ICCBBA Technical Advisory Groups (TAGs)

The two main Advisory Groups are: the Middle East and Europe Technical Advisory Group (MEETAG) and The Americas Technical Advisory Group (ATAG).

Members are appointed by the ICCBBA, Inc Board of Directors; liaisons are appointed by an organization wishing to participate in TAG meetings; observers, usually government officials, or representatives from Licensed Vendors are encouraged to attend TAG meetings. For permission to attend any TAG meeting as an observer, please contact the appropriate chairman by eMail using the link provided below.

The Middle East and Europe Technical Advisory Group (MEETAG)

Current Members

Ingunn Reite, Nordbyhagen, Norway
Önder Arslan, Ankara, Turkey
Paul Ashford, Cardiff, Wales
Angela Brazier, Newcastle, England
Jørgen Georgsen, Odense, Denmark
Galina Hanstein
Teemu Laakso, Finland
Faten Moftah, Cairo, Egypt
John Muircroft, Edinburgh, Scotland
Stuart Morris, Cardiff, Wales
Charles Munk, Lausanne, Switzerland
Mario Muon (), Coimbra, Portugal
Reem Radwan, Kuwait
Jan Säfwenberg, Uppsala, Sweden
Antonio Salat, Spain
Jelle Vonk , Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Thomas Wagner, Graz, Austria

Observers

Isabelle Bartier, Haemonetics
Francois Bidet, Macopharma
Roland Biset, Terumo Europe
Wolfgang Böcker, Fresenius Hemocare
Karin Brands, Fresenius Hemocare
Pia Bruce, ISBT WPIT
Bertil Cassemar, Databyran
Steffen Goebel,
Mark Herzberg, Gambro
Ilka von Hoegen, Compuserve
Marcel Imholz, Terumo Europe
Ljubisa Lukic,
Pascal Maffre, Compuserve
Aileen McHugh, Zebra
Antonia Menditto,
Bjorn Nord, Databyrån AB
Janja Pajk,
Pieter Potstra, Fresenius Hemocare
Yves Poubeau, Baxter
Bruno Rousselin, Wyndgate
Ad Saers,
Stèphane Sajot, Compuserve
Pertti Sistonen, Red Cross
Renny Skagestad, Labcraft AS
Marcel Thomasin,
Wolfram Walker,
Stuart Wallwork, Abbott
Marion Weidenhausen, Haemonetics
Yong Ming Zhu,

The Americas Technical Advisory Group (ATAG)

Members

Suzy Grabowski ( ), Houston, TX, USA
Kathy Brient, Houston, TX, USA
Karen Burns, Chicago, IL, USA
Irene Feller, Washington, DC, USA
Simon Fournier, Saint Laurent, Québec, Canada
Patti Larson, Erie, PA, USA
Sylvia Olyntho , Brazil
Dorothy Ward, Canada

Liaisons

AdvaMed - vacant
American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) - Gary Griffin, Houston, TX, USA
America's Blood Centers (ABC) - Kim Peck, USA
American Red Cross (ARC) - Steve Kassapian, Washington, DC, USA
CBER, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - Ken Zemann, Rockville, MD, USA
Department of Defense (DoD) - Major David Lincoln, USA
Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy/International Society for Cellular Therapy (FACT/ISCT) - Phyllis Warkentin, Omaha, NE, USA
Health Canada -

ATAG Meeting Summary

October 19, 2007; Anaheim

The ATAG group met this past October in Anaheim, CA to discuss new and previous issues concerning the use of ISBT 128 in the Americas. A new representative from Canadian Blood Services (CBS), Dorothy Ward was welcomed. A motion was made to approve the minutes from the previous meeting; this motion was approved. The meeting began with reports from participating groups such as ICCBBA, MEETAG, Hema Quebec, CBS, ARC, ABC, FDA, DoD, and HL7. The following proposals were approved: Container Volume Range (07-001), Small Container Base Label (07-002), Derivative Labeling and Coding (07-003), Add Column to Database (07-004), Pooled ABO Code (07-007), and FIN Revision (07-008) with modifications. The following proposals are still pending: Flag Characters (06-002) and Consignment Data Structure (07-006). The proposal for ABO Code for Autologous with no ABO/Rh test (07-009) was rejected. There was new discussion about adding a Confidential Unit Exclusion data structure to the Technical Specification. However, this data structure will not be used in the US if it is created.