WELCOME TO THE HAABB!
The Heart of America Association of Blood Banks is a nonprofit, professional organization dedicated to improving Transfusion Medicine by fostering the exchange of information and bringing education opportunities to blood bank and transfusion medicine professionals.  The HAABB hosts two annual meetings for the Kansas City & St Louis areas. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AABB Teleconferences: 2012 AABB Teleconference Schedule

Conferences are free of charge, but RSVP is requested. 

 

Kansas City Area:     Community Blood Center in Kansas City

                         All teleconferences will be held at 1PM in the Community Room unless otherwise noted.

                                   Located at 4040 Main Street, Kansas City, MO

                            

                         ~RSVP to Vicki Schwickerath, CBC Hospital Relations Manager, 1-816-968-4002.

 

 

St Louis Area:          American Red Cross Locations

                                        All telelconferences are from 1:00pm to 2:30pm

 

                         Missouri-Illinois Blood Services Region, 4050 Lindell Blvd.  St Louis, MO 63108

 

                         American Red Cross Columbia Center, 1511 South Providence, Columbia, MO 65203

 

                         Cape Girardeau Center (LIMITED SEATING), 20 South Mount Auburn Road, Cape Girardeau, MO 63703

 

                         Effingham Center (LIMITED SEATING), 603 Eden Ave, Effingham, IL 62401

 

                        ~If you would like to attend any or all of the audio conferences in the St Louis area,

                         please call or email Tammy Lampe at 314-658-2182 or lampetl@usa.redcross.org

                         at least one week prior to the teleconference.

 

Wichita Kansas:      American Red Cross    707 N Main, Wichita, KS

    

                         ~Wichita attendees please RSVP to Brent Yoder at yoderb@usa.redcross.org or at 316-268-0879.

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                            

 

Best Practices for Audits, Internal and External - Kansas City CBC

 

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1 PM

 

DESCRIPTION: Not Available 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                            

 


A Very Unique Test to Discover Etiology of TRALI - Kansas City CBC

 

Wednesday, March 28, 2012 1 PM


DESCRIPTION:

TRALI continues to be an important topic in transfusion medicine. Investigating whether TRALI occurred and what the donor and/or patient etiology of TRALI is, continues to be poorly defined and standardized amongst laboratories and donor centers. This session will review an across-the-U.S. look at how TRALI is being investigated. Also, a specific assay that may be underutilized in TRALI investigations will be discussed.

 

 

                                                                                                                                            

 

Method Comparability Between Different Plateforms: Gel vs. Tube - Kansas City CBC

 

Wednesday, April 18, 2012 1 PM


DESCRIPTION: Method comparability compares the primary test method with other comparative test methods that are in use within a laboratory. For transfusion service facilities, this comparison is performed with quality control testing when different testing platforms are being used. This program will look at the background of method comparison testing and an example protocol for a transfusion service.