23EL-878 On-Demand eCast: Immunohematology Boot Camp: Titer Method and Clinical Application

Live Program Date: Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Program Number: 23EL-878

Educational Track: Technical/Clinical
Topics: Blood Donation & Collection, Patient Transfusion
Intended Audience: Hospital Blood Banks, Immunohematology Reference Labs (IRL’s), Laboratory Staff, Managers/Supervisors, Medical Directors, Residents/Fellows, Technologists, Transfusion Safety Officers
Teaching Level: Basic, Intermediate

Faculty
(titles and affiliations at the time of the live program)
Director: Samantha (Clem) Radtke, MLS(ASCP)cmSBBcm, Manager, Immunohematology Reference Laboratory, American Red Cross, Ft Wayne, IN
Moderator: Kerry O’Brien, MD, Blood Bank Medical Director, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Assistant Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Speakers: Suzanne M. Davisson, BS, SBB(ASCP)CM, Team Lead Laboratory Scientist, Immunohematology Reference Laboratory/HLA Laboratory, Versiti Indiana, Indianapolis, IN
Scott A. Shainker, DO, MS, The Annie and Chase Koch Chair in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Director, New England Center for Placental Disorders, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Program Description
Antibody titrations can be helpful in-patient management in the setting of pregnancy, hematopoietic transplant, solid organ transplant, and in the work-up of complex antibody cases. Suzanne Davisson will focus on lab techniques for titrations and different applications of titrations, such as prenatal testing, DTT-treated plasma titrations for transplant, and identification of high-titer-low-avidity antibodies. Dr. Shainker will discuss the use of titers from the MFM perspective and how they use them to determine screening for fetal anemia. The speakers will discuss various titer techniques and their applications, provide more in-depth discussion of titer application in the prenatal setting and provide case studies.

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

• Identify uses of antibody titration.
• Choose titration techniques that best match the clinical indication.
• Choose the proper antibody titration technique/proper cells and interpret challenging cases.
• Describe the application of antibody titers as it relates to screening for fetal anemia.

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