Scientific Program
CONGRESS PROGRAM
Wednesday, 16th October 2019
15:00 Registration
Conference room 1
18:00 – 18:45 Round table – National Societies Meeting
HALL 3
19:00-19:45 SYMPOSIUM DR. PANOVSKI AND TERUMO BCT
“The value of automated blood processing and pathogen reduction technology”
Zdenko Koshcak, Terumo BCT
20:00 Opening Ceremony and Welcome Reception
Thursday, 17th October 2019
HALL 3
09:00-09:30 Plenary lecture
Johnny Mahlangy “The Evolution of Hemophilia Care – Novel Approaches in the Modern Era”
09:00-10:50 SESSION: HAEMOSTASIS AND HAEMOSTASIS DISORDERS 1
Chairs: Johnny Mahlangy, Violeta Dejanova-Ilijevska, Florije Raka
09:30-09:50 Violeta Dejanova-Ilijevska “Haemophilia care in Republic of North Macedonia”
09:50-10:00 Bukurije Zhubi “The frequency of inhibitors against FVIII and FIX in Hemophilia A and B patients in Kosovo”
10:00-10:10 Antonio Gavrilovski “Hemophilia patients with inhibitors and orthopedic management – our experience”
10:10-10:20 Erijeta Nikolikj Dimitrova “Rehabilitation methods in pain management of persons with Hemophilia”
10:20-10:30 Slagjana Simeonova Krstevska “Hipofibrinogenemia in pregnancy, peripartal management, a case report”
10:30-10:50 Discussion
10:50 – 11:15 Coffee break HALL 4
HALL 2
09:30-10:50 SESSION: BLOOD SAFETY
Chairs: Tatjana Makarovska-Bojadzieva, Dusan Vucetic, Anita Hristova Dimceva
09:30-09:50 Dusan Vucetic “Blood donors testing – actual situation: recommendations and future directions”
09:50-10:10 Tatjana Makarovska Bojadzieva “Blood testing in the Institute for Transfusion Medicine – current and future perspectives”
10:10-10:20 Gradimir Dimitrijevic “Irradiation of blood components: why, with what, to whom”
10:20-10:30 Keti Edrovska Isajlovska “Response of the seropositive blood donors to post-donation counseling is a fundamental part of preventing TTIs and improving donor selection process”
10:30-10-40 Jasmina Nikolova “External quality assessment of the laboratory TTI testing”
10:40-11:50 Discussion
HALL 3
11:15-12:00 SYMPOSIUM ABBOTT AND FARMAHEM
“Viral Surveillance Program”
Angela Vockel, MD, Scientific Affairs Manager, Abbott
12:00-13:00 SYMPOSIUM ROCHE
“HEMLIBRA – Let’s reimagine Hemophilia A together”
Irina Panovska – Stavridis, MD PhD, Violeta Dejanova – Ilijevska, MD
Prof. Dr Johnny Mahlangu, one of the Principal Investigators in HAVEN clinical trials (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa)
13:00-14:00 Lunch FOYER
14:00-15:00 PLENARY SESSION
Chairs: Bela Balint, Rada M. Grubovic Rastvorceva, Urban Svajger
14:00-14:30 Bela Balint “Stem Cells – hemobiological events and clinical application”
14:30-15:00 Urban Svajger “The Future of Advanced Therapies”
15:00-15:30 Coffee break FOYER
HALL 3
15:30-17:20 SESSION: BLOOD DONORS AND DONATION
Chairs: Nigar Ertugrul Oruk, Irena Jukic, Sadula Useini, Goran Andonov
Plenary lectures
15:30-15:50 Nigar Ertugrul Oruk “Blood Donation and Recruitment of Future Donors”
15:50-16:10 Irena Jukic “New and (old) approaches in motivation of blood donors: our experience in the promotion of blood donation – Croatia”
Oral presentations
16:10-16:20 Ales Ladiha “Recruiting new blood donors for apheresis donation”
16:20-16:30 Milan Petrovic “Donor plateletpheresis in Blood Institute Nis in 2018”
16:30-16:40 Goran Andonov “Implementation of Compocool System for whole blood cooling and transportation”
16:40-16:50 Budimir Ivanovic “Barriers to blood donation among adolescents”
16:50-17:00 Nela Erakovic “Voluntary blood donations in emergency situations”
17:00-17:20 Discussion
HALL 4
17:20-18:00 POSTER SESION
Moderators: Rada M. Grubovic Rastvorceva, Sadula Useini, Elena Petkovic
HALL 2
16:10-17:20 SESSION: QUALITY MANAGEMENT
Chairs: Tomislav Vuk, Elena Petkovic, Lorenzo Montrasio, Meri Shorova
16:10-16:30 Tomislav Vuk “The Role and Importance of Quality Management in Transfusion Medicine”
16:30-16:50 Lorenzo Montrasio “EDQM Quality Management Programmes for Blood Establishments”
16:50-17:00 Elena Petkovic “Maintenance of the Quality Management System in the Institute for Transfusion Medicine in Republic of Macedonia”
17:00-17:10 Meri Shorova “Analysis of the blood donor deferral rate – a useful quality indicator for blood donor selection – experience from Regional Center for Transfusion Medicine Shtip”
17:10-17:20 Discussion
Friday, 18th October 2019
HALL 3
09:00-09:30 SYMPOSIUM PFIZER
“Hemophilia B today, value of recombinant factors and prophylaxis”
Silva Zupančić Šalek, MD PhD
09:30-10:00 SYMPOSIUM KRKA
“Theraputic opportunities of micronized diosmin”
Koco Dimitrovski, MD PhD, Milena Gjoshevska, Pharm.
10:00-11:50 SESSION: CLINICAL TRANSFUSION AND HAEMOVIGILANCE
Chairs: Aleksandar Mijovic, Rada M. Grubovic Rastvorceva, Nigar Ertugrul Oruc
Plenary lectures
10:00-10:20 Aleksandar Mijovic “Appropriate use of red cells: what should we be guided by?”
10:20-10:40 Nigar Ertugrul Oruc “Setting up a Haemovigilance System”
Oral presentations
10:40-10:50 Andonovska Biljana “Use of blood products in the intensive care unit”
10:50-11:00 Branislava Vasiljevic-Jovanovic “Working together: how far did we go with recognizing and reporting pulmonary complications of blood transfusion”
11:00-11:10 Bratislav Stankovic “The importance of use of new platelet parameters (CD61 and reticulated platelets) in laboratory monitoring of thrombocytopenia”
11:10-11:20 Elena Ambarkova Vilarova “The implementation of restrictive strategy protocol for blood components therapy in treatment of cardiac surgery patients – our experience”
11:20-11:30 Mende Shurbevski “Three-year analysis of the Hospital Transfusion Committee’s work”
11:30-11:40 Petra Leber “Case report of unusal clots in red cell concentrate”
11:40-11:50 Discussion
11:50-12:10 Coffee break HALL 4
HALL 2
10:40 – 11:50 SESSION: BLOOD PRODUCTS
Chairs: Ana Antic, Laura Gorcaj, Koco Dimitrovski
10:40-11:00 Ana Antic “Processing and storage of blood components: Strategies to improve blood safety”
11:00-11:10 Sadula Useini “Automated plateletpheresis in the Institute for Transfusion Medicine of RSM”
11:10-11:20 Koco Dimitrovski “HLA and HPA typed donors for platelet transfusion – opportunity for higher clinical efficiency”
11:20-11:30 Dusan Vucetic “Allogeneic platelet gel in regeneration of chronic wounds – case report”
11:30-11:50 Discussion
HALL 3
12:10-12:40 SYMPOSIUM BAYER
“XARELTO – a trendsetter in venous thromboembolism”
Aleksandar Manolev, MD, Rada M. Grubovic Rastvorceva, MD PhD
12:40-13:25 SYMPOSIUM AVICENA
“CS-5100 Hemostasis system – Exceptional Throughput. Remarkable Quality.”
Daniela Naunova Spiroska, MD, Avicena
13:25-14:25 Lunch HALL 4
14:25-15:00 SYMPOSIUM BIORAD AND DIAHEM
“How Bio-Rad products can help blood transfusion laboratories to fulfill the EU Transfusion guidelines recommendations?”
Katarzyna Malesa, Field Application Specialist, Blood Safety, Channel Partners CEEU
15:00-16:50 SESSION IMMUNOHAEMATOLOGY
Chairs: Snezana Jovanovic-Srzentic, Sadula Useini, Emilija Velkova, Tatjana Makarovska Bojadzieva
15:00-15:20 Snezana Jovanovic-Srzentic “Actual principles of immunohaematological testing and patient blood management”
15:20-15:40 Sadula Useini “Achievements of Telemedicine in the Institute for Transfusion Medicine in RNM”
15:40-15:50 Anita Hristova-Dimceva “Blood group molecular genotyping in transfusion medicine”
15:50-16:00 Emilija Velkova “It’s time to phase in RhD genotyping for pregnant women and patients with a serologic weak D phenotype”
16:00-16:10 Ivana Radovic “Incidence of non-RhD immunization in pregnancy”
16:10-16:20 Mimoza Zhubi “Prevalence of irregular red cell antibody in healthy blood donors in Kosovo”
16:20-16:30 Sanja Trajkova “IGHV-IGHD-IGHJ rearrangement in Macedonian patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia”
16:30-16:50 Discussion
HALL 2
15:00-16:50 SESSION: HEMOSTASIS AND HEMOSTATIC DISORDERS 2
Chairs: Marijan Boshevski, Elizabeta Todorovska, Elena Petkovic
15:00-15:20 Marijan Boshevski “Pulmonary thromboembolism: New European Guidelines”
15:20-15:40 Elena Petkovic “Thrombophilia – evaluation and treatment”
15:40-15:50 Sveta Matic “Anticoagulant therapy in general hospital – dilemmas and challenges”
15:50-16:00 Dragana Cvetkovska-Petrovska “Prevalence of laboratory resistance to the anti-agregation effect of Aspirin and Clopidogrel in patients that survived acute ischemic stroke in the first 30 days”
16:00-16:10 Dragan Cibrev “Comparison of safety of Apixaban and Acenocoumarol in post-stroke patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation”
16:10-16:20 Elizabeta Todorovska “Haemostasis screening using Dabigatran etexilate for thromboprophylaxis in patients with colli femoris fracture and application of subtotal bipolar prosthesis”
16:20-16:30 Biljana Kostovska “Importance of thrombophilia screening in young patients with retinal vein occlusion”
16:30-16:40 Anita Hristova-Dimceva “Detection of thrombophilia gene mutations with reverse hybridisation”
16:40-16:50 Disscusion
HALL 4
16:50-17:15 Coffee break
17:15-18:00 POSTER SESSION
Moderators: Tatjana Makarovska Bojadzieva, Emilija Velkova, Anita Hristova-Dimceva
20:30 Gala Dinner
Saturday, 19th October 2019
HALL 3
SESSION: CELLULAR THERAPIES AND TRANSPLANTATION MEDICINE
Chairs: Rada M. Grubovic Rastvorceva, Aleksandar Mijovic, Borce Georgievski
09:15-09:40 Aleksandar Mijovic “ABO system in haemopoietic cell and solid organ transplantation”
09:40-10:00 Rada M. Grubovic Rastvorceva “Evaluation of factors associated with successful mobilization and collection of haematopoietic stem cells from peripheral blood”
10:00-10:30 SYMPOSIUM NOVONORDISK
“Acquired haemophilia: a rare emergency”
Karla Rener, MD PhD, Clinical Centre Ljubljana
10:30-11:10 Coffee break/Brunch HALL 4
11:10-11:40 SYMPOSIUM OCTAPHARMA
“Nuwiq – 4 generation recombinant FVIII produced in human cells”
Violeta Dejanova-Ilijevska, MD
Oral presentations
11:40-11:50 Anita Hristova-Dimceva “10-years experience in using molecular methods in transfusion medicine”
11:50-12:00 Galina Severova “Monitoring and clinical importance of anti-HLA antibody (ab) in kidney transplantation”
12:00-12:10 Rada M. Grubovic Rastvorceva “Efficacy and safety of apheresis collection of mobilized hematopoietic stem cells from peripheral blood in hematologic patients and healthy donors – 20 years Macedonian experience”
12:10-12:20 Irina Panovska Stavridis “Introduction of unrelated stem cell transplantation in the treatment of patients with AML: first experience in Republic of North Macedonia”
12:20-12:30 Aleksandra Pivkova Veljanovska “Introduction of haploidentical stem cell transplantation in the treatment of patients with hematological malignancies: first experience in Republic of North Macedonia”
12:30-13:00 Discussion
13:00-13:30 Closing of the Congress
HALL 2
09:00-13:00 Nurses/Technician Educational Day
Chairs: Marija Bozinova, Elizabeta Todorovska, Violeta Neceva
09:00-09:10 Greeting speech from the President of Congress Rada M. Grubovic Rastvorceva
09:10-09:30 Elizabeta Todorovska “Overview of haemostasis”
09:30-09:50 Violeta Neceva “Basic principles of laboratory tests for screening the process of hemostasis and phybrinolisis”
09:50-10:10 Marija Bozinova “Newest guidelines for collecting blood and transport of blood and blood products”
10:10-10:20 Marijana Popovic “Immprovement of immunohematological testing procedure for blood donors in the Blood Transfusion Institute of Serbia by introducing the new automatic device”
10:20-10:30 Nenad Basta “Patients with multiple antierythrocyte antibodies in 2018”
10:30-11:10 Coffee break/Brunch HALL 4
11:10-11:20 Mihailo Djordjevic “Single-twin therapy with Twin anaemia polycythemia sequence (TAPS syndrome) using intrauterine intravenous transfusion (IUIVT)”
11:20-11:30 Aleksandra Šumak “Measurement of blood component temperature with IR thermometer – comparison of surface and core temperature of blood components”
11:30-11:40 Koneska Rozana “The role of nurse in the treatment of the patients with Hemophilia”
11:40-11:50 Grezu Elizabeta “Competence of the nurse in the treatment of a patient with OAT”
11:50-12:00 Ristovska Aneta “Pulmonary thromboembolism – Treatment and recovery”
12:10-12:20 Tarchugovska Dijana “Blood transfusion and blood products – Clinical transfusion practice”
12:20-12:30 Ales Ladiha “Recruiting new blood donors for apheresis donation”
12:30-13:00 Discussion