Programme
| Registration Venue: Warriors’ Hall Foyer 10:00-17:30 |
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| Session 1A Theme: Research Workshop Venue: Seers 1 Chair: Karin van den Berg |
Session 1B Theme: Donor Marketing Workshop Venue: Warriors’ Hall Chair: Irene van Schalkwyk |
Session 1C Theme: Patient Blood Management Workshop Venue: Seers 2 Chair: Caroline Hilton |
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| Facilitator | Title | Facilitator | Title | Facilitator | Title | |||
| 14:30-15:00 | Melodie Labuschaigne | Protecting Participants in Health Research: the Ethico-Regulatoery Frameworke ethico-regulatory framework for health research in South Africa. | 14:30-15:45 | Sylvie Daigneault | Innovation & The Gift Of Life – Our journey towards a paperless donation experience – from the donor’s perspective. | 14:30-15:10 | Erica Wood | Getting started in Patient Blood Management’ |
| 15:00-16:00 | Edward Murphy Brian Custer | An Introduction to clinical research in transfusion medicine. | 15:45-17:00 | Pieter Groenewald | Influencer and Ambassador Marketing | 15:10-15:50 | Britta Lohrke | Blood conservation- Can we ‘brainwash’ our doctors? |
| 16:00-16:15 | Ute Jentsch | REDS-III Partnership was instrumental in building research capacity in South Africa | 15:50-16:30 | Vernon Louw | Implementing PBM in a tertiary level hospital in South Africa | |||
| 16:15-16:30 | Genevieve Jacobs | The unexpected benefits of participating in collaborative research: A novel experience for the Virology Reference Laboratory at SANBS | 16:30-17:00 | All | Discussion | |||
| 16:30-17:00 | Mars Stone | Biobanking in the era of global research collaborations | ||||||
| 17:00-17:30 | All | Discussion | ||||||
| Trade Exhibition Opening /Welcome Cocktail Venue: King’s Ballroom Chair: Ravi Reddy |
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| Entertainment / Drinks 17:45-18:15 |
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| Trade Opening / Welcome Cocktail 18:15-20:30 |
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| Fun Run/BloodWing Demonstration Venue:Cabanas Pool Area 6:30-7:30 |
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| Breakfast Venue: Hotels 7:30-9:00 |
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| Session 2 Theme: Opening plenary Session Venue: Warriors’ Hall Chair: Marion Vermeulen |
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| Facilitator | Title | |||||||
| 9:00-9:15 | Marion Vermeulen | Welcome | ||||||
| 9:15-9:30 | Gregory Bellairs | Scientific Program and SASBT | ||||||
| 9:30-10:30 | Willem Van der Post | Keynote Speaker | ||||||
| Tea Venue: King’s Ballroom 10:30-11:00 |
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| Session 3 Theme: Challenges and perspectives Venue: Warriors’ Hall Chair: Vernon Louw/Karin van den Berg |
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| Presenter | Title | |||||||
| 11:00-11:30 | Britta Lohrke | Blood transfusion in Africa : A rollercoaster ride? ( the Namibian perspective) | ||||||
| 11:30-12:00 | Erica Wood | Haemovigilance – working together | ||||||
| 12:00-12:30 | Christian Erikstrup | Iron Management of Danish Blood Donors | ||||||
| Lunch Venue:King’s Ballroom 12:30-14:00 |
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| Session 4a Theme: Transfusion-transmissible infections Venue: Seers Court 1 Chair:Russell Cable |
Session 4b Theme: Blood donor health and recruitment Venue: Warriors’ Hall Chair: Greg Bellairs/Pheello Lethola |
Session 4c Theme: Organisational optimisation and staff safety Venue: Seers Court 2 Chair: Nicky du Toit |
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| Presenter | Title | Presenter | Title | Presenter | Title | |||
| 14:00-14:30 | Mike Busch | Effect of PrEP and early ART on HIV diagnostic assays | 14:00-14:45 | Christian Erikstrup | Experiences and results from The Danish Blood Donor Study | 14:00-14:15 | Jenny Meaker | Management of highly infectious blood specimens – are we doing enough to protect laboratory staff? |
| 14:30-14:45 | Karin van den Berg | The prevalence of non-disclosure of anti-retroviral use among HIV-positive donors in South Africa | 14:15-14:30 | Robyn Du Plessis | Designing a New Staffing Model for Processing Sites in SANBS | |||
| 14:45-15:00 | Marion Vermeulen | Use of a limiting antigen avidity assay to determine HIV incidence in South African first-time blood donors | 14:45-15:00 | Irene van Schalkwyk | Blood Donor Satisfaction – A Four Year Review | 14:30-14:45 | Larisse Bolton | The devil in the details: Auditing blood product requisition data |
| 15:00-15:15 | Karin van den Berg | Risk factors for recently acquired HIV infection in blood donors in South Africa | 15:00-15:15 | Marike Gevers | Battle of the Blood Donors: a marketing campaign at educational institutions in the Western Cape. | 14:45-15:00 | Nico Van Der Walt | Advantages of Service Process Automation in supporting Blood Transfusion Services |
| 15:15-15:30 | Charlotte Pistorius | A comparison of 5 years’ experience with the Tigris and Panther analysers. | 15:15-15:30 | Thabiso Rapodile | Review of the Guidelines for Medical Assessment of Donors | 15:00-15:15 | Tommy Scanes | Degree Days and Cold Chain: novel metrics to obtain meaningful information as an aid in the development and validation of cold chain systems |
| 15:15-15:30 | Caroline Hilton | A Five-Year Review of the Staff Health Department at the Western Cape Blood Service | ||||||
| Tea Venue: King’s Ballroom 15:30-16:00 |
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| Session 5a Theme: Transfusion-transmissible infections Venue: Seers Court 1 Chair: Charl Coleman/Wendy Sykes |
Session 5b Theme: Blood donor eligibility Venue: Warriors’ Hall Chair: Charlotte Ingram/Josephine Mitchell |
Session 5c Theme: Immunohaematology Venue: Seers Court 2 Chair: Michael Lennards |
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| Presenter | Title | Presenter | Title | Presenter | Title | |||
| 16:00-16:15 | Charlotte Pistorius | Dried Blood or Plasma Spot Testing – the Answer for Making Blood Transfusion Testing Safer in Africa? | 16:00-16:30 | Brian Custer | Current topics in blood donor eligibility policies for men who have sex with men (MSM) – issues and approaches in different jurisdictions. | 16:00-16:15 | Latoya Nadia Van Niekerk | The rare donor program at SANBS: achievements and future plans |
| 16:15-16:30 | Wendy Sykes | Syphilis testing in the South African National Blood Service – January 2010 to December 2018 | 16:30-16:45 | Menard Mutenherwa | Assessment of major motivational and inhibitory factors for voluntary non-remunerated blood donors in Zimbabwe. |
16:15-16:30 | Debbie Mclinden | The Monocyte Monolayer assay – a case study |
| 16:30-16:45 | Sandy Valensky | Syphilis and viral co-infections in the Western Cape donor population. A 7 year review | 16:45-17:00 | Aishah Salie | The Effectiveness of introducing a Donor Representative Points-Based programme | 16:30-16:45 | Lavendri Govender | ABO Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) – An Exploratory Study of common and rare ABO subtypes at the South African National Blood Services (SANBS) |
| 16:45-17:00 | Russell Cable | Seroprevalence of the Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus Types 1 and 2 among First-time Blood Donors in the Western Cape, South Africa. | 17:00-17:15 | Josephine Mitchel | Implementation of a script for pre-donation interviews: impact on HIV risk in South African blood donors | 16:45-17:00 | George Mavunganidze | Onsite Evaluation of two automated Blood Grouping Analysers: Zimbabwe Experience |
| 17:00-17:15 | Ronald Ayikobua | Seroprevalence of human t-cell Lymphotropic virus-1/2 among blood donors in Uganda. | 17:15-17:30 | Delene Duncan | Donors with altered donor questionnaires: An unexplored risk? | 17:00-17:15 | Moses Moloi | Irregular red cell antibodies in antenatal patients: a 5 year review |
| 17:15-17:30 | Charl Coleman | Evaluation of the Abbott Alinity S and the Roche Cobas e801 for Virology screening at the South African National Blood Service | 17:15-17:30 | Claudia Fillander | Blood group frequencies in the Western Cape blood donor population – a brief synopsis | |||
| Social Function Theme: Casual dinner and Singing Competition Venue: Greenhouse MC: Warren Maule 19:00 |
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| Breakfast Venue: Hotels 7:00-8:30 |
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| Session 6 Theme: Innovation Plenary Venue: Warriors’ Hall Chair: Kuben Vather/Ute Jentsch |
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| Presenter | Title | |||||||
| 8:30-9:00 | Reuben Benjamin | The future of CAR-T therapy – autologous or allogeneic? | ||||||
| 9:00-9:30 | Christian Erikstrup | Fecal Microbiota Transplantation | ||||||
| 9:30-10:00 | Jonathan Louw | Project BloodWing – VTOL Drone Delivery in South Africa | ||||||
| Tea Venue: King’s Ballroom 10:00-10:30 |
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| Session 7a Theme: Transfusion-transmissible infections Venue: Seers Court 1 Chair: Genevieve Jacobs/Charlotte Pistorius |
Session 7b Theme: Blood donor health and recruitment Venue: Warriors’ Hall ChairSiemi Prithvi Raj/Josephine Mitchell |
Session 7c Theme: Blood product safety and processing Venue: Seers Court 2 Chair: Solomuzi Ngcobo |
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| Presenter | Title | Presenter | Title | Presenter | Title | |||
| 10:30-11:00 | Mark Sonderup | Viral hepatitis in the era of elimination | 10:30-10:50 | Sylvie Daigneault | Marketing in the world of blood donation – a new perspective – What are the opportunities and challenges & how our marketing practices need to evolve. | 10:30-11:00 | Brian Custer | An overview of pathogen inactivation technologies for blood components including discussion of value for money. |
| 11:00-11:15 | Wendy Sykes | HBV Infection rates In South African National Blood Service (SANBS) donors born before and after the implementation of universal HBV Vaccination | 10:50-11:05 | Terrance Pillay | An Innovative Approach to Stakeholder Management – Managing Relationships with Blood Drive Controllers | 11:00-11:15 | Richard J Benjamin | Five Years of Routine Experience using INTERCEPT Platelets with Storage up to 7 Days in Switzerland |
| 11:15-11:30 | Genevieve Jacobs | The impact of the HBS100 marker on HBV NAT Yields at the South African National Blood Service | 11:05-11:20 | Maryke Harris | Deterrents to regular blood donation among blood donors in the Port Elizabeth Branch of the South African National Blood Service | 11:15-11:30 | Shaldine Sutton | Baseline sterility testing of platelet products at the Western Cape Blood Service, South Africa |
| 11:30-11:45 | Thabisile Cele | HBV and Syphilis co-infections in South African National Blood Service donors – January 2013 to December 2015 | 11:20-11:35 | Vanessa Boniface | Case Studies of Incidental ding of Secondary Polycythaemia due to Hookah Pipe Use in Regular Blood Donors at the Western Cape Blood Service, South Africa | 11:30-11:45 | Robyn Du Plessis | The Importance of Infection and Prevention Controls (IPC) in Blood Product Processing a Case Study. |
| 11:45-12:00 | Reynier Willemse | The prevalence of HIV, HBV and HTLV, in patients receiving blood from the South African National Blood Service. | 11:35-11:50 | Isaac Mafisa | Do once-off annual campaigns influence donor return rate and interval to return? | 11:45-12:00 | Shaldine Sutton | The implementation of platelet additive solution in buffy coat platelet concentrates at the Western Cape Blood Service. |
| 11:50-12:05 | Michelle Vermeulen | Increasing visibility of blood donation clinics: does it boost collection? | ||||||
| Lunch Venue: Kings Ballroom 12:00-13:30 |
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| Session 8a Theme: Clinical transfusion medicine Venue: Warriors’ Hall Chair: Karin van den Berg |
Session 8b Theme: Capacity building and training Venue: Seers Court 1 Chair: Glynis Bowie/Michael Lennards |
Session 8c Theme: Stem cells Venue: Seers Court 2 Chair: Wendy Sykes/Jackie Thomson |
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| Presenter | Title | Presenter | Title | Presenter | Title | |||
| 13:30-14:00 | Edward Murphy | Antenatal blood transfusion in South Africa: indications and practice in a high HIV prevalence setting | 13:30-14:00 | Erica Wood | How can we get people interested in careers in blood transfusion? | 13:30-14:00 | Charlotte Ingram | Successes and challenges: delivering on a diverse stem cell registry and patient service in South Africa and Africa |
| 14:00-14:15 | Dudley Wolmarans | Blood usage practice for Coronary Artery Bypass surgery at two medical centres in the Western Cape. | 14:00-14:15 | Faieqa Adams | Review of Internal Proficiency Testing using inter-laboratory comparison | 14:00-14:15 | Jane Ward | GRID – The Global Registration Identifier for Stem Cell Donors – Is it different from ISBT 128 Donation Identification Number (DIN)? |
| 14:15-14:30 | Victor Biyata | The impact of a well functioning Hospital Transfusion Committee at a Tertiary Hospital in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. | 14:15-14:30 | Malthee Bisnath | An Investigation into Leadership Factors affecting Employees in SANBS | 14:15-14:30 | Derrick Nelson | A series of cases demonstrating unusual pan C HLA antibody patterns. |
| 14:30-14:45 | Nareg Roubinian | Blood donor, component, and recipient factors in patient blood management strategies for red blood cell transfusion | 14:30-14:45 | Michele Breuninger | Implementation of a bursary scheme for the BHSc qualification | 14:30-14:45 | Angeline Moonsamy | A Descriptive Overview of the Omixon Holotype HLA 11 loci Next Generation Sequencing Workflow |
| 14:45-15:00 | Claire Barrett | The knowledge of transfusion and related practices amongst doctors working at a tertiary academic hospital in South Africa. | 14:45-15:00 | Charl Coleman | Congress attendance and its predictive value for future congress contribution | 14:45-15:00 | Lavendri Govender | KIR Genotyping at the South African National Blood Service (SANBS) – first steps and looking ahead |
| Tea Venue: King’s Ballroom 15:00-15:30 |
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| Session 9a Theme: Apheresis collections Venue: Seers Court 1 Chair: Caroline Hilton |
Session 9b Warriors: Advances in blood transfusion Venue: Warriors’ Hall Chair: Tommy Scanes/Debbie Smith |
Session 9c Theme: Balancing blood supply and demand Venue: Seers Court 2 Chair: Pheello Lethola/Karen Dramat |
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| Presenter | Title | Presenter | Title | Presenter | Title | |||
| 15:30-16:00 | Sylvie Daigneault | The increase of the demand for plasma products – a great opportunity – Adapting to the changes in the demand & the development of the Plasma donor lounge network. | 15:30-16:00 | Mike Busch | Ethnicity, sex, and age are determinants of red blood cell storage and stress hemolysis: results of the REDS-III RBC-Omics study | 15:30-16:00 | Vernon Louw | Iron physiology made simple |
| 16:00-16:15 | Hellen Malema | The impact of Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) on the rate of bacterial contamination of Apheresis Platelets | 16:00-16:30 | Hossam Fahmy | Lyophilized growth factors In the management of a chronic post-operative Non-healing venous ulcer: a case study |
16:00-16:15 | Delene Duncan | Is the increase in the Group O Day’s Cover bloodstock a result of a focused goal that was displayed on a visible scoreboard and instilled accountably and responsibility? |
| 16:15-16:30 | Willem Van Der Merwe | Collection of hyperimmune rabies plasma at University Of Pretoria Onderstepoort Faculty of Veterinary Science Campus | 16:30-17:00 | Reuben Benjamin | CAR-T cell therapy – moving into the mainstream | 16:15-16:30 | Daniel B Ndhlovu | National quality assessment scheme for hospital blood banks in Malawi |
| 16:30-16:45 | Laurel Anderson | A two-year retrospective review of adverse events in patients receiving clinical apheresis provided by SANBS | 16:30-17:00 | Britta Lohrke | Blood is thicker than water, will it dry up too? | |||
| 16:45-17:00 | Eriana Booysens | Investigation into the role Environmental Factors play in bacterial contamination in platelets | ||||||
| Session 10 Theme: Poster presentation Session Venue: King’s Ballroom Chair: Tommy Scanes |
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| Social Function Theme: Gala Dinner – Cuban theme Venue: Greenhouse M: Willem Hechter 19:00 |
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| Breakfast Venue: Hotels 6:308:30 |
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| Session 11 Theme: Ethics Plenary Venue: Warriors’ Hall Chair: Greg Bellairs/Vernon Louw |
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| Presenter | Title | ||||
| 8:30-9:05 | Ames Dhai | Biobanks and Health Databases : Ethics and the Law. | |||
| 9:05-9:40 | Judith Chapman | ISBT Code of Ethics – ethical principles and rules to be observed in the field of transfusion medicine | |||
| 9:40-10:15 | Mark Sonderup/ Brian Custer | Ethical issues around blood donor confidentiality | |||
| Session 12 Theme: Sponsors’ presentations Chair: Ravi Reddy |
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| 10:15-10:21 | Introduction | Ravi Reddy | |||
| 10:21-10:31 | Diamond | Ilex | |||
| 10:31-10:38 | Platinum | Roche | |||
| 10:38-10:45 | Platinum | Viking BCT | |||
| 10:45-10:50 | Gold | Abbott Laboratories | |||
| 10:50-10:55 | Gold | Adcock Ingram Critical Care | |||
| 10:55-11:00 | Gold | Sitetech | |||
| 11:00-11:05 | Gold | The Scientific Group | |||
| 11:05-11:10 | Gold Support Partner | Courierit | |||
| 11:10-11:15 | Gold Support Partner | Globeflight | |||
| Session 13 Theme: Congress Closure and Thanks Venue: Warriors Hall Chair: Marion Vermeulen 11:15-11:20 |
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