AABB eCasts

What To Do When Your Freezers Are Full: Strategies for Optimizing Cellular Therapy Product Cryopreservation and Storage (25EL-517)

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Event details

Cellular therapy products are cryopreserved and stored in liquid nitrogen freezers for subsequent transplantation into recipients. Storage duration is variable but is typically a few weeks to a few years. Unused products may continue to be stored for many decades after the recipient has been transplanted due to a lack of careful management of product inventory and storage capacity as well as the inability or unwillingness to enforce disposition agreements. Discarding products for recipients that are still alive or whose status is unknown is not an option which complicates inventory management. The goal of this eCast is to present strategies for optimizing cellular therapy product cryopreservation and storage. The logistical and legal considerations for implementing these various strategies will be discussed. 

Presented by 

Yvette Tanhehco, PhD, MD, MS, CABP
Director/Moderator/Speaker 
Medical Director, Cellular Therapy Laboratory, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center 
New York, NY 

Brenda Alder, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB, CABP(H) 
Speaker 
Lab Quality and Regulatory Manager, Northside Hospital System  
Atlanta, GA 

Learning objectives 

After participating in this educational activity, participants should be able to: 

  • Describe the challenges associated with cellular therapy product cryopreservation and storage. 
  • Discuss strategies for maximizing cellular therapy product storage capacity. 
  • Discuss logistical and legal considerations for the implementation of various strategies for maximizing cellular therapy product storage capacity. 
  • Apply regulatory and accreditation standards to cellular therapy product cryopreservation and storage. 

Registration 

Registration includes access to both the live and on-demand version of this eCast. Registration for the live eCast will close 1 hour prior to the eCast start time. If you register after this time, you will receive access to the on-demand eCast when it is available. 

For additional information and to register as a single viewer or group, visit the AABB event webpage. Please note: Registration fees are required for AABB events.