Free
ISBT MEMBERS ONLY
Aim of the webinar:
The session will focus on two areas, the 2025 Platelet Transfusion AABB Clinical Practice Guidelines and cold stored platelets including available data on quality and use, current regulations, results of a regional survey on interest as well as recent studies from the military, in vitro clot formation studies and civilian practice.
Level of education required:
3 - intermediate (practical application)
What knowledge is required?
A basic knowledge of platelets and transfusion thresholds would be helpful. No advanced reading is required.
Target audience
Blood bank physicians, transfusion practitioners, medical technologists, nurses, physicians and advanced practice providers who prescribe platelet transfusions.
The Speakers
Richard R. Gammon
Dr. Richard Gammon is the Medical Director of Transfusion Medicine and the Blood Bank at Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute in Tampa, Florida. He received his medical degree at Drexel University. He completed residency training in Clinical Pathology at The Ohio State University and fellowship training in Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine at the University of Virginia Medical Center. Dr. Gammon has board certifications in Clinical Pathology as well as Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine. He is a member of the faculty of the University of Central Florida College of Medicine faculty and the University of South Florida. Dr. Gammon is active in AABB, ISBT as the Clinical Transfusion Working Party chair and the President of the South Central Association of Blood Banks.
Ruchika Goel
