Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion
  • Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST)
    Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST)

    BEST Collaborative is an international research organization with a vision to lead the field of transfusion medicine and cellular therapies toward the best…

  • BEST Membership
    BEST Membership

    The BEST collaborative is a unique free-standing group of over 170 manufacturers, clinicians, and scientists from 22 countries committed to improving transfusion…

  • BEST Meetings
    BEST Meetings

    BEST meetings are held twice per year. and attendance is open to all members. Invited guests may attend with pre-approval of the Chair.

  • Press Releases
    Press Releases

    Official notices regarding significant publications, special events, and member news.

  • Recommended Procedures
    Recommended Procedures

    Several best practice documents are available for download

  • Sponsorship
    Sponsorship

    Any commercial organization or Blood Service interested in advancing the purpose of BEST may become a supporter of BEST by paying the annual dues amount; providing a…

Latest News

Call for Scott Murphy Memorial Lecture Applications

The Application period for the April 2024 meeting is now closed.

Press Release 21 Sept 2023

Rebecca Cardigan, PhD elected President, effective Oct 2023

Press Release 07 September 2023

Award Recipient of 31st Scott Murphy Memorial Award Lectureship Announced

BEST LXVII Amsterdam Meeting Countdown Friday, April 12, 2024 08:00 am CEST
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Member News

  • Please be sure to keep your contact information on the website up to date so you can be assured of receiving our email updates.
  • The next BEST Meeting will be held in Nashville, TN October 10-11, 2023. Onsite registration will open shortly.
  • We will be also hold this meeting using the Zoom Events format with the same agenda and in Nashiville Time. Pre-registration is required using the individual email sent to each member and approved guest.
  • Please be sure to review the BEST Authorship Policy. BEST Members may find this information in the Members Area > References > Administrative Issues. This area is now searchable.
 

Spring 2024

Amsterdam

BEST Meeting LXVII

The Spring 2024 Meeting is confirmed for Amsterdam, Netherlands

Important News

  • The meeting dates are set for April 12-13, 2024
  • The meeting venue is the DoubleTree by Hilton Amsterdam Centraal Station 
  • A room block is not being established, but a 10% discount will be available at the meeting venue. Details on this and the dinner venue will be available in August 2023.

Fall 2024

Galveston

BEST Meeting LXVIII

The Fall 2024 Meeting is planned for Galveston, TX

Important News

  • The meeting and dinner venues have been confirmed.
  • The AABB Annual Meeting is scheduled for October 19-22, 2204 in Houston. The BEST meeting will be held on October 16-17, 2024. Please note that many of our members have AABB Meetings that they must attend on October 18th.
  • We will announce the arrangement details as soon as they are available.
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If you are experiencing issues receiving email messages from BEST and use one of the email service providers listed above, you will find it necessary to whitelist our email addresses. This is not guaranteed to work in all cases, please try the steps listed below:

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  1. Within your outlook.com, live.com, msn.com or hotmail.com email account, click on the gear icon in the upper right-hand side of the window:
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  2. From this menu, please select Options.
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  3. Then select Safe and blocked senders.
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  4. Select Safe Senders.
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  5. You will be presented with a page that will allow you to whitelist email addresses:
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Once you have entered these two exceptions you should be able to receive emails from BEST. If you are still unable to receive emails from BEST, we recommend that you use another free non-Microsoft based email provider (e.g. Gmail, iCloud)

GMail

If you are using a Gmail powered email address in your BEST username account, then you might be missing important email messages because Google is filtering your email messages and placing them in your Gmail spam folder.

In order to update settings in your  Google account,  please follow these steps:

  1. Login to your Gmail account using a web-based interface
  2. Locate the email in your SPAM folder.
  3. Click on the message to read it.
  4. Cick on the More dropdown arrow on the opposite right side of the sender name
  5. Select the Show original item
  6. Find the Message-Id: you@domain.xxx line
  7. Find the Date: (sent) line just above the Message-Id line
  8. Access the Google report form http://support.google.com/mail/bin/request.py?&bug_topic=Incoming+Message+Not+Received&ctx=gtag_headers&contact_type=gtag_headers 
  9. Fill in the form using the you@domain.xxx message id and the date sent information from the Show original item of the spam folder email.
  10. Close the Show original browser tab
  11. Click on the gray [Spam x] button above the sender name to mark that this conversation is not spam.
  12. Select the Add BEST Collaborative to contacts list item from the More dropdown menu to add our address to your contacts list (and approved senders list) .
  13. Repeat above for all emails you see from BEST in your google spam folder.