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Blood Banking Boot Camp Program Overview

Program Description

Red blood cells contain hundreds of antigens. Blood transfusion practices are designed to allow the safe transfusion of blood and blood products by limiting and removing exposure to foreign antigens during transfusion procedures. The following presentation provides a brief overview of the major blood group systems and their associated antigens as well as an overview of the principles and techniques used to help identify them.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of the workshop, the participant will be able to:

  • Identify the major blood group systems and their associated antigens
  • Explain the principles and techniques used to help identify these antigens

Level of Instruction

  • Intermediate

P.A.C.E. Statement

Blood Systems, Inc. is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.® Program

In 1977, P.A.C.E.® was established by the American Society of Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS) to stimulate and serve as the quality assurance mechanism for continuing education programs offered to clinical laboratory professionals. ASCLS strongly supports continuing education opportunities to increase and enhance professional knowledge and ongoing proficiency. P.A.C.E.® ensures that the continuing education programs offered to clinical laboratory professionals maintain high standards of quality and professional acceptability.

Contact hours

  • Completion of this program will provide 3 contact hours of continuing education credit.

Speaker Credentials

Donna Wacker, MT(ASCP)SBB. Donna is currently a Manufacturing Process Specialist focusing on Center Testing in the Manufacturing Processes Department at Blood Systems in Scottsdale, AZ.

Technical Requirements and Assistance

To view the program material, you need a computer with a supported web browser and a dial-up or better internet connection. The supported operating systems and web browsers are:

Operating Systems

  • Windows 2000, XP, Vista
  • MacOS X 10.4 or later
  • Linux 2.6 with KDE or Gnome

Web Browsers

  • Internet Explorer 6 or later
  • Firefox 2 or later
  • Safari 3 or later
  • Opera 9 or later

Technical Support

Content Questions

  • Please contact Donna Wacker at (480) 675-5595 for questions regarding this program.
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