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ANZSBT is proud to inform that the Annual Scientific Meeting Blood 2019 abstracts are now available to view in the Internal Medicine Journal.

Please click on the link below to view the abstracts:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14455994/2019/49/S5

ANZCA has just released the November 2019 Perioperative Medicine Communiqué. 

Members who are involved in perioperative medicine may find this interesting.

We thank Dr Gemma Crighton for her inspiring and dynamic leadership as President of the ANZSBT during the last two years. During this time she has implemented many new changes and improvements  to the Society. We also thank her for her commitment to Council since 2014 and wish her all the best in the future.

We welcome Mr Simon Benson as the incoming President for the next two years.

The International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) brings together professionals from around the world to share knowledge and advance transfusion practice.

ANZSBT is an affiliate institutional member of ISBT, which gives ANZSBT members access to selected ISBT educational materials, including presentations from ISBT congresses.  You can find instructions on how to access these at: https://members.anzsbt.org.au/members/isbt-academy-eportal

You may also be interested in becoming an individual member of ISBT.  This gives you the opportunity to

• get involved in any one of ISBT’s 15 working parties, the transfusion practitioner forum, or the young professionals group,
• access the full range of ISBT educational resources,
• participate in webcasts and online journal clubs, and
• secure reduced rates for ISBT congresses

The next regional congress will be held in Bangkok from 16-19 November, followed by the international congress in Barcelona (June 2020), and then regional congresses in Milan (June 2021) and Brisbane (November 2021) – the first ISBT congress in Australia since 1986!  So now’s the time to get planning to share your work by submitting an abstract to one of the upcoming meetings.

Being a member of ISBT is a wonderful way to advance your education and career, and meet colleagues and make friends all around the world.  Membership is not expensive, and there are special rates for medical scientists, transfusion practitioners and the under-35s.  See: http://www.isbtweb.org/my-isbt/join

Please get in touch with any of us if you have questions about ISBT, or ideas about how you can get involved.

Erica Wood, ISBT president-elect

Lin Fung, ISBT Western Pacific regional director

Linley Bielby, chair, ISBT transfusion practitioner forum, ISBT working party on clinical transfusion

Gemma Crighton, chair, paediatric subgroup, ISBT working parties on clinical transfusion and haemovigilance

The ANZSBT Clinical Practice Improvement Committee has just released a revised publication of the 3rd Edition of the Guidelines for the Administration of Blood Products.

The revised October 2019 Guidelines can be viewed by clicking here….

Contratulations to Dr Candice Thomson – Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, SA on being awarded the 2018 Presidential Award for her work: “Extending the Post-Thaw Viability of Cryoprecipitate”.  Read about it here.

This may be of interest to members.

The LaRDR invites you to the Lymphoma and Related Diseases Registry (LaRDR) Special Interest Group Breakfast meeting at Blood 2019 in Perth, this year co-hosted with the Australasian Lymphoma Alliance. They will provide a progress update on both the work of the registry and the Australasian Lymphoma Alliance.

Date: Tuesday, 22 October 2019

Time: 7:00 – 8:15 am (before the first conference session at 8:30 am).

Breakfast will be provided.

Venue: BelleVue Lounge, Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre.

To register, please click here. Please register ASAP as there are limited places available.

Congratulations to Alison Badger, on receiving the 2018 CSL Behring Overseas Travel Grant. Alison attended the 5th Molecular Blood Group Forum, Frankfurt November 2018.  Read about it here.