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Timing of autoimmune haemolytic anaemia post BMT, from Marina Karakatanza #bbts2017 
True AIHA post BMT is donor ab against donor antigen 'donor to donor' #bbts2017
Sorry for blurry pics -blame the NHSBT phone!! #bbts2017
Last session of the meeting is complex serology cases... Not sure how well I can convey these in 140 characters! #bbts2017
... and while simultaneously doing interactive voting on the app.... #bbts2017
Guidelines recommend full Rh and kell matching for hbopathy patients, but many pts still getting sensitised to these antigens #bbts2017
Now Mark Yazer and Simon Stanworth debating the use of whole blood. First Prof Yazer on the pros #bbts2017
First makes the point that fixed ratios are not for the duration of bleeding but should be guided by blood results when available #bbts2017
In Pittsburgh they transfuse STORED COLD whole blood (NB warm 'acute' blood also given in some settings e.g. military) #bbts2017
Next up the NATA plenary session. @TobyRichardsUCL on 'cheap and quick wins in PBM' #bbts2017
@TobyRichardsUCL Either oral or IV iron are useful in pre op setting #bbts2017
In the transplantation and transfusion setting. First Dr Claire Wiggins on what transfusionists need to know about stem cells #bbts2017
NHSBT will start screening allogeneic stem cells for Hepatitis E this month #bbts2017
Next Maria Kaisar on transplantation science in solid organ transplant #bbts2017
Q5: Can we get rid of the need to irradiate products in the era of leucodepletion? #bbts2017
Failures in leucocyte reduction occur, risk of TaGvHD are significant. Unlikely the requirement will be dropped any time soon #bbts2017
Duty of Candour applies when non irradiated blood is given to a patient with an indication. How do you counsel a patient? #bbts2017
Q3: is serology in transfusion really necessary in 2017? Carole Green argued in the plenary session earlier YES! #bbts2017
Extended matching of donors just not feasible in scales required #bbts2017
Antibodies still need to be identified for risk of HDFN #bbts2017
Kenneth Goldsmith award presentation by Carole Green on erythrocyte serology, from Bristol Institute for Transfusion Science #bbts2017
ISBT recognise 356 antigens, 318 of whic belong to 36 blood group systems #bbts2017
For an antigen to be designated as a blood group antigen by IBST, have to identify ag itself and presence of alloab to the ag #bbts2017
Good to be in Glasgow on a sunny Sept morning! Dr Michelle Willecombe on HLA matching for transfusn in solid organ transplant pts #bbts2017
HLA matching of organ is critical for outcomes in renal transplant recipients - due to HLA abs causing rejection #bbts2017
HLA abs that exist prior to the transplant also associated with worse outcomes #bbts2017
