Ross Fasano, MD^1*, Alessandro Monaco, PhD^2*, Emily Riehm Meier, MD^1*, John Otridge, PhD^3*, Hallie Lee-Stroka, MT(ASCP)SBB^4*, Philippe Pary, MT(ASCP)SBB^5*, Harvey G. Klein, MD⁴, Francesco M. Marincola, MD^2*, Naomi L.C. Luban, MD⁶ and David Stroncek, MD^4*

¹Hematology/Oncology, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC
²Transfusion Medicine-Immunogenetics, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
³Progenika Inc, Cambridge, MA
⁴Transfusion Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
⁵Transfusion Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC
⁶Transfusion Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC

Ellen B Klapper, M.D.^1*, Joanna J Xie, M.D.^1*, George Garratty, PhD², Samuel Pepkowitz, M.D.^1* and Patricia Arndt^2*

¹Pathology, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
²Southern California Region, American Red Cross Blood Svcs., Pomona, CA

France Noizat-Pirenne, MD, PhD^1*, Philippe Chadebech, PhD^1*, Anoosha Habibi, MD^2*, Dora Bachir, MD^2*, Ruben Nzouakou, MD^2*, Frederic Galacteros, MD, PhD^2* and Philippe Bierling, MD, PhD^1*

¹Etablissement Français du Sang, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
²Sickle Cell Disease Center, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France

Jillian Stephen, BSc^1*, Robert N Barker, BSc, PhD^2* and Stanislaw J Urbaniak, MBChB, PhD, FRCP, FRCPath³

¹Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
²Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
³Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Academic Transfusion Medicine Unit, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Anne Fialaire-Legendre, Pharm, D, PhD^1*, Btissam Chami, Pharm, D, PhD^1*, Thierry Peyrard, Pharm, D^2*, Pierre-Yves Le Pennec, MD^2*, Philippe Bierling, MD, PhD^1* and France Noizat-Pirenne, MD, PhD^1*

¹Etablissement Français du Sang, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
²Cnrgs, Institut National de la Transfusion Sanguine, Paris, France

Rachel Rayment, MBChB, DPhil^1*, Nick Willcox, MD, PhD^2*, David Roberts, MD, PhD^3*, Wendy J Pickford, BSc, PhD^4*, Rosa Faner-Canet^5*, Manel Juan, MD^6*, Robert N Barker, BSc, PhD^4* and Stanislaw J Urbaniak, MBChB, PhD, FRCP, FRCPath⁷

¹Arthur Bloom Haemophilia Centre, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom
²Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
³John Radcliffe Hospital, National Blood Service, Oxford, United Kingdom
⁴Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
⁵Igtp, LIRAD-BST, Badalona, Spain
⁶Immunology Service, CDB, Barcelona 08036
⁷Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Christine Cserti-Gazdewich, MD¹, Aggrey Dhabangi, MBChB^2*, Charles Musoke, MBChB^2*, Nicolette Nabukeera-Barungi, MBChB, MMEd^2*, Henry Ddungu, MBChB, MMEd^2*, Arthur Mpimbaza, MBChB, MMEd^2*, Isaac Ssewanyana, BSc^3* and Walter H. Dzik, MD⁴

¹Blood Transfusion Med., 3EC-306, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
²Paediatrics, Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda
³Flow Cytometry, Joint Clinical Research Centre, Kampala, Uganda
⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

William B Lockwood, PhD, MD^1*, Gwendolyn J Godfrey, DO, MPH^1*, Salvatore Bertolone, MD² and Ashok Raj, MD^2*

¹Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
²Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

Jerry E Squires, MD, PhD^1*, Vinu Jyothi, MBBS^2*, Sherron M. Jackson, MD^2*, Miguel Abboud, MD^3* and Ram Kalpatthi, MD²

¹Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
²Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
³Children's Cancer Center of Lebanon, Beirut, Lebanon

Ketha V. K. Mohan, Ph.D.^*, Shilpakala Sainath Rao, Ph., D.^* and Chintamani D Atreya, Ph.D.^*

Division of Hematology, Center for Biologics Evaluation & Research, F.D.A., Bethesda, MD

Aryeh Shander, MD^1*, Axel Hofmann, ME^2*, Sherri Ozawa, RN^3* and Mazyar Javidroozi, MD^1*

¹Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Hyperbaric Medicine, Englewood Hospital & Medical Center, Englewood, NJ
²Medical Society for Blood Management, Laxenburg, Austria
³The New Jersey Institute for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery, Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood, NJ

Michael Notter, MD^1*, Ariane Storch^1*, Ellen Richter-Loeseke, BSc^2*, Hans-Richard Arntz, MD^3*, Johannes Fakler, MD^4*, Eckhard Thiel, MD, PhD⁵, Ephrath Lahmer-Naim, PhD^6*, Adolf Pfaff^7* and Jan Breckwoldt, MD^8*

¹Hematology and Oncology, Charité-Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
²Cardiac Surgery, Charité-Campus Mitte, Berlin, Germany
³Cardiology, Charité-Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
⁴Trauma Surgery, Charité-Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
⁵Hematology and Oncology, Charite Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
⁶Coordination of Clinical Studies, Charité - Campus Rudolf Virchow, Berlin, Germany
⁷Pfaff GmbH, Waldkirch, Germany
⁸Anaesthesiology, Charité-Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany

Jake Shortt¹, Neil Waters^1*, Mary Comande^1*, Mark N Polizzotto^1*, Martine Moran^1*, Marija Borosak^1*, Damien J Jolley^2* and Erica M Wood^1*

¹Transfusion Medicine Service, Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Melbourne, Australia
²Centre for Research Excellence in Patient Safety, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia