apprenticeships in shopping the Biomedical Scientific workforce in the future Shane Fearon, Specialist BMS, Southern Health and Social Care Trust, NI Regional Recruitment - Northern Ireland: Adaora Ifediata, STP, Trainee Clinical Scientist, North Bristol NHS Trust Recruiting Overseas Donar/Donations: From Whole Blood to Plasma Donations: Why donating is essential Chair: Dr Champa Manchanayake, Consultant in Transfusion Medicine, SNBTS and Dr Chiara Vendramin, Consultant in Transfusion Medicine, NHSBT Speakers and topics: Dr Theodora Foukaneli, Consultant Haematologist, Cambridge University Hospitals and NHSBT and Dr Chiara Vendramin, Consultant in Transfusion Medicine, NHSBT Complex transfusion requirements for a patient with a very rare blood phenotype Dr Angus Wells, Consultant in Donor Medicine, NHSBT Donor Selection and Blood Safety Dr Charlotte Washington, Consultant in Donor Medicine, NHSBT Plasma for medicine: the story of the UK journey Research: The Significance of Blood Groups Session Chair: Nicole Thornton, Head of Red Cell Reference Speaker and topics: Stefan Meyer, BTS Zurich, Swiss Red Cross Long Read Nanopore sequencing in blood genetics Tim Satchwell, UWE Bristol Making sense of genetic data - let's get back to the protein Shane Grimsley, IBGRL, NHSBT Blood group discovery - what it means for the patient |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Break |
| 11:30 - 13:00 | Plenary III - Guidelines Plenary Chairs: Dave Roberts, Medical Director for Pathology, NHS Blood and Transplant and Julie Staves, Transfusion Laboratory Manager, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Simon Stanworth, Consultant, NHSBT: Guidelines - The Why and How Edwin Massey, Velindre University NHS Trust & Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board: How to address something not in a guideline Amy Grove, University of Warwick: Barriers to the Implementation of Guidelines |
| 13:00 - 13:15 | Closing Remarks, Prof David Roberts |
| 13:15- 13:45 | Lunch |
| 13:45 | Close of Exhibition and Departure |
