This International Journal of Blood Transfusion Medicine meeting which focuses on Blood Transfusion, contains approximately 85 abstracts and 477 poster presentation written in English. Topics include safe blood transfusion, academy session - young donors, academy session - transfusion leadership, clinical transfusion, immunohematology, therapeutic possibilities for thalassemia, ttid - hepatitis, transfusion medicine education, advances in cellular therapies, quality management in the laboratory, immunogenetics, red cell genetics, donor management, the role of molecular testing in the transfusion laboratory, management and organisation organisational issues, information technology, training and education, risk models, standards and regulation, blood supply management and utilization, blood donation, blood donor recruitment, blood collection, donor adverse events, blood products, transfusion transmitted infections screening strategies and pathogen inactivation.
