ISBT Corporate Partner Webinar: Sickle Cell and Transfusion: Bridging the Gap in Patient Care

 Aim of the webinar: 

• Understand transfusion difficulties in sickle cell disease and implement appropriate analyses.
• Prevent, diagnose and treat post-transfusion hemolysis in patients with sickle cell disease

Level of education required:  

3-5

What knowledge is required? 

• Basic immuno hematology, basic red blood cell physiology and pathophysiology
• Knowledge of basic transfusion protocols

We'd recommend you to read the below publications before the webinar

• Thein SL, Pirenne F, Fasano RM, Habibi A, Bartolucci P, Chonat S, Hendrickson JE, Stowell SR. Hemolytic transfusion reactions in sickle cell disease: underappreciated and potentially fatal. Haematologica. 2020 Mar;105(3):539-544. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2019.224709. Epub 2020 Feb 6. PMID: 32029505; PMCID: PMC7049330.
• Chou ST, Alsawas M, Fasano RM, Field JJ, Hendrickson JE, Howard J, Kameka M, Kwiatkowski JL, Pirenne F, Shi PA, Stowell SR, Thein SL, Westhoff CM, Wong TE, Akl EA. American Society of Hematology 2020 guidelines for sickle cell disease: transfusion support. Blood Adv. 2020 Jan 28;4(2):327-355. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2019001143. PMID: 31985807; PMCID: PMC6988392.
• Pirenne F, Yazdanbakhsh K. How I safely transfuse patients with sickle-cell disease and manage delayed hemolytic transfusion reactions. Blood. 2018 Jun 21;131(25):2773-2781. doi: 10.1182/blood-2018-02-785964. Epub 2018 May 3. PMID: 29724898; PMCID: PMC6014354.
• Chou ST, Hendrickson JE. How I Treat Challenging Transfusion Cases in Sickle Cell Disease. Blood. 2024 May 10:blood.2023023648. doi: 10.1182/blood.2023023648. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38728382.

Target audience

Scientists, blood bankers, transfusion practitioners, practitioners in immuno hematology laboratory

Please be aware that if you attend the webinar, your data will be shared with Grifols Diagnostic. If you do not want your data to be shared, please send us an email at [email protected].

The Speakers

France Pirenne

Head of Transfusion and Pathologies of the Red Blood Cell, Mondor Biomedical Research Institute, Creteil, France

Greg Denomme

Director of Medical Affairs at Grifols Diagnostic Solutions, Grifols Diagnostic Solutions

Dr. Denomme is a life-long career scientist in transfusion medicine. He has post-graduate training in immunohematology, obtained a doctorate in microbiology and immunology, and completed postdoctoral fellowships in platelet immunology and pathology and molecular medicine. Dr. Denomme recently transitioned to Director of Medical Affairs at Grifols Diagnostic Solutions.