Topic: Updates to the ISBT Blood Group Database for Clinical Transfusion Medicine

Presented by

Dr. Sheharyar Raza

MD, FRCPC

Canadian Blood Services

Learning objectives

• Understand the basics of genotyping nomenclature in the ISBT table
• Learn to use the new digitized ISBT BG database for clinical case interpretation
• Gain basic familiarity with genome browsers and navigating them

Registration

TBA

Appraisal

TBA

To be added to the distribution list for the LearnTransfusion series, send an email to learn.transfusion@blood.ca  with “Weekly Transfusion Medicine Seminars” in the subject line. Include your name and complete e-mail address in the body of the e-mail and confirm that you would like to be added to the distribution list for the LearnTransfusion series. You will then receive weekly email notifications of upcoming series events with details on how to join the webinars (e.g.,  link to register for the webinar).

The LearnTransfusion series is the seminar component of the Areas of Focused Competency (AFC)-Diploma Program in Transfusion Medicine. The series, organized by Canadian Blood Services, is also open to all practitioners in the field of Transfusion Medicine. Through a series of regular webinars, trainees and practitioners are exposed to various scientific, technical and clinical aspects of transfusion medicine.