Transfusion Evidence Round-Up World Kidney Day 2024
Welcome to the quarterly Transfusion Evidence Round-Up. This is a collaboration between the International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) and the Transfusion Evidence Library (TEL). We aim to highlight high-quality evidence randomised controlled trials and systematic reviews about an internationally relevant subject in the field of Transfusion Medicine. All references are drawn from the Transfusion Evidence Library and, where relevant, Stem Cell Evidence.
The Transfusion Evidence Library is produced by the Systematic Review Initiative (SRI) and funded by the four UK blood services. It is available free at the point of access providing a comprehensive and up-to-date database of high-quality evidence in Transfusion Medicine.
The International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) is a scientific society creating a community of transfusion medicine professionals from around the globe. ISBT works towards its vision of "a world of safe and sufficient blood" by undertaking advocacy for patient and donor safety, sharing knowledge to enhance transfusion practice and providing opportunities for education.
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The webinar is free and open to exclusively to ISBT members.
Editorial Board, Transfusion Evidence Round-Up, March 2024.
Dr Faten Moftah Dr Faten Moftah is the current president of the African Society of Blood Transfusion (AfSBT) and executive director of the Egyptian Society of Blood Services. She is also co-chair of the Policy and Practice Improvements working party for the Global Transfusion forum of the AABB. She is a consultant of transfusion medicine for the WHO, CDC, European Union and AfSBT. She has authored and co-authored more than 60 publications, books, guidelines, and papers, and contributed to the restructuring of blood services in several countries including Yemen, Libya, Oman, South Sudan, Uganda, & Ethiopia
Professor Eugene Zhiburt Professor Eugene Zhiburt is professor of Haematology and Blood Transfusion and head of the Department of Blood Transfusion at the Pirogov Russian National Medical Surgical Center, Russia. He received his PhD in 1992 from the Institute of Pulmonology, St Petersburg. His research interests are transfusion medicine organisation, clinical blood transfusion, blood and blood products safety, laboratory diagnostics and transfusion & clinical immunology. He was ISBT Regional Director from 2010-2014.
Dr Kshitija Mittal Dr Kshitija Mittal is Assistant Professor in the Department of Transfusion Medicine at Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India. She has 10 years of experience in the field of Transfusion Medicine with special interest in TTI screening and Apheresis. Her career highlights include being awarded with the ISBT Harold Gunson Fellowship at ISBT Cancun in 2012 and ISBT Malaysia 2022, being Assistant Editor for the third edition of the Indian government Transfusion Medicine Technical Manual, Assistant Editor of the PubMed-indexed Asian Journal of Transfusion Science from 2013-2017 and has a total of 32 publications.
