Publications
Guidelines
- Year of 2024 REQUIRED CONDITIONS FOR PATIENT AND TRANSFUSION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS COMPATIBLE WITH COMPUTER CROSSMATCH（2nd EDITION）
- Year of 2022 GUIDELINES FOR PRE-TRANSFUSION COMPATIBILITY PROCEDURES IN BLOOD TRANSFUSION LABORATORIES IN JAPAN (4th EDITION)
- Year of 2021 REFERENCE GUIDE FOR THE USE OF HLA-MATCHED PLATELET CONCENTRATES
- Year of 2021 REFERENCE GUIDE FOR THE USE OF WASHED PLATELET CONCENTRATES. SIXTH EDITION (2021 REVISION)
- Year of 2020 STANDARDIZED METHODS FOR IN-HOUSE SEPARATION OF A BLOOD PRODUCT FOR MULTIPLE USE VERSION 2.0
- Year of 2019 GUIDELINE FOR THE USE OF FRESH FROZEN PLASMA BASED ON SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE (Revised second version)
- Year of 2019 STANDARDIZED METHODS OF POTASSIUM ADSORPTION FILTER FOR IN-HOUSE SEPARATION OF A BLOOD PRODUCT FOR MULTIPLE USE
- Year of 2019 GUIDELINE FOR THE USE OF PLATELET TRANSFUSION CONCENTRATES BASED ON SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE: UPDATE 2019
- Year of 2019 GUIDELINE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF ADVERSE EVENTS OF TRANSFUSION BASED ON SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCES
- Year of 2019 PROTOCOL FOR THE IN-HOUSE PRODUCTION OF FFP-LR240-DERIVED CRYOPRECIPITATE
- Year of 2019 TRANSFUSION GUIDELINES FOR PATIENTS WITH MASSIVE BLEEDING
- Year of 2018 GUIDELINE FOR THE USE OF RED BLOOD CELL PRODUCTS BASED ON SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE（REVISION 2ND EDITION）
- Year of 2018 EVIDENCE-BASED GUIDELINES FOR THE USE OF ALBUMIN PRODUCTS (SECOND EDITION)
- Year of 2017 EVIDENCE BASED PEDIATRIC TRANSFUSION GUIDELINE
- Year of 2017 RED CELL TRANSFUSION IN HOME
News Letter
- Year of 2024 Transfusion News from Asia
Recent activities
Past event
- May 2024 The 72nd Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Transfusion Medicine and Cell Therapy (Tokyo)
Upcoming events
- Oct 2024 The 31st Autumn Symposium of the Japan Society of Transfusion Medicine and Cell Therapy (Saitama)
- May 2025 The 73rd Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Transfusion Medicine and Cell Therapy (Hokkaido)
Outline of the Society
President
Hitoshi Okazaki, M.D., Ph.D.
Activities
The Society takes activities in an attempt to achieve the development of the field of transfusion medicine and cell therapy, and the promotion of the safe and appropriate transfusion medicine and cell therapy, in addition to contributing for the improvement of the health and hygiene of the population.
1 Activities for the promotion of Science
１）Organization of Scientific Meetings
Annual meeting (once a year), Autumn symposium (once a year)
２）Commendation
Scientific Encouragement Prize, Murakami Memorial Prize, others
３）Research Support
Survey on the adverse events associated with the infusion of hematopoietic stem cells in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Multicenter clinical study on the collection of peripheral hematopoietic stem cells.
Annual meeting (once a year), Autumn symposium (once a year)
２）Commendation
Scientific Encouragement Prize, Murakami Memorial Prize, others
３）Research Support
Survey on the adverse events associated with the infusion of hematopoietic stem cells in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Multicenter clinical study on the collection of peripheral hematopoietic stem cells.
2 Activities for the Enlightenment of educational publication
１）Publication of the Society Journal
The Journal of the Japan Society of Transfusion Medicine and Cell
Therapy ISSN 1881-3011
Issue 1-6 yearly (bimonthly publication)
２）Newsletter publication
Preparation of the society guidelines, Publications from the society,Delivery of mail magazine (e-News)
The Journal of the Japan Society of Transfusion Medicine and Cell
Therapy ISSN 1881-3011
Issue 1-6 yearly (bimonthly publication)
２）Newsletter publication
Preparation of the society guidelines, Publications from the society,Delivery of mail magazine (e-News)
３ Activities for the development of human resources (personnel training)
１）Activities for the promotion of the education of medical technologists Organization and support of technical training courses
４ Surveillance activities
１）Survey on the use of blood products (Project sponsored by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan)
２）Hemovigilance Program
Operation of the system for the gathering of the adverse effects of blood transfusion
２）Hemovigilance Program
Operation of the system for the gathering of the adverse effects of blood transfusion
５ Certifying activities
１）Certifying systems
Certifying Physician system, Certifying Medical Technologist system, Certifying Nurse systems (Autologous Blood Transfusion, Clinical Transfusion Nurse, Apheresis Nurse)
２）Inspection & Accreditation Activity
Education of inspectors, Accreditation of hospitals
Certifying Physician system, Certifying Medical Technologist system, Certifying Nurse systems (Autologous Blood Transfusion, Clinical Transfusion Nurse, Apheresis Nurse)
２）Inspection & Accreditation Activity
Education of inspectors, Accreditation of hospitals
History
June 1952
Establishment of the Blood Transfusion Research
Conference (Previous denomination)
Conference (Previous denomination)
April 1954
Establishment of the Japan Society of Blood
Transfusion
Transfusion
April 1960
The 8th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Blood
Transfusion and the 8th Meeting of the International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) Joint Organization (Tokyo)
Transfusion and the 8th Meeting of the International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) Joint Organization (Tokyo)
April 1991
Establishment of the Certifying Physician System
April 1995
Establishment of the Certifying Medical Technologist System
March 1996
The 44th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Blood Transfusion and the 24th Meeting of the ISBT Joint Organization (Chiba)
May 2002
Request for the withdrawal of the proposal from the Council of the Directors of the National University Hospitals
April 2006
Establishment of the Japan Society of Transfusion Medicine and Cell Therapy (Limited Liability Intermediate Corporation)
September 2007
Establishment of the Certifying Nurse System
June 2009
Converted to and registered as the Japan Society of Transfusion Medicine and Cell Therapy (General Incorporated Association)
November 2009
The 16th Autumn Symposium of the Japan Society of Transfusion Medicine and Cell Therapy and the 20th ISBT Asia Regional Meeting Joint Organization (Nagoya)
May 2010
Certifying Clinical Transfusion Nurse System established.
July 2010
Certifying Apheresis Nurse System established.
Office
Unite bldg. 5th Floor, 2-14-14 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
Phone +81-3-5804-2611
Fax +81-3-5804-2612
E mail info@mail.jstmct.or.jp
Web Site http://yuketsu.jstmct.or.jp/
Members
Approximately 6,400 members (April 2023)