18 May 2016 

The Blood Service's Research and Development Unit conducts research and technology evaluations that have the potential to improve blood product quality and safety, operational efficiency and donor well-being to deliver leading edge, high quality blood and blood products to improve patient outcomes.

Learning outcomes:

• Understand research to improve blood product quality, safety and operational efficiency.
• Be aware of research in blood and blood products to improve patient outcomes.

Chair: Dr Denese Marks

	Presentation 1: Alternative storage of platelets: should we keep them in the cold? Presenter: Dr Lacey Johnson, Principal Research Fellow, Research and Development, Blood Service.
	Presentation 2: Platelet Iysate: using expired platelets as a source of growth factors for propagation of human therapeutic cells. Presenter: Dr Celine Loh, Research Fellow, Research and Development, Blood Service.

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