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An outcome-based review of an accredited Specialist in Blood Banking (SBB) program: 25 years and counting
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Publicado en línea: 17 feb 2021
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/immunohematology-2020-036
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Publication record for SBB graduates from the NIH program, 1994–2019
| SBB projects |
|
% | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| All SBB projects | 55 | 100 | NA |
| With publications |
27 | 49 | 3–28 |
| As first authors | 21 | 78 | 3,5–11,13–17,19,20,23–29 |
Enrollment, attrition, and pass rates for students in the SBB program at the NIH Clinical Center, 1994–2019
| Parameter | SBB students ( |
|---|---|
| Enrolled |
59 |
| Graduated | 55 |
| SBB examination |
|
| Passed first attempt | 46 |
| Passed ≥ two attempts | 6 |
| Did not pass | 2 |
| Did not attempt | 1 |
Sponsoring section for projects from SBB graduates from the NIH program, 1994–2019
| Sponsoring section |
SBB projects ( |
|---|---|
| Laboratory Services Section | |
| Transfusion Services Laboratory | 29 |
| HLA Laboratory | 8 |
| Cell Processing Section | 8 |
| Infectious Disease and Immunogenetics Section | 4 |
| Blood Services Section | 3 |
| Office of the Chief | 3 |
| Total | 55 |
Career positions in 2019 for SBB graduates from the NIH program, 1994–2019
| Area of employment | SBB graduates ( |
|---|---|
| Hospitals, blood centers, or IRLs | 27 |
| Regulatory/quality assurance | 10 |
| Transplantation and cellular engineering | 3 |
| Industry | 3 |
| Education | 3 |
| Unrelated to blood banking | 2 |
| Not currently employed | 0 |
| Unable to confirm | 5 |
| Retired | 2 |
| Total | 55 |
SBB projects and topics for SBB graduates from the NIH program, 1994–2019
| Project topic | SBB projects ( |
|---|---|
| Laboratory practices | 14 |
| immunohematology | 11 |
| Blood group genomics | 8 |
| Transplantation and cellular engineering | 6 |
| Education | 5 |
| Blood donors and blood collection | 3 |
| Donor infectious disease testing | 3 |
| Quality assurance | 3 |
| Blood components | 2 |
| Total | 55 |
Scholarship awards for SBB graduates from the NIH program, 1994–2019
| AABB Future Leaders Scholarship | Suzanne Ledin Travel Award |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graduates ( |
Submissions, |
Awardees, |
Submissions, |
Awardees, |
| 55 | 46 (84) | 24 (52) | 8 of 28 (29) | 3 of 8 (38) |
Program value-added opportunities for SBB graduates from the NIH program, 1994–2019
| Feature | Topics | Items ( |
Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Publications | ABO discrepancy | 1 | 30 |
| Antibody detection | 1 | 40 | |
| Book review | 1 | 39 | |
| Competency | 1 | 37 | |
| Disseminated intravascular coagulation | 1 | 43 | |
| ISBT 128 | 1 | 31 | |
| Massive transfusion | 1 | 32 | |
| Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria | 1 | 38 | |
| Platelet contamination | 1 | 34 | |
| Platelets | 1 | 35 | |
| Quality | 1 | 36 | |
| Regulatory issues | 2 | 44, 49 | |
| Serologic methods | 1 | 45 | |
| Transfusion reaction investigation | 1 | 33 | |
| Social media activities | Transfusion Medicine Question of the Day | 4 | 42, 46−48 |
| Webcast (resolving serologic cases) | 1 | 41 | |
| Laboratory management and education | Audits | 19 | NA |
| cGMP module | 1 | NA | |
| Educational posters | 2 | NA |