AABB2026: AABB Accepting Questions for ‘Ask the Standards’ Annual Meeting Session

AABB invites Annual Meeting attendees to submit questions for the “Ask the Standards” session at the 2026 AABB Annual Meeting, taking place Oct. 17-19 in Atlanta. Attendees may submit questions via email by Oct. 10.

During the session, representatives from AABB’s standards committees will provide an overview of new and changed requirements in the forthcoming 13th edition of Standards for Biotherapy Services and second edition of Standards for Emergency Prehospital and Scheduled Out-of-Hospital Transfusion Services. Representatives will discuss the scientific, clinical and regulatory rationale for the changes and how the revised requirements affect laboratory operations, transfusion services, clinical practice and quality management systems.

The session will also provide an overview of AABB’s interprofessional standards development process and an opportunity for representatives to answer questions submitted by AABB members.

Questions about any AABB standards are welcome, although representatives from other standards committees will not serve as designated speakers during the session.