First Announcement and Final Programme of the 18th Regional Congress in Hanoi, Vietnam in 2007
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History of the International Society of Blood Transfusion
The International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) is a scientific society founded in 1935. The society aims to promote the study of blood transfusion, and to spread the know-how about the manner in which blood transfusion medicine and science best can serve the patient's interests. The society's central office is in Amsterdam, and there are over 1700 members in around 100 countries. Currently, the President of the ISBT Board of Directors is Martin L. Olsson.
The Society organizes an international congress every even-numbered year and two regional congresses in odd years, one in Europe and one in another continent. ISBT advocates standardisation and harmonisation in the field of blood transfusion. The other major impact on the transfusion community is the classification of various Human blood group systems under a common nomenclature. ISBT's coordination also extends to obtaining donors with rare antigens, a process that often involves international searches, and a common terminology is critical to that process.
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2006 - Congress - 29th International, Capetown, South Africa
Final Announcement and Final Programme of the 29th International Congress in Cape Town, South Africa in 2006
2005 - Congress - 16th Regional, Bangkok, Thailand
First Announcement and Final Programme of the 16th Regional Congress in Bangkok, Thailand in 2005
2005 - Congress - 9th European (15th Regional), Athens, Greece
Final Announcement and Final Programme of the 9th European (15th Regional) Congress in Athens, Greece in 2005