AM22-04-O - AM22-04-O: (On-Demand) Oral Abstract Session- Infectious Disease (Enduring)

Learning Objectives:

• Assess impact of lowering deferral period to 3 months from one year for multiple donor questions on the rates of donor deferral and positive donor markers, stratified by first time and repeat donor status.
• Explore novel applications of the monocyte monolayer assay, usually used for identifying clinical significance of red cell alloantibodies, for studying opsonic phagocytosis of both sexual and asexual stages of Plasmodium falciparum.

Moderator(s):

• Scott Koepsell, MD PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center
• Jed B. Gorlin, MD, MBA, Innovative Blood Resources, division of New York Blood Center

Speaker(s):

• Sandra Ramirez-Arcos, MSc, PhD, ARMCCM, Canadian Blood Services
• James Haynes, MPH, MBA, American Red Cross
• Brian Custer, PhD. MPH, Vitalant Research Institute
• Aidan Biondi, Brown University