Session 3: Clinical Transfusion
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Plenary Hall
| Thursday, October 9, 2025 |
| 1:20 PM - 2:30 PM |
Details
This session focuses on key aspects of clinical transfusion practice, including the role of the transfusion practitioner, strategies for managing preoperative anemia, and considerations in pediatric transfusion. It will offer an overview of current practices, challenges, and evolving perspectives in optimizing patient blood management across diverse clinical settings.
Speaker
Ms. Rachel Moss
Senior Transfusion Practitioner
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Role of Transfusion Practitioner in transfusion practice
1:20 PM - 1:40 PMBiography
Prof. Lin Fung
Professor of Medical Laboratory Science
University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Preoperative anemia management
1:40 PM - 2:00 PMBiography
Lin FUNG is the Professor of Medical Laboratory Science at University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC) in Queensland, Australia. She lectures into Haematology, Blood Banking and Transfusion Science, and leads the OptiBlood Research team at UniSC. Lin is currently supervising 4 PhD and 1 MSc transfusion related projects while also conducting her own research looking into Donors & Donation Practices in Asia. Her research interests include TRALI, cryo-preserved and refrigerated platelets, blood management, and donors & donation practices. She is an active ISBT member and has been the Chair of the Granulocyte Immunobiology Working Party, Regional Director of Western Pacific, Vice-President and is presently the ISBT President-Elect.
Dr. Shadhiya Al Khan
Consultant Hematopathologist and Transfusion Medicine
Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, University Medical City
Pediatric transfusion practice: Evidence, Myths and Emerging Horizons
2:00 PM - 2:20 PMBiography
Session Moderator
Sabria Alhashami
Senior Consultant Haematologist
The Royal Hospital
Aziza Hammadi
President
Arab Transfusion Medicine Forum
