Live Program Date: Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Program Number: 25EL-561

Educational Track: Technical/Clinical
Topics: Blood Donation & Collection, Patient Transfusion
Intended Audience: Facilities that perform molecular testing, Hospital Blood Banks, Hospitals, Immunohematology Reference Labs (IRL’s), Laboratory Staff, Managers/Supervisors, Medical Directors, Nurses, Physicians, Residents/Fellows, Students (MD, MT, SBB), Technologists, Transfusion Safety Officers

Faculty
(titles and affiliations at the time of the live program)
Directors/Moderator: Hind Kurbaj, MS, SBB(ASCP)^CM, Program Director, Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Speaker: Linda Song, MD, MSPH, Assistant Professor, Transfusion Medicine Physician, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Program Description
This program will provide an overview of warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia (WAIHA), including clinical laboratory presentation and clinical management. The speaker will conclude with case-based reviews.

Learning Objectives
After participating in this educational activity, participants should be able to:

Discuss the pathogenesis and mechanism of red cell destruction and autoantibody production.
Differential between the various Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia.
Explain the clinical assessment and laboratory tests of WAIHA.
Review treatment options and therapeutic approaches.

How to Claim Continuing Education Credit

Single Viewers: if you registered as a single viewer, complete the evaluation found on the "CE Information" tab after watching the video. By submitting the evaluation, you are attesting to watching the presentation in its entirety.

Group Viewers: This is applicable for groups/facilities that purchased Group Viewing access for this program (registration will be verified prior to processing a group viewing attendance log). Group Viewing Coordinators should submit the attendance log to eLearning@aabb.org within 72 hours of the completion/viewing date. Once AABB receives an attendance log, each participant on the attendance log will be granted access as a single viewer to this program and will be required to complete the evaluation in order to claim continuing education credit. Each participant will be required to have an AABB account in order to access this program/platform. If a participant does not have an account, he/she can create one using the same email address provided on the attendance log.

Linda Song MD, MSPH

Appearances