Preliminary Program
Harrah’s Hotel
One Riverboat Drive
North Kansas City, Mo 64116
Tuesday, April 24th
7:30-8:30 Registration
8:30-11:45 Morning Session
Partial D and Weak D: Picking Up the Rhesus Pieces
Susan Johnson, Blood Center of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
Oops…Most Common Nonconformances-Proactive Approach to Assessment Readiness
Andrea Barnes-Simmons, AABB Bethesda, MD.
Case Study: ABO Typing Discrepancy
Liz Abitz, Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, MO.
A Hospital Laboratory Response to Disaster
Connie Wilkins, St. John’s Regional Medical Center-Mercy, Joplin, MO
11:45-1:15 Lunch and Opening of Vendor Exhibits
1:15-4:15 PM Session
Top Gun Serologist vs Darth DNA
Susan Johnson & JoAnn Moulds
Case Study: Platelet Transfusion and Immune Thrombocytopenia
Brian Odum, DO, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.
Use of Blood Products at a US Army Forward Surgical Team in Afghanistan
Christopher A. Vanfosson, United States Army at Fort Leavenworth, KS.
Case Study-Hemolytic Anti-A in a Group O Platelet
Laurie Wolf, University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City, KS.
4:15 – 6:00 Reception / Vendor Exhibits
Wednesday, April 25th
7:30-8:30 Registration
8:30-11:30 Morning Session
Remote Allocation in a Centralized Transfusion Service
Sandy Linauts, Puget Sound Blood Center, Seattle, WA.
Case Study: A Blood Bank Road Trip
Jennifer Jung, American Red Cross, St. Louis, MO.
Please Don’t say "HTLA"
JoAnn Moulds, LifeShare Blood Centers, Shreveport, LA.
Case Study: Hereditary Afibrogenemia in a Newborn
Mary JoAnn Ryan, Saint Luke’s Northland Hospital, Kansas City, MO.
11:30-1:00 Lunch and Vendor Exhibits
1:00-1:15 HAABB Annual Business Meeting
1:15-4:00 Afternoon Session
Patient Blood Management
Ky Stoltzfus, MD, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City.KS.
Case Study: Everything But the Kitchen Sink
Lynsi Rahorst-Community Blood Center, Kansas City, MO.
Monoclonal B Cell Lymphocytosis in Blood Donors… What???
Jane M. Rachel, Saint Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, MO.
