On December 14, 2022 National Annual Meeting on Clinical Transfusion Medicine was hosted by CSBT and Working Party on Clinical Transfusion of CSBT(CSBT/T), through live stream, inviting 17 well-known experts to present online, and providing an academic feast during the two-day meeting.

The vice president of the CSBT, chair of the CSBT/T, Professor HU Lihua from Union Hospital Tong Ji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology, delivered the welcome address, expressing her most sincere respects and thanks to all the peers in blood transfusion field across the country.

Whereafter, Professor ZHU Yongming, the president of CSBT, also made a speech, welcoming all the peers attending the meeting, and expressed gratitude to all the lecturers. During his speech, Professor ZHU highly praised the work of CSBT/T under Professor HU, for playing an academic leading role, uniting domestic transfusion medicine departments, clinical experts and peers in all levels, and also for achieving the CSBT annual goals and requirements, which has greatly promoted the industrial construction and improved the professionalism of clinical transfusion medicine. In the end of his speech, he also expressed his thanks and congratulations to Professor Hu and all the members and experts of CSBT/T.

This meeting involved nearly 6,000 registrations, with more than 30,000 views.

Source: CSBT Secretariat.

Translated by ZHANG Rui

Reviewed by MA Ling, ZHU Shanshan.

“267 times, ranking No.8th!” This is the achievement got by a foreign blood donor in his second hometown, Tianjin. Coming from France, with a great passion for China, Mr. Pierre started an adventure in voluntary blood donation since 2008 after he settled in the city of Tianjin. “Tianjin is my second hometown. Tianjinese are my families. Donate blood for families are my obligation.” said Mr. Pierre.

The blood type of Mr. Pierre is RhD-negative, which is more common abroad but quite rare among Chinese population. So he persists in apheresis platelets donation in every 14 days no matter what happens.

“My father is a doctor, my mother is a nurse, and now my daughter has inherited their talents and has become a cardiac surgeon in Tianjing hospital after she got her doctor degree. For all these years, I would like to set a role model for others. When locals find a foreign blood donor could keep this habit, they would be more encouraged to donate.” sincerely said by Mr. Pierre. According to his previous blood donation experience abroad, Mr. Pierre highly valued the facilities, professionalism and service in Tianjin Blood Center to be world-class, and he presented he would keep his adventure rolling.

Source: Tianjin Blood Center

Translated by ZHU Shengjiang;

Reviewed by ZHU Shanshan, JIANG Nizhen.

On the morning of November 4^th, a medical staff blood donation campaign was organized in the outpatient hall of Hua’an Brain Hospital. Themed on Blood Saves Lives, this event demonstrated medics’ professional dedication of reverence for lives and their selfless caring for patients.

This event carried out by Hua’an Brain Hospital was aimed to meet the urgent needs of patients for blood transfusion and ensure their life safety, responding to the appeal of Hefei Regional Blood Station. Under the organization and leadership by the Hua'an Party Branch, many party members and other medical staff enrolled and participated in the blood donation.

Blood warms every patient. According to statistics, more than 40 medics aging from 22 to 55 years old participated in the event, including regular donors and freshmen donors, front-line clinical staff as well as logistics staff. During the event, every blood donor showed his/her great love and brought infinite hope of survival to the patients.

Source: Anhui Provincial Blood Center

Translated by ZHU Rui;

Reviewed by ZHU Shanshan, JIANG Nizhen.

From November 14 to 16, a blood donation activity themed on True Love Flows was jointly organized by Xuzhou Regional Blood Station and Jiangsu College of Safety Technology(JCST) in Yunlong and Jiawang Campus. A total of 653 students registered, and 194,400mL of whole blood was donated, which has heat the wave of love.

On the morning of November 14, donors queued in the Su’an library to register and accept blood screen. LI Wei, a freshman from the School of Electrical Engineering, successfully donated 200mL of blood, and said "I’m so glad to realize my dream to donate blood. It makes me feel like growing up. And I’ll keep on donating in the future". On November 16, the enthusiasm of blood donation spread to Jiawang Campus, where all the donors showed their social responsibilities and commitments as the new generation college students. Besides, they expressed that they would encourage more people to participate in blood donation and propagate positive energy to the society.

According to Mr. ZHAO Qi, director of the academic work department, JCST, blood donation activities have been organized for many years, which was a critical carrier to cultivate ideology and morality of college students, and to realize the value of life. He also expressed that, as a twice winner of Advanced Unit of Blood Donation, JCST, in future, would continue to transmit warmth and love, advocating more young students to participate in blood donation to save lives.

Source: Xuzhou Regional Blood Station.

Translated by SHI Lili;

Reviewed by FENG Chenchen, ZHU Shanshan.

From November 14 to 18, 2022, Workshop on Key Technologies for Prevention and Control for Emerging and Re-emerging Pathogens and Capacity Building for Blood Safety in “the Belt and Road Countries” and ASEAN, China-ASEAN Blood Safety Forum and International Symposium on Transfusion-transmitted (Mosquito-borne) Pathogens, was successfully held in Nanning, Guangxi. This forum was mainly hosted by the Department of Human Resources and Social Security of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  and  Nanning Regional Blood Station, and co-organized by the Institute of Blood Transfusion, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (Peking Union Medical College) , Guangzhou Blood Center, Working Party on Transfusion Transmitted Infectious Diseases of CSBT (CSBT/TTD), and Education Committee of CSBT (CSBT/EC). The 5-day forum was conducted both online and offline, inviting experts and scholars from China and other ASEAN countries to discuss in certain academic fields, contributing their wisdom and strength to China-ASEAN blood safety cooperation and development.

As the first blood establishment hosting advanced training program of the National Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, Nanning Regional Blood Station invited domestic and foreign experts in the fields of transfusion-transmitted diseases and blood safety to present lectures and discussions on Overview of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Research on HIV Blood Safety Prevention and Control Based on Molecular Epidemiology, Virus Inactivation Technology and Blood Safety, as well as other cutting-edge theory and technology, current situation and outlook. Experts from the National Blood Centers of Laos and Nepal also participated online and jointly discussed on aspects of blood transfusion safety improvement, international cooperation and exchange promotion, public health capacity-building, thereby enhancing the academic level of blood transfusion medicine in China and encouraging the clinical research on transfusion-transmitted diseases (pathogens) among blood establishments. According to figures, there were 7,432 peers attending the forum, among which, 1,102 online participants from Laos and Nepal, and nearly 200 offline participants from Guangxi.

Translated by TANG Xinyi;

Reviewed by FENG Chenchen, ZHU Shanshan.

November 4, 2022, an ordinary work day, but for MO Jianxian born post 1995, it was a day unforgettable. On that day, he became Shenzen’s 100^th hematopoietic stem cell donor in 2022, which brought hope to the transplant waiting patient, and also made Shenzhen the annual champion city in hematopoietic stem cells donations.

MO said, “After graduation, I once passed by Luohu Bookstore blood donation site. When I donated whole blood, I registered for the China Marrow Donor Program. Several days ago, I got a phone call from Shenzhen Blood Center telling me a patient had a successful match with me. It made me a little nervous and excited as well. But I didn’t hesitate. For me, it would be quite an honor to help others.”  As a citizen graduated and settled in Shenzhen, he could reflect the Be a Shenzhener, Be a Volunteer spirit.

“The year of 2022 is extraordinary for hematopoietic stem cell donation industry in Shenzhen. The city has spent 10 years to push forward the donation from 0 to 100^th.” quoted by NING Li, director of Shenzhen Blood Center. He introduced that Shenzhen Marrow Gene Bank was established in August 2000; whereafter, China Marrow Program was relaunched in May 2001. In August 2001, the first icebreaker, Mr. PAN Qingwei donated hematopoietic stem cell in Shenzhen, making it the first donation of voluntary hematopoietic stem cells after the restart of the China Marrow Program. From the 1^st donation to the 100^th, the city took nearly a decade, however, in 2022, 100 donations just needed 10 months. What a progress!

Source: Shenzhen Blood Center

Translated by HU Wenjia;

Reviewed by FENG Chenchen, ZHU Shanshan.

On the morning of November 25, the cloud forum themed on Quality Assurance for Blood and Blood Product was jointly launched by CSBT and Roche Diagnostics, inviting domestic and international experts in the field of blood safety to participate.

This forum was hosted by Director FENG Shuli from Working Party on Informatization, CSBT (CSBT/MIS). Initially, on behalf of CSBT, Mr. FENG welcomed all the online attendees to exchange their views on the industrial eternal topic: Blood Safety.

Three lecturers were invited to present in the forum. The first lecturer was Professor HUANG Chengyin, deputy director of Jiangsu Blood Center as well as Working Party on Blood Quality Management, CSBT (CSBT/QM). He presented procedures and experiences of blood donor reentry in Jiangsu Province, mainly on reentry preparations, strategies and donor management system. Then in the Q&A session, he issued their experiences with the automated sample pre-processing system in reducing error rate as well as improving efficiency and traceability in blood detection at blood establishments.

The second lecturer was Professor Gordon, deputy director of the Canadian Blood Services, who presented on Customized Blood Safety Solutions to Meet Patient Needs - Automated Systems Applied to Improve Detection Efficiency at Canadian Blood Services.

The third lecturer was Mr. YU Ding, General Manager of Chengdu Rongsheng Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. In his speech, quality control of material blood plasma and products in his company was discussed from both legal and practical perspectives, in terms of which also provided a valuable opportunity to exchange and share with peers.

Source: CSBT Secretariat.

Translated by YU Zhixuan；

Reviewed by FENG Chenchen, ZHU Shanshan.

The 2022 CSBT-WEGO Scientific Research Fund application has been completed. With recommendations of Academic Committee and approvals of the Management Committee, one major program and 5 general programs got the fund. For this year, a total of 17 qualified applications were received. After the first round evaluation by the Academic Committee, 9 applicants were selected, who then enter the second round of video interview on November 25. On November 30, a working conference was held by the Fund Management Committee to approve the winning projects.

Meanwhile, the 2022 CSBT- Sansure Transfusion Medicine Development Fund application has also been completed. With recommendations of Academic Committee and approvals of the Management Committee, 3 programs out of 10 applications received the fund. On November 16, an online meeting was held by the expert team to clarify workflow and requirements of the project review, and then 5 designated experts started the review work. On November 21, 3 projects were finally selected based on the scoring and evaluation system, which were later approved by the Fund Management Committee on November 28.

Source: CSBT Secretariat.

Translated by CHEN Xiaoli;

Reviewed by FENG Chenchen, ZHU Shanshan.

On the morning of October 20, 2022, a blood donation activity under Hubei Federation of Industry and Commerce was carried out in Wuhan, which was initiated and well organized by Zall Holdings. White Collars from the Zall International Center office participated in their spare time, in order to donate blood and save more lives. 

"When we saw the blood donation initiative, we immediately signed up!” said by Ms. ZHUGE Conghui, a staff member of the Operations Management Department of Z-BANK. In order to save worktime, she checked in early with her 9 colleagues, making them the first batch of donors at the site. She expressed, "Blood donation benefits the country and the people, so we are all very willing to participate in this public welfare activity."

"Although we can’t help patients like medical staff, we can donate blood to save lives, which is possible for every healthy person." Said by Mr. LU Qihuai, a staff member of property management department, also a 31-time blood donor who has donated over 8,000 mL of blood since July 2012. Then he expressed that he would persist in blood donation and voluntary work, helping others as well as embodying his own value.

Source: Wuhan Blood Center.

Translated by FENG Yasong; 

Reviewed by FENG Chenchen, ZHU Shanshan.