2008 AABB Audioconferences

The following is a list of AABB audioconferences that will be hosted by the Kentucky Blood Center at our headquarters in Lexington, Kentucky. 

This is a perfect opportunity to participate in a quality program and earn continuing education credits at the same time.  CE credits and attendance verifications will be available online after each program. 

There will be an invitation sent out to hospital partners as a reminder prior to each event, but for your planning purposes the full list is provided below.  All conferences will be held at The Kentucky Blood Center, 3121 Beaumont Centre Circle (Lexington) in the Community Room from 2 to 3:30pm.

If you have any questions, please call Debbie Bowman (859-519-3717) or Susan Windsor (859-519-3736) at The Kentucky Blood Center.

April 2          

Changes to the 25^th Edition of Standards

May 14         

Preparing Effective Training Material for Your Organization

June 10        

Leadership Management Series:  Keys to Strategic Planning

(second in a series of four – first conference was in February)

June 18        

Tracking Blood Electronically:  The Future is Here

July 9           

Inventory and Clinical Management of Blood Products in Critical Shortages and Emergency Release

Aug. 19         Leadership Management Series:  Financial Management:  Budgeting, Financing, and Interpreting Financial Documents

(third in a series of four)

Sept. 10       

Managing Massive Transfusion:  Clinical and Blood Bank Perspectives

Sept. 17       

What’s New in Platelet Products?

Oct. 29         

Dealing with Extraneous Results in Serologic Testing

Nov. 18        

Leadership Management Series:  Effective Tools for Resource Management (fourth in a series of four)

Nov. 19        

Platelet Refractoriness:  Causes and Treatments Hospital and Blood Provider-Driven Blood Management:  A Unique and Creative Joint Venture

Dec. 10        

Differential Diagnosis of Suspected Pulmonary Transfusion Reactions