06 February 2004	Friday	14 Zilhaj 1424

KARACHI, Feb 5: An international moot on 'Transfusion Medicine' will be held on Feb 7 and Feb 8 at a local hotel. During the moot, workshops and lectures by international experts from University of Chicago Hospital , Northwestern University and University of Illinois, USA, will be held, besides lectures by local experts.

Being organized by an NGO, Health Care Academy For Knowledge, USA, on "Blood Banking: Its Our Blood," the two-day moot will be inaugurated by vice-chancellor, Dow Medical University, Prof Masood Hameed Khan.

The objective of the moot is to provide latest knowledge regarding advancements in Transfusion Medicine (blood bank) to people. It will help update information in modifying and improving techniques for collecting, storing, testing, and distributing blood products for the best possible transfusion care.

The experts will speak on blood group systems, RBC transfusions, donors selection and testing, infectious transfusion complication and viral inactivation, besides emergency transfusion. - PPI