SCABB WEBINARS (SCABBinars)

 


 

What is a SCABBinar?  

SCABBinar's are one hour webinars that take on cutting edge topics, as well as tried and true topics reinforcing grass roots information at every level. We offer FIVE per year and all are P.A.C.E. and Florida CE Broker approved.

One of the greatest benefits a SCABB membership offers is access to high quality educational programs. SCABBinar's are just one of the ways South Central delivers on that promise.

 


 
SCABBinar's are FREE to Members!

SCABB Individual, Physician and Student members receive ALL SCABBinars throughout the year at NO CHARGE.

 


 SCABBinar Schedule

The SCABB Education Committee continues to work hard on the 2025 Education Calendar. As soon as new SCABBinar information is released it will be available here so check back often!

 

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PAST EVENTS

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July 10, 2025

12:00pm ET | 11:00am CT | 10:00 am MT | 9:00am PT

Speakers:  Featuring the 2025 Sol Haberman Award Winner and Selected Oral Abstracts presented at the recent 2025 SCABB Annual Meeting.

This SCABBinar is FREE to members and non-members!


 

June 23, 2025

12:00pm ET | 11:00am CT | 10:00am MT | 9:00am PT

 Speakers:    "Nonie"  Wyenona Hicks, MS, MLS(ASCP)SBB Author/Educator Let's Learn Blood Bank, LLC

                         Michelle Palk, BS/BA, MT (ASCP), SBB (ASCP) Senior Director Reference & Transfusion
                         Services West Territory, Vitalant

Presentation: Charting Your Course Careers in Medical Laboratory Science

Description:   Two experienced blood bankers will describe their careers, provide recommendations for people new to the field what they can do to advance their careers, and answer questions related to those topics.

Objectives:      

1. List three different career trajectories for someone interested in the field of blood banking
2. Describe additional training that might advance the career of someone with an MLS degree
3. Explain how someone with a high school diploma can begin a career in blood banking


  

March 27, 2025

12:00pm ET | 11:00am CT | 10:00am MT | 9:00am PT

  


Speakers:  Naghena Ghulam, BS, SBB(ASCP), Shawn Durrant, MT, OneBlood, Inc.

Presentation:  Wrestling Antibody Identification Using Specialized Techniques

Description:  During this presentation, attendees will go through two case studies that show different techniques used to identify antibodies and MMA to determine the significance.  Suitable for audiences beginner to intermediate.

This is an excellent opportunity to keep up with techniques and approaches for identifying antibodies.

CE:  1 PACE / FL CE Broker credit. 


 
 
January 9, 2025
12:00pm ET | 11:00am CT | 10:00am MT | 9:00am PT

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Speaker:   Martin Grabel, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer
                 OneBlood, Inc.
                 

Presentation:  Cyber Security in Healthcare Organizations

Objectives:

1. Discuss how to recognize that a cyber-security attack has happened.
2. Describe ways to mitigate the threat of a cyber-security attack.
3. List potential consequences of cyber-security attacks.

Description:

People have traditionally thought that nonprofit healthcare organizations were unlikely to be targets of cyber-security attacks, but as such attacks increase, it is clear that any organization can be affected.  This presentation will review the events of a recent major cyber-security attack and offer advice for how to avoid, how to recognize, and how to respond to such attacks.

 


 

 

 
November November 14, 2024November 14, 2024
 
12:00pm ET | 11:00am CT | 10:00am MT | 9:00am PT
11:00am CT | 10:00am MT | 9

 


Speaker:   Richard Benjamin, MD, PhD, FRCPath
                  Cerus Corporation
                  Chief Medical Officer

 Presentation: An Update on Red Cell Pathogen Reduction

 Objectives: 

  • Describe the process for red cell pathogen reduction and contrast it to platelet pathogen reduction.
  • Discuss the most recent results of the ReCePI clinical trial.
  • List future opportunities for red cell pathogen reduction clinical trials

  Description:

Red Blood Cell (RBC pathogen reduction with amustaline (S-303) /glutathione (GSH) is in late stage development, funded by a contract with the DHHS,  Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA). Phase III clinical trials investigating chronic RBC transfusion in thalassemia patients (the  SPARC trial) and acute transfusion in cardiovascular surgery (the ReCePI study) have been completed and a large Phase III safety trial in general transfusion patients (the RedeS study) is underway. This presentation will describe the promising results from these trials and the proposed pathway forward to regulatory approval. A robust system for pathogen reduction of RBCs will complement existing approved processes for platelets, plasma and cryoprecipitate, allowing broad spectrum pathogen reduction as an additional safety measure for all transfused blood products. 



 
12:00pm ET | 11:00am CT | 10February 8, 2024
12:00pm ET | 11:00am CT | 10:00am MT | 9:00am PT


Speaker:   
Jose F. Quesada MS, MLS(ASCP)CMSBB

                 South Texas Blood & Tissue
                 Sr. Director Manufacturing, Transfusion Services, and IRL

Presentation: Overcoming the Challenge of Platelet Shortages

Objectives:

  • Provide the background on our donor population.
  • Review the strategies developed to overcome the platelet shortage.
  • Discussed the production of cold stored platelets and pool platelets.

 Description:

We have been experiencing a decline in our donor population over the last few years as well as an increase in the demand for products. I will present some data to show our stats for South Texas Blood and Tissue. To support the increased demand, strategies were developed to ensure the Health Care Providers and patients have the necessary blood products to manage their needs. We validated a couple of products: the cold stored platelets and the pool platelets to help with the increase demand.

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