Forty-Ninth ACBTSA Meeting: September 13, 2018
September 13, 2018
The 49th meeting of the ACBTSA was held on September 13, 2018, from 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM EDT at the Crystal City Marriott at Reagan National Airport, 1999 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202. The theme of this meeting was defining a tolerable infectious disease risk in blood safety from a patient’s perspective and will focus on ground work for a subsequent substantive discussion at a future ACBTSA.
Agenda
Thursday, September 13, 2018
TIME | AGENDA ITEM | SPEAKER |
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7:30 AM | Doors Open | |
8:00 AM | Call to Order | Jackie Fredrick, MT(ASCP)SBB, MBA, Hon DB/DPH |
8:10 AM | Roll Call | James Berger, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB |
8:15 AM | FDA/BPAC Update | Emily Storch, MD |
8:30 AM | ACBTSA Sustainability Update | Jay Menitove, MD |
8:50 AM | Purpose of the Meeting | Jackie Fredrick, MT(ASCP)SBB, MBA, Hon DB/DPH |
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9:00 AM | Keynote: Historical Perspective Infectious Disease Risks | Michael P. Busch, MD, PhD |
9:45 AM | Landscape of Infectious Disease Risks | Roger Dodd, PhD |
10:30 AM | Evolution of the HHS and FDA Response to Infectious Disease Threats to Blood Safety | Martin Ruta, PhD, JD |
10:50 AM | Use of Risk Assessments | Richard Forshee, PhD |
11:05 AM | International Perspective Blood Products Risk Management | Dana Devine, MD |
11:30 AM | Morning Break | |
11:45 AM | Risk Perception and Ethics | David Weindler, PhD |
12:30 PM | Lunch | |
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1:30 PM | AABB | Zbigniew Szczepiorkowski, MD |
1:50 PM | Blood Center CMO | Ralph Vassallo, Jr., MD |
2:10 PM | Hospital Transfusion Physician | Aaron Tobian, MD, PhD |
2:30 PM | Afternoon Break | |
2:45 PM | Sickle Cell Disease Association of America (SCDAA) | Gwendolyn Poles, DO |
3:00 PM | Hemophilia Foundation (NHF/Alpha 1] | Mark Skinner, JD |
3:15 PM | Open Public comments | |
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3:30 PM | Discuss key gaps in our understanding of blood safety risk | |
Discuss any consultations of studies needed to facilitate further consideration | ||
Decide if working group is needed to develop recommendations to move forward | ||
5:30 PM | Adjournment |