39th International Congress of the ISBT (International Society of Blood Transfusion) 2026

Topics

• Blood donation
  Blood collection including apheresis, Blood donor recruitment, Rare donor programme and Donor adverse events
• Management and organisation
  Information technology, Organisational issues, Training and education, Cost/effectiveness, Blood supply management and utilization, Risk models, standards and regulation, Quality management and History
• Transfusion transmitted infections
  Hepatitis B (HBV), Screening strategies for TTI, HIV, Hepatitis C (HCV), Parasites, Bacteria, other transfusion related pathogens and Newly emerging pathogens and
• Blood products
  Blood components, Blood processing, storage and release, Pathogen inactivation, Plasma products, Novel blood products and Biologicals
• Clinical transfusion
  Therapeutic apheresis. Neonatal and pediatric transfusion, Haemorrhage and massive transfusion, Evidence based transfusion medicine practice, Haemovigilance and transfusion safety, Adverse events, including TRALI and Alternatives to blood transfusion
• Immune haematology
  Red cell immunology: Molecular, Red cell immunology: Serology, Granulocyte immunology, Platelet immunology, Diagnosis of TRALI and Fetal-maternal immunology
• Clinical immunogenetics
  Histocompatibility in stem cell transplantation, HLA in transfusion medicine and Histocompatibility in organ transplantation
• Cellular therapies
  Collection, processing, storage and release, Stem cell and tissue banking, including cord blood and Clinical applications
• Novel development