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VOLUME 79 July 2017 Hostel-A, NISTE Building, Off Sufi Tabassum Road, Sector H-8/1, Islamabad, Pakistan Tel: 051-9250307-8, Fax: 051-9250309, Email: [email protected], Website: www.sbtp.gov.pk, Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sbtp.pk Twitter: www.twitter.com/sbtp_pk 27th Regional Congress of the International Society of Blood Transfusion at Copenhagen, Denmark The 27th Regional Congress of the International Society of Blood Transfusions was held from June 17-21, 2017 in Copenhagen, Denmark. More than 3,000 delegates from all over the world participated in the Congress. Participants from Pakistan included a number of experts from the public and private sector. More than 10 poster presentations were made from Pakistan. The Congress provided an excellent opportunity for getting updates on the recent developments in the sector and for networking. Editorial The ISBT Regional Congress was recently held in Copenhagen. ISBT is the most important platform for the blood transfusion stakeholders throughout the world. In the Copenhagen meeting, Pakistan was represented by a sizeable delegation comprising of experts from the public and private sector. Scientific work from many centers in Pakistan was presented in the Poster sessions of the Congress. The Congress also provided an excellent opportunity for networking and developing collaborations. Details of these interactions are described in this edition of the newsletter. The regulation of the blood transfusion sector is being strengthening in Pakistan. This edition also includes a Report on the Board meeting of the Punjab Blood Transfusion Authority. The meeting was chaired by the Punjab Health Minister and reviewed the progress of the Authority. Strengthening of an Authority which regulates such a huge BT workload augurs well for the provision of access to safe blood in the province. The newsletter also includes report of various BT activities conducted in different parts of the country by the public and private sector partners. Regular activities on various aspects of BT in different cities is an encouraging sign especially in view of the fact that many of these activities are conducted independently by the partners and not just through the Safe Blood Transfusion Programme. The SBTP is using the social media to connect with the partners and the society. You can now learn more about our activities through Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Do provide us your feedback on our activities and also our Social Media coverage to help us improve our activities and its reporting. Prof. Hasan Abbas Zaheer National Coordinator Meetings with Asahi-Kasei The SBTP team held detailed meetings with the Asahi-Kasei team led by Mike Sasai and included George Circus, Alessandro Da Pieve, Paul Jeffery and Maniko-San and discussed the recent visits by Asahi-Kasei team members to Pakistan for improving the transfusion management of the thalassemia patients in Pakistan. The experience and the results of the joint research study conducted recently in Pakistan were also analyzed. It was agreed that the Asahi-Kasei team would visit Lahore in July 2017 to further expand the earlier pilot study. The SBTP leader briefed the Asahi team about the SBTP efforts to contain the thalassemia epidemic in Pakistan and improve the access and quality of transfusion services to these patients. Asahi-Kasei committed to work with the SBTP and support its efforts to promote blood safety in Pakistan especially for the welfare of the thalassemia patients. Meeting with Angela Cucchietti, DiaSorin In a meeting with DiaSorin, the SBTP team discussed the continuation of collaboration between the two partners and identified three new studies to jointly work on including; Prevalence of Syphilis in Blood Donors in Pakistan, Prevalence of HBV & HCV infection among multi- transfused thalassemia patients and Prevalence of Hepatitis E in Blood Donors in Pakistan. It was also agreed that the Poster presentation on comparison study of the screening kits performed with the support of DiaSorin was very well received in the ISBT Copenhagen Poster session. The SBTP will now write up the study and have it published in a journal of international repute. The progress on the publication of the earlier joint study on HBsAg Mutant was also discussed. The study has now been accepted for publication in Plos One. Meeting with Charles Landry, Abbott Diagnostics The international football star Christiano Ronaldo and Abbott Diagnostics are partnering for global promotion of regular voluntary blood donations through the “Be The 1” campaign. During the ISBT Copenhagen, the SBTP and Abbott Diagnostics team (Charles Landry, Reena Zachariah and Hussam Yahia) held detailed discussions and agreed to use the Ronaldo message in Pakistan also for strengthening the national voluntary blood donation campaign. Meeting with LMB The SBTP technical team had detailed meeting with the LMB experts and discussed the experience of using the LMB equipment in the Regional Blood Centers developed in the Phase I of the project. It was agreed that LMB would provide some of their new products for use in the PIMS blood bank for evaluation & feedback.
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27th Regional Congress of the International Society of Blood Transfusion at Copenhagen, Denmark
The 27th Regional Congress of the International Society of Blood Transfusions was held from June 17-21, 2017 in Copenhagen, Denmark. More than 3,000 delegates from all over the world participated in the Congress. Participants from Pakistan included a number of experts from the public and private sector. More than 10 poster presentations were made from Pakistan. The Congress provided an excellent opportunity for getting updates on the recent developments in the sector and for networking.
Editorial
The ISBT Regional Congress was recently held in Copenhagen. ISBT is the most important platform for the blood transfusion stakeholders throughout the world. In the Copenhagen meeting, Pakistan was represented by a sizeable delegation comprising of experts from the public and private sector. Scientific work from many centers in Pakistan was presented in the Poster sessions of the Congress. The Congress also provided an excellent opportunity for networking and developing collaborations. Details of these interactions are described in this edition of the newsletter.
The regulation of the blood transfusion sector is being strengthening in Pakistan. This edition also includes a Report on the Board meeting of the Punjab Blood Transfusion Authority. The meeting was chaired by the Punjab Health Minister and reviewed the progress of the Authority. Strengthening of an Authority which regulates such a huge BT workload augurs well for the provision of access to safe blood in the province.
The newsletter also includes report of various BT activities conducted in different parts of the country by the public and private sector partners. Regular activities on various aspects of BT in different cities is an encouraging sign especially in view of the fact that many of these activities are conducted independently by the partners and not just through the Safe Blood Transfusion Programme.
The SBTP is using the social media to connect with the partners and the society. You can now learn more about our activities through Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Do provide us your feedback on our activities and also our Social Media coverage to help us improve our activities and its reporting.
Prof. Hasan Abbas Zaheer National Coordinator
Meetings with Asahi-Kasei
The SBTP team held detailed meetings with the Asahi-Kasei team led by Mike Sasai and included George Circus, Alessandro Da Pieve, Paul Jeffery and Maniko-San and discussed the recent visits by Asahi-Kasei team members to Pakistan for improving the transfusion management of the thalassemia patients in Pakistan. The experience and the results of the joint research study conducted recently in Pakistan were also analyzed. It was agreed that the Asahi-Kasei team would visit Lahore in July 2017 to further expand the earlier pilot study. The SBTP leader briefed the Asahi team about the SBTP efforts to contain the thalassemia epidemic in Pakistan and improve the access and quality of transfusion services to these patients. Asahi-Kasei committed to work with the SBTP and support its efforts to promote blood safety in Pakistan especially for the welfare of the thalassemia patients.
Meeting with Angela Cucchietti, DiaSorin
In a meeting with DiaSorin, the SBTP
team discussed the continuation of collaboration between the two partners and identified three new studies to jointly work on including; Prevalence of Syphilis in Blood Donors in Pakistan, Prevalence of HBV & HCV infection among multi-transfused thalassemia patients and Prevalence of Hepatitis E in Blood Donors in Pakistan. It was also agreed that the Poster presentation on comparison study of the screening kits performed with the support of DiaSorin was very well received in the ISBT Copenhagen Poster session. The SBTP will now write up the study and have it published in a journal of international repute. The progress on the publication of the earlier joint study on HBsAg Mutant was also discussed. The study has now been accepted for publication in Plos One.
Meeting with Charles Landry, Abbott Diagnostics
The international football star Christiano Ronaldo and Abbott Diagnostics are partnering for global promotion of regular voluntary blood donations through the “Be The 1” campaign. During the ISBT Copenhagen, the SBTP and Abbott Diagnostics team (Charles Landry, Reena Zachariah and Hussam Yahia) held detailed discussions and agreed to use the Ronaldo message in Pakistan also for strengthening the national voluntary blood donation campaign.
Meeting with LMB
The SBTP technical team had detailed meeting with the LMB experts and discussed the experience of using the LMB equipment in the Regional Blood Centers developed in the Phase I of the project. It was agreed that LMB would provide some of their new products for use in the PIMS blood bank for evaluation & feedback.
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Meeting with Dr. George Dawson,
Abbott Diagnostics
The SBTP team held discussions with Dr.
George Dawson, Abbott Diagnostic USA
to finalize the research collaboration
between the two organizations.
Meeting with WHO EMRO
Prof. H. A Zaheer and Usman Waheed held detailed discussions with Dr. Yetmgetta Abdullah from WHO EMRO and discussed the updates on the joint activities in Pakistan. WHO provides very valuable technical assistance to the SBTP and WHO experts frequently visit Pakistan also. The current focus of the WHO in Pakistan is on strengthening the BT Regulation system in addition to voluntary blood promotion and capacity building.
Meeting of the President of the National Societies
Meeting with the Italian Thalassemia Prevention Expert,
Prof. Paolo Rebulla
Prof. Rebulla from Italy is an internationally renowned expert who has made substantial contribution in eradicating thalassemia from Italy. Prof. Zaheer has a meeting with Prof. Rebulla in the Scientific Exhibition in ISBT Copenhagen and exchanged views about the thalassemia scenario in Pakistan and the achievements of the blood programmme in Pakistan. Prof. Rebulla shared his experiences and it was agreed that a detailed meeting would be held in the next ISBT Congress in Gongzhu, China in November 2017.
Meeting with Bangladesh BT Team
Prof. H.A Zaheer, National Coordinator, SBTP met the Bangladesh delegation led by Dr. Mazhur-ul-Haq, National Program Manager and Dr. Daud Adnan, Deputy Program Manager. The Bangladesh team invited Pakistan Blood Programme to attend the forthcoming AATM Conference in Dhaka in November 2017. Dr. Mazhar also invited Prof. Zaheer to make a presentation in the AATM Council meeting and share the experiences of the 2015 AATM Conference held in Islamabad, Pakistan. The Bangladesh organizers encouraged the Pakistani experts to attend the Dhaka meeting and present their work in the scientific programme.
The ISBT President Dr. Ravi Reddy and ISBT Executive Director Judith Chapman chaired the meeting of the President of the National Societies during the ISBT Copenhagen Congress. Prof. Zaheer represented Pakistan in the meeting. Discussions were held on the various activities and programs of the National Societies supported by the ISBT Academy. More than 40 participants from various countries participated in the breakfast meeting.
SBTP meeting with Dr. Mahtab from
IBTO, Iran
Meeting with Dr. Parveen Pathak
from Australian Red Cross
Meeting with Griffols
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Health Minister Chairs Punjab BTA Board Meeting
Khawaja Salman Rafique, Punjab Health Minster chaired the meeting of the Punjab
Blood Transfusion Authority on July 06, 2017 in the Punjab Secretariat, Lahore. The
Secretary Punjab BTA Dr. M. Athar presented an update on the progress of the BTA
and informed that so far 256 blood centers have been registered and licenses have
been granted to 56 blood centers. The Minister appreciated the performance of the
BTA and added that it should open offices in Multan and Rawalpindi also and appoint
more inspectors to increase the coverage. He stressed that BTA focus should be on
strengthening of blood banks through a structured capacity building system rather
than closing them down. He also announced that CLIA/ELIZA technology would be
introduced in the 122 public sector blood centers to strengthen the screening system.
The Board members expressed their views and provided useful suggestions to
improve the regulation of the blood banks in Punjab. Prof. H.A Zaheer, Chairman,
Islamabad Blood Transfusion Authority was also especially invited to the meeting.
Prof. Zaheer congratulated the Minister on the recent approval of the Punjab Blood
Safety Law and the measures taken to institutionalize the regulation of the blood
sector in the province. He also offered the Punjab BTA to utilize the inspection tools
and systems developed by the IBTA and adopt them in Punjab as they are well suited
to the national needs and requirements. On the sidelines of the BTA meeting, Prof.
Zaheer also updated the Health Minister on the progress of the SBTP and discussed
the issues related to Punjab.
Hospital Transfusion Committee Meeting at the Blood Bank, DHQ Teaching Hospital, Mirpur
A meeting of the Hospital Transfusion Committee (HTC) was held
at the Blood Bank, DHQ Teaching Hospital, Mirpur. The meeting
was chaired by Dr. Farooq Ahmed Noor, Medical Superintendent.
Other participants included experts and specialists from DHQ
Teaching Hospital, Mirpur and the Safe Blood Transfusion
Programme Pakistan. The meeting was organized to increase the
awareness of the new concept of transfusion services focusing on
component therapy rather than fresh whole blood and
establishment of Blood Bank at new site within DHQTH, Mirpur.
The decisions taken at the meeting included that DHQTH Mirpur
will be upgraded from the SBT project Phase II which is German
funded project and in the month of August, a training workshop
will also be organized in DHQTH, Mirpur by the WHO and the
SBTP Islamabad on Rational Use of Blood Components.
SBTP Posters Presented at the Congress
1. Evaluation Of Hbcab And Hbsag In Comparison With Polymerase Chain Reaction For The Diagnosis Of Hepatitis B Virus Infection
2. Evaluation Of Rapid Screening Tests For Syphilis In Islamabad, Pakistan
3. Red Cell Alloimmunization Among Transfusion-Dependent Thalassemia Patients In Islamabad, Pakistan
4. Epidemiology Of Torque Teno Virus In Blood Donors And Its Implication On Blood Safety
5. Incidence Of Hepatitis B And C Viruses In Patients With Beta-Thalassemia In Islamabad, Pakistan
6. Evaluation And Diagnostic Effectiveness Of Tti Screening Kits In Pakistan
7. Evaluation Of Blood Requisition And Utilization Practices At A Tertiary Care Hospital Blood Bank In Islamabad, Pakistan
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Workshop on Clinical Use of Blood organized by WHO & SBTP in Gilgit RBC
The Regional Blood Centre, Gilgit hosted a training workshop on the Clinical Use of Blood for clinicians and physicians of the Gilgit Baltistan (GB) region in July. The workshop was organized by the Safe Blood Transfusion Programme with the support of the World Health Organization. The Gilgit RBC has been developed through the KFW grant from the German government. The workshop facilitators included Dr. Syed Imtiaz Hasan, Consultant Pathologist, FGSH, Dr. Rasheed Ahmed Khan, Focal Person SBTP GB, Dr. Abdul Latif, Pathologist, Regional Blood Centre, Gilgit and Mr. Usman Waheed, SBTP.
The workshop programme included presentations on the introduction to the blood safety reforms in Pakistan and briefing on workshop objectives by Dr. Rasheed Ahmed Khan, Focal Person SBTP, GB. Technical presentations discussed the quality criteria for blood transfusion process. The chief guest on the occasion was Dr. Bismillah Khan, Director Health, GB Health Department. He said the concept of whole blood has to be discouraged and reliance should be on the blood components. He appreciated the efforts of RBC staff for managing the workshop in a successful manner. He lauded the efforts of SBTP, WHO and German government for the capacity development initiatives in the Gilgit region. The participants also visited the different sections of the RBC and appreciated the establishment of a modern facility for the benefit of the people of Gilgit Baltistan.
Hospital Transfusion Committee Meeting in the Government City Hospital, Gilgit
A meeting of the Hospital Transfusion Committee was held in the Government City Hospital, Gilgit in July 2017. The meeting was chaired by Dr. Abdul Latif, Medical Superintendent and included the senior physicians and surgeons.
The meeting increased the awareness about component therapy and rational use of blood. The participants were also briefed about the role of the Regional Blood Centre established in Gilgit. The meeting decided to notify a Hospital Transfusion Committee, use standardized blood request forms, notification of adverse reaction to the blood bank, closure of operations at the Govt. City Hospital Blood Bank and the use of blood and blood components only from the RBC.
Meeting with Mr. Mohammad Farooq Lone, Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Division, Gilgit Baltistan
The SBTP consultants accompanied by the Manager Regional Blood Centre, Dr. Abdul Latif, held a meeting with the representatives of Cabinet Division; Mr. Muhammad Farooq Lone, Deputy Secretary Cabinet, and Mr. Abdul Hakeem, Section Officer Cabinet. Mr. Farooq Lone said that amended draft of the Gilgit Baltistan Blood Transfusion Safety Act 2017 has been finalized by the Law Department and will be sent to the Cabinet Division for checking before tabling in the GB Assembly for approval. The GB Blood Transfusion Authority will be notified after the approval of Blood Act and blood safety inspectors will be appointed. The consultants informed that the KfW and EPOS and the Islamabad Blood Transfusion Authority will provide technical assistance to the GB BTA.
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WHO funded Workshop on Clinical Use of Blood, JPMC Karachi
A training workshop on the Clinical Use of Blood for clinicians and
physicians of the Sindh province was organized at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), Karachi. The workshop was organized by Sindh
Blood Transfusion Authority in collaboration with the Safe Blood Transfusion Programme and the World Health Organization (WHO).
69 participants from Karachi and interior Sind attended the workshop. The Speakers of the workshop included Dr. Zahid Ansari (Secretory SBTA), Dr.
Muhammad Anwar (Assistant Professor/Incharge Blood Bank, JPMC), Dr. Netasha Ali (Hematologist, Agha Khan University Hospital), Dr. Bushra Jamil Ali (Infectious Disease Specialist, Agha Khan University Hospital), Mr. Sarfaraz Jafari (Consultant, Hussani Blood Bank), Mr. Bilal Ahmad (Blood Bank Manager, PIMS), Mr. Moen (Blood Bank Manager, JPMC). Dr. Ansari opened the workshop with the introduction to the blood safety reforms in Sindh and briefed on workshop objectives followed by technical speakers who discussed the quality criteria for blood transfusion process.
National Coordinator SBTP visit to Fatimid Foundation, Lahore and meeting with Col. Anwar
Iqbal, Administrator Fatimid Foundation
Leucofiltration study at Sundas Foundation Lahore by SBTP and GLT Medica. Mr. Paul Jeffrey and Mr.
Alessandro Da Pieve with the Sundas Foundation team
