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http://www.hemobioscience.com/News-Events-Resources-Careers/Careers Product Manager job descrition Job Objective Responsible for developing and maintaining marketing strategies to meet organizational objectives. Evaluates customer research, market conditions, competitor data and implements marketing plan changes as needed. Oversees all marketing, advertising and promotional staff and activities. Plays an active role in Hemo bioscience business development. Job Description The Product Manager is responsible for the day-to-day marketing support of the immunohematology product lines to both the selling organization and the manufacturing division. The Product Manager will be responsible for developing and implementing pricing strategies, sales budgets and marketing plans, including targeted marketing campaigns. This person will work with the President and Marketing Communications to develop sales tools, product launch materials, sales training tools and promotional programs. He/She will also be responsible for communicating market needs, including financial rationale, to the manufacturing division and support the manufacturing division in necessary market research including new product identification. Additional responsibilities include working with the rest of the organization to develop sales tools and items in support of promotional activities creating visibility for assigned products at appropriate trade shows and other venues. As the Product Manager, this employee will be responsible for driving awareness and demand through the planning, development and execution of the content strategy. The ideal candidate will be equal parts marketer and editor with a knack for distilling complex topics down to easy-to-understand assets for the benefit of the customer target. He/She will create and execute analytics to measure the effectiveness of the content strategy. The candidate will have experience working with various internal teams across an organization and excel at weaving external observations and market trends into the marketing strategy. He/She will possess a technical knowledge of blood banking/immunohematology. Required Skills Excellent written and verbal communication skills and team-oriented mentality. Strong computer skills; science/blood bank background. Required Experience  BA/BS degree in life science, business or related discipline. MBA and ASCP(SBB) preferred.  2-5 years full-time product marketing experience, industry familiarity, including roles supporting a business-to-business sales team.  A willingness to handling shifting priorities in a constantly changing organization and marketplace.  Able to analyze information across the buyer journey and identify opportunities in the marketing and sales processes. Key Competencies  excellent written and verbal communication skills  organization and planning  problem analysis and problem-solving  formal presentation skills  persuasiveness  adaptability EEO/AA Employer/Veterans/Disabled/Race/Ethnicity/Gender/Age Employer To all recruitment agencies: Hemo bioscience does not accept agency resumes, unless the agency has been authorized by a Hemo bioscience staffing representative. Please do not submit resumes unless authorized to do so. Hemo bioscience will not pay for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. Job Location Morrisville, North Carolina, United States Position Type Full-Time-Exempt Travel 10-15. Please send cover letter and resume to info@hemobioscience.com

No greater than 20% HCT is my advice

CAP has a program called ABT which is antibody titre and includes IgM and IgG anti A as well as Anti D titres. if you download CAP's catalog you can see the program. Additinally API has a program that does the same thing www.api-pt.com For a method there is a method in the AABB technical manual as well as the uniform method which Dr. Auberchon authored. I believe there is a thread on pathlabtalk talking about the CAP ABT proficiency test.

Thank you all for your responses!

Thanks for the response tbostock!

Kholshoe- Not sure if this will be helpful or not but we (Hemo bioscience) have a line of Educational Reagents (simulated patient plasma) traditionally used in MT/CLS programs that I know have been purchased in the past for that very component of competency assessment. If you'd like any info on those, please let me know! Good luck with your Competency Assessment! I am attending a webinar on CLIA and its latest changes next week mainly out of curiosity. Quite the process! Whoa! Adele

Hi Everybody! This is my first post! I am a Marketing Associate for Hemo bioscience (manufacturer and distributor of BB Reagents) and was hoping to gain insight into which educational conferences/conventions are considered the most valuable or which ones you enjoy attending the most or which ones you hear of the most...? We really appreciate the educational sector of this industry and I would personally like to commit to a presence at these shows. Any feedback appreciated! Thanks Adele

Actually the anti S from Hemo bio is 5 mL's

How much does the Lectin kit from Hemo bioscience cost?

I have always understood its not good practise to do this as the 0.8 % cells are in a LISS diluent and then you are going from a LISS to a NIS ( Normal Ioonic strength) at 3% if you use blood bank saline as a diluent for the 3% cells. I understand its ok to go the other way i.e. NIS to LISS. it doesent have anything to do with the cell suspension just the diluent. There are some commercially available diluents that are LISS and could be used to go from 0.8 to 3% and keep a LISS diluent throughout but i cant mention them here.

Hi, CAP have a program to assess competency in this area, it is the ABT program (antibody titer) it involves an A1 cell and performing titers using AHG test and Immediate spin. You can get an idea of the immune titer by using DTT to break up the IgM antibody and then titering out the immune Antibody using A1 cells in an AHG test. I understand this is aimed at assessing suitability of A2 kidneys for group B recipients.

In my experience in a donor center we would ALWAYS check new group B donors with A2 cells to make sure they had an anti A and not just anti A1 i.e. were not a A3B etc. I am surprised the initial post indicated the A3 or Ax could not be detected with monoclonal anti A as this is part of acceptance testing for these reagents. Its also a good idea to check your anti AB that you use, some are a true anti AB clone and others are simply a blend of Anti A and Anti B.

Bear in mind that the ortho Anti D exhibiting weak reactions may be a partial D type i.e. missing certain epitopes and that the patient may be able to produce an anti D if they are sensitised. Its best to err on the side of caution especially if the patient is Female and of child bearing age. Different monoclonal anti D's have been shown to detect different epitopes of the D antigen so using different anti D's is not a bad idea.

You have to be careful diluting 3-4% cells down to 0.8% becasue of the diluent. Generally manufacturers supply their 3-4% cells in alsevers solution or a diluent that is normal ionic strength. 0.8 % cells are in a special diluent formulated for a gel card which is low ionic strength. If you do dilute cells for use in a gel card make sure the manufacturers diluent is used to resusepnd the 0.8% cells

Yes i was posting from a Donor perspective and in a hospital you would not like to recieve a unit labelled B which was AB, however in the case of ABO antigens if I was still practising I would like to believe I got all patient ABO's correct. I understand your comment about safer to miss weak antigens and agree that you can afford to do that in the Rhesus system. regards, Noel

So I am reading this post with interest and couldnt resist adding my 2 cents or rather 2 pence as i am British. When we made polyclonal (human) anti A and B we always used a polyclonal anti A,B because when Anti A and Anti B are present in conjunction with one another they will detect subgroups of A much better than plain old Human Anti A. Its very important to pick up subgroups of A and also difficult because a lot of them will produce anti A1. Therefore a good test is to check all presumed newly identified group B's with A2 cells as a reverse type to ensure they are not an A4B. Now on to Monoclonal reagents. Most of them do detect A3 and some A4/Ax cells however there are a few A subgroup variants that are not detected by Anti A alone and need an Anti A,B. There are many many subgroups of A identified from different regions of the world eg. A Bantu. There lies the problem in that most commercial Anti A,B are a blend of anti A and Anti B and dont really offer much benefit over using the reagents individually. There is however a commercial product being sold in the USA which is an Anti A,B that is a blend of 3 monoclonal antibodies and they are Anti A, Anti B and a true Anti A,B (ES15 clone). Due to restrictions promoting commercial products on this website I cannot indicate which manufacturer supplies this reagent but they are an advertiser here.

You should always use an anti complement reagent for DAT on post transfusion samples. There is always the danger of a complement activating antibody that has sensitised the cells yet remains undetected and could cause a violent transfusion reaction if the patient's immune system is challenged again with the same antigen. Complement coated cells are not hard to make in the lab. using fresh plasma and can last up to a week in PBS and even longer in Alsevers.

Additionally the DVa phenotype can be confirmed serologically using the advanced partial D kit from Alba Bioscience

Hello Marilyn, Nice to see you back in the business! Noel Brown President, Alba Bioscience Inc. www.albabioscience.com

Its One drop to one drop, 5 minute incubation and spin as its a monoclonal. Noel

Alba Bioscience has an anti M Monoclonal for $260.00 per 5 mls www.albabioscience.com Noel

Have you looked at Alba Bioscience as an alternative ? they just got FDA approval for 15 Blood group reagents. www.albabioscience.com

Sue you can use 8% BSA, I believe ortho and Immucor state that as an alternative in their package inserts. Noel