Table of Contents
About TABB
Officers and Board
Diggs Award
Membership
Scholarships
Where to Donate Blood in Tennessee
TABB Meetings
Scenes - Spring
Meeting 2007
Scenes
Fall Meeting 2007
Scenes
Spring Meeting 2008
Fall Meeting 2008
Topics in Transfusion Medicine
Seen
at the TABB Spring Meeting 2008 |
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The spring meeting of the Tennessee
Association of Blood Banks (TABB) was held in Nashville. It was opened
on Thursday, May 15, 2008 and adjourned late Saturday morning, May 17th.
The attendance was 92 which includes 67 members and 25 vendors. There
were 13 speakers.
Did you miss this program? If you did, you missed a great program. However,
you are in some luck. Most of the presenters used PowerPoint, so you can
catch up on some of this information via this website. Seeing the PowerPoint
presentations on line is not a perfect substitute for seeing and hearing
the presentation live, but much information may be gleaned by viewing
the PowerPoint show.
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Some Program Highlights
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A very timely presentation
entitled Recruitment of Medical Technicians/Phlebotomists
was given Thursday afternoon by Leslie Garrett-Stevens, DBM, Account
Executive. She shared the podium with Matt Lowney, Recruiting Manager
of DaVita, Brentwood, Tennessee. |
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Sandra Nance, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB discussed "Complex Case Resolution, Where Do You Go Next." And one thing she told us was that sometimes you have to go worldwide for rare red blood cells. A wonderful presentation. |
Joseph
D. Sweeney, M.D., FACP, FRCPath spoke under the title "Acrodose
Platelets: An Alternative To Increase Platelet Availability."
He gave the attendees much information as to use of single donor
and random donor platelets. See his PowerPoint presentation with
the data by clicking here.
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John Neff, M.D. followed Dr. Sweeney to the microphone to deliver his presentation on Blood Conservation: The Approach at UTMCK. He emphasized the use of Blood Order Forms (BOFs) which he felt was a very valuable tool to assist in blood conservation. Click here to see his PowerPoint show. |
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Mary Ann Touralt discussed FDA Inspections and how to find your way successfully through them. Retired from the FDA, now doing regulatory and quality assurance consulting, she truly was here to help us! See what she told us via her PowerPoint presentation. Click here to see it. |
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J. Daniel Connor, MM, AABB President told us of the important role that the American Association of Blood Banks plays on the worldwide stage in blood banking today. |