The following workshop was presented at the AABB Annual Meeting and TXPO 2006, October 21-24, Miami Beach, Florida. Click on the links below to open the presentations. (Presentations and full audio are included and may take a moment to open.)

• The Acrodose* Platelet Experience: Implementation Case Studies

The Acrodose* Platelet Experience: Implementation Case Studies
Operations staff share how their respective facilities - a medical center and a community blood center - have implemented the Acrodose PL System. Learn how pre-storage pooling of whole blood platelets using the Acrodose PL System completes the platelet transfusion safety platform and enables facilities to provide a therapeutic dose of whole blood derived platelets that are leukoreduced, ABO matched, bacteria tested, and standardized to meet hospital needs. *Acrodose is a service mark of Pall Corporation.
Opening Comments: The AcrodoseSM Platelet Experience, Pre-Storage Pooling of Whole Blood Platelets Robert Haime, Sr. Director Portfolio Management, Pall Medical Robert Haime discusses the market dynamics and need for pre-storage pooling of whole blood-derived platelets, and how the Acrodose Platelet successfully meets industry demands for bacteria detection, safety, availability and cost.	Implementation of the Pall AcrodoseSM PL System in a Community Blood Center R. Michael Dash, MS MT(ASCP), Director, Technical Services, LifeShare Community Blood Services, Elyria, Ohio LifeShare was one of the first blood centers in the U.S. to adopt the Acrodose PL System. Hear about LifeShare's experience with this product and why it is so strategically important to them. Implementation of Pall AcrodoseSM Prepooled Random Donor Platelets at an Academic Medical Center Katharine A. Downes, MD; Harry L. Taylor, MD; University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio University Hospitals Case Medical Center was one of the first hospital institutions to begin administering Acrodose Platelets. Dr. Taylor offers a clinician's perspective of the benefits with respect to pooled whole blood platelets.