Home Home Cellular Therapies AABB Center for Cellular Therapies Cellular Therapies Section AABB HUB Consumer Information News Rand Report: Challenges to the Sustainability of the US Public Cord Blood SystemISBT 128 Compliance Audit Tool For Use With CT ProductsCellular Therapies Certificate ProgramHuman Platelet Lysate Project CellSource Professional Tools and Projects Events AABB Annual Meeting eCasts Transfusion Medicine Access Transfusion with yourAABB member login. News AABB News Flash - New FDA Guidance Accepts October 2017 "Circular of Information For The Use of Human Blood and Blood Components"Proposed 1st edition of Standards for Out-of-Hospital Transfusion Administration Services Mary Beth Bassett Begins Term as AABB PresidentIron Stores in Blood Donors Appear to Vary With Race and EthnicityStatement on Iron Management in Blood Donors Resources Circular of Information for the Use of Human Blood and Blood Components Blood Donation Information Blood FAQ AABB HUB Emerging Infectious Disease Agents Donor History QuestionnairesTransfusion News Clinical Resources Transfusion Medicine Section Patient Blood Management White Paper - Building a Better Patient Blood Management Program Patient Blood Management Hospital Certification Patient Blood Management Learning Modules View a video presentation on this popular resource. Additional Select Resources “The Evolving Paradigm of Patient Blood Management” — A “Transfusion” special themed issue AABB’s Choosing Wisely Statement Red Blood Cell Transfusion: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the AABB Patient blood management in cardiac surgery results in fewer transfusions and better outcome (doi/10.1111/trf.12946) (early view) Standards for a Patient Blood Management Program, 1st edition AABB’s Transfusion Medicine Section and Transfusion Safety/Patient Blood Management Subsection Contact the AABB Patient Blood Management Department Contact the AABB Patient Blood Management Department at pbm@aabb.org or +1.301.215.6550 to receive expert advice about ways to engage your colleagues and key clinical leadership to either initiate a patient blood management program or gain momentum within your current program efforts. AABB is committed to providing premier patient blood management resources and services that can assist you and your institution in your efforts to improve the quality of the care you provide and, where possible, to promote evidence-based transfusion medicine best practices. Visit AABB’s Patient Blood Management website to learn more. Calendar of Events Changes to the 31st Edition of Standards for Blood Banks and Transfusion Services (#18EL-300)January 10AABB eCast Transgender Donors: Everything You Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask! (#18EL-301)January 16AABB eCast ISBT 128 Audit Tool for Cellular Therapy (#18EL-309)January 23AABB eCast Utilizing Employee Engagement to Reduce Turnover (#18EL-302)January 24AABB eCast AABB Annual Meeting Highlights Conference & Exhibition in the Middle East 2018January 26 - 27AABB Conference Immunohematology Boot Camp: Drug Induced Hemolytic Anemia (DIHA) (#18EL-305)January 31AABB eCastAABB Standards for Relationship Testing, 13th Edition Changes (#18EL-306)February 1AABB eCast Providing Potentially Incompatible Plasma during Bleeding Emergencies (#18EL-310)February 7AABB eCast Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T Cells: Collection and Manufacturing Challenges (#18EL-311)February 8AABB eCastPBM Metrics- What You Need to Know (#18EL-314)February 22AABB eCast Management of Obstetrical Hemorrhage and Neuro Trauma: One Size Does Not Fit All (#18EL-316)February 28AABB eCast (Hidden) Events 10 / 29 / 2013Event 3 Longer Title10 / 17 / 2013Event 210 / 07 / 2013Event 1 (Hidden) Zika Virus (Hidden) AABB 2015 Annual Meeting Blog Read about what happened in Anaheim What's New AABB News - Nov/Dec 2017AABB Weekly Report - December 15, 2017 AABB News Flash - December 14, 2017New FDA Guidance Accepts October 2017 "Circular of Information For The Use of Human Blood and Blood Components" Hemovigilance Update - Fall 2017 Proposed 1st edition of Standards for Out-of-Hospital Transfusion Administration Services Call for AABB Memorial Award Nominations AABB Opens Search for Next CEO Eduardo Nunes Named AABB’s Vice President, Quality, Standards & Accreditation AABB to Sponsor Middle East Conference in Abu Dhabi in January 2018 AABB HUB (Hidden) AABB Community Recommended Change to 29th Ed. BBTS Standards5/21/15 Expiration Date of a Unit5/18/15 Group O Policy4/24/15 Tweets by @AABB