iTransfuse Education Presentations
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Blood Basics Series
This series provides a basic overview of Blood Service daily operational activities. Sessions reviews predonation donor checks; processing donations; testing of donors/donations; utilisation of manufactured fresh components and fractionated products, and their administration to recipients.
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Donor Recruitment |
| Presenter: | Kim Tolson, National Marketing Campaign Coordinator |
| Description: | Presentation on a Code orange case study - how marketing works with the rest of the organisation in maintaining inventory levels and reacting when inventory is low. |
| Date modified: | 02 February 2011 |
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| Presenter: | Sarah Errington, Call Triage Nurse |
| Description: | Presentation on donor suitability, ensuring no harm to donor, height, weight, age, hydration, and food. |
| Date modified: | 02 February 2011 |
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| Presenter: | Dr Keri Hughes, Medical Officer |
| Description: | Presentation on ensuring product safety and quality by effectively screening donors. |
| Date modified: | 06 April 2011 |
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| Presenter: | Trish Roberts, Blood Safe Transfusion Nurse |
| Description: | Presentation on the administration of a blood component including pre-transfusion checks, identification, concent and transfusion reaction management. |
| Date modified: | 01 June 2011 |
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Overview of Production |
| Presenter: | Julie-Anne Bates, Production and Laboratory Services Manager |
| Description: | Presentation on the Blood Service production department and processes. |
| Date modified: | 08 August 2011 |
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Overview of Testing |
| Presenter: | Anthea Cheng, Laboratory Services Planner |
| Description: | Presentation on the Blood Service testing processes. |
| Date modified: | 08 August 2011 |
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| Presenter: | Sue Lariat, Transfusion Medicine Scientist |
| Description: | Presentation on what fresh blood components are used for. |
| Date modified: | 08 August 2011 |
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| Presenter: | Annie McNae, Transfusion Medicine Nurse |
| Description: | Presentation on what fractionated blood products are used for. |
| Date modified: | 08 August 2011 |
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| Presenter: | Julie Jones, Community Relations Mobile Unit Coordinator |
| Description: | Presentation on the mobile unit and donormobile collection units |
| Date modified: | 14 March 2012 |
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Mytransfusion.com.au - A Patient Website For Blood Transfusion |
| Presenter: | Jenita Allen, Project Officer National Medical Education Unit |
| Description: | Presentation on mytransfusion.com.au the new patient information website |
| Date modified: | 14 March 2012 |
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Specialised Blood Products |
| Presenter: | Dr Chis Hogan, Medical Director Pathology Services, The Blood Service |
| Description: | Presentation on specialised blood products including filtered phenotyped irradiated special requirements |
| Date modified: | 26 September 2012 |
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| Presenter: | Tibor Biszak, Manager Infectious Disease Screening, The Blood Service |
| Description: | Presentation on bacterial contamination screening |
| Date modified: | 26 September 2012 |
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vCJD, Dengue and Chikungunya |
| Presenter: | Dr Anthony Keller, National Donor and Product Safety Specialist, The Blood Service |
| Description: | Presentation on vCJD, Dengue and Chikungunya |
| Date modified: | 14 November 2012 |
Beyond Basics Series
This series will increase participants knowledge in advanced areas of transfusion practise and the blood sector. This includes areas of donor selection, emerging manufacturing practices, developments in the diagnosis of specific haematological disorders and haemovigilance.
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Can Blood Transfusion Transmit Cancer? |
| Presenter: | Dr Hung Yang, Donor and Product Safety |
| Description: | Presentation on the risk of cancer from blood transfusion. |
| Date modified: | 02 March 2011 |
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Von Willebrand's Disease |
| Presenter: | Dr Scott Dunkley, Haematologist, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital |
| Description: | Presentation on Von Willebrands Disease. |
| Date modified: | 20 July 2011 |
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Pathogen Inactivation |
| Presenter: | Professor Jean-Pierre Cazenave |
| Description: | Presentation on pathogen inactivation |
| Date modified: | 31 August 2011 |
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Full Blood Count Driven - Haematological Indications for IVIg |
| Presenter: | Dr Phillip Mondy, Transfusion Medicine Specialist |
| Description: | Presentation on haematological indications for IVIg |
| Date modified: | 22 February 2012 |
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Anti human globulin direct and indirect antiglobulin testing: Coombs test |
| Presenter: | Dr Phillip Mondy, Transfusion Medicine Specialist |
| Description: | Presentation on anti human globulin direct and indirect antiglobulin testing: Coombs test |
| Date modified: | 6 June 2012 |
Tissue Typing Series
This series provides a detailed synopsis of tissue typing, immunogenetics and clinical transplantation. Sessions cover the history, immunology, testing methodologies, genetic complexities of the Major Histocompatibility Complex, and HLA system and solid organ/stem cell transplantation.
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The History of Transplantation and Transplantation Immunology |
| Presenter: | Brian Tait, Senior Research Fellow, Transplant Services |
| Description: | Presentation on early attempts at both experimental and clinical transplantation, and overview of the history of transplantation and transplantation immunology. |
| Date modified: | 08 February 2011 |
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Genetic Structure of the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC1) |
| Presenter: | Brian Tait, Senior Research Fellow, Transplant Services |
| Description: | Presentation on the broad genetic structure of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) including HLA genes. |
| Date modified: | 08 March 2011 |
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Genetic Structure of the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC2) |
| Presenter: | Brian Tait, Senior Research Fellow, Transplant Services |
| Description: | Presentation on polymorphism of the class 1 and class 2 genes and their products. |
| Date modified: | 12 April 2011 |
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| Presenter: | Brian Tait, Senior Research Fellow, Transplant Services |
| Description: | Definition of types of transplantation, mechanisms of allorecognition, B and T cell responses, and haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. |
| Date modified: | 12 July 2011 |
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Matching and Crossmatching in Clinical Transplantation |
| Presenter: | Brian Tait, Senior Research Fellow, Transplant Services |
| Description: | Presentation on matching and crossmatching in clinical transplantation. |
| Date modified: | 09 August 2011 |
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| Presenter: | Brian Tait, Senior Research Fellow, Transplant Services |
| Description: | Presentation on immunosupression in clinical transplantation. |
| Date modified: | 14 September 2011 |
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| Presenter: | Brian Tait, Senior Research Fellow, Transplant Services |
| Description: | Presentation on the role of HLA in tumour immunosurveillance. |
| Date modified: | 11 October 2011 |
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| Presenter: | Brian Tait, Senior Research Fellow, Transplant Services |
| Description: | Presentation on MHC Genetic Polymorphisms and Human Disease. |
| Date modified: | 02 November 2011 |
Haematology Review Series
This series will provide participants the opportunity to discuss haematology cases with peers and field specialists. Topic based cases will be provided by state medical officers and will include commonly seen abnormalities as well as potential pitfalls to avoid.
| Title: | Platelets High and Low  |
| Presenter: | Dr Phillip Mondy, Transfusion Medicine Specialist |
| Description: | Presentation on high and low platelets |
| Date modified: | 16 March 2011 |
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Anaemia General Approach |
| Presenter: | Dr Phillip Mondy, Transfusion Medicine Specialist |
| Description: | Presentation on anaemia |
| Date modified: | 29 June 2011 |
| Title: | Increased Lymphocytes 1.92 MB |
| Presenter: | Dr Phillip Mondy, Transfusion Medicine Specialist |
| Description: | Presentation on increased lympocytes |
| Date modified: | 7 September 2011 |
| Title: | Pancytopenia 947 KB |
| Presenter: | Dr Phillip Mondy, Transfusion Medicine Specialist |
| Description: | Presentation on Pancytopenia |
| Date modified: | 7 December 2011 |
Research Review Series
These scientific journal clubs are a critical appraisal of current and up-and-coming research relevant to the Blood Service, as well as an opportunity to highlight new technologies and methodologies.
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| Presenter: | Dr Brie Turner, Human Research Ethics Committee Communications Officer |
| Description: | Presentation on a Van de Watering's article about age of red cells. |
| Date modified: | 18 January 2011 |
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Post-transfusion Mortality |
| Presenter: | Dr Rosemary Sparrow, Principal Research Fellow |
| Description: | Presentation on Shanwell et al's article about post-transfusion mortality among recipients of ABO-compatible but non-identical plasma. |
| Date modified: | 15 February 2011 |
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In Vivo Viability of Red Blood Cells |
| Presenter: | Samantha Reid, Research Assistant |
| Description: | Presentation on Cancelas et al's article about in vivo viability of red blood cells derived from riboflavin plus ultraviolet light-treated whole blood. |
| Date modified: | 15 March 2011 |
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Ultraviolet B Light Exposed Human Platelets Mediate Acute Lung Injury in a two-event mouse model |
| Presenter: | Dr Melinda Dean, Research Fellow |
| Description: | Critical appraisal on Gelderman et al's article on Ultraviolet B Light Exposed Human Platelets Mediate Acute Lung Injury in a two-event mouse model. |
| Date modified: | 17 May 2011 |
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| Presenter: | Dr Margaret Veale, Senior Research Fellow |
| Description: | Critical appraisal on Vlaar et al's article Accumulation of Bioactive Lipids During Storage of Blood Products Is Not Cell But Plasma Derived and Temperature Dependent. |
| Date modified: | 28 June 2011 |
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Red Cell Concentrate Storage and Transport Temperature |
| Presenter: | Dr Kelly Winter, Research Fellow |
| Description: | Critical appraisal on Hancock et al's article Red Cell Concentrate Storage and Transport Temperature. |
| Date modified: | 19 July 2011 |
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Capture of Dengue Virus Type 3 Using Anionic Polymer-Coated Magnetic Beads |
| Presenter: | Jessie Fryk, Research Assistant |
| Description: | Critical appraisal on Sakudo et al's article Capture of Dengue Virus Type 3 Using Anionic Polymer-Coated Magnetic Beads |
| Date modified: | 16 August 2011 |
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Donating Blood: What I Say Is Not What I Do. A Tale Of Two Meta-analysis |
| Presenter: | Dr Tim Bednall, Research Fellow |
| Description: | Critical appraisal on a meta-analysis that measured actual donation behaviour or intention to donate blood among blood donors. |
| Date modified: | 18 October 2011 |
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| Presenter: | Dr Phillip Mondy, Transfusion Medicine Specialist |
| Description: | Presentation on platelet reactions and doses and RBC fragments. |
| Date modified: | 18 September 2012 |
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Donors recruiting donors a sustainable resource for new blood donor acquisition |
| Presenter: | Daniel Waller, Research Fellow, The Blood Service |
| Description: | Presentation on donors recruiting donors a sustainable resource for new blood donor acquisition. |
| Date modified: | 20 March 2012 |
