ABOUT EMATAG
The purpose of the group is to:
- Enhance and expand the ISBT 128 Standard for use with blood components in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa;
- Provide advice and support to facilities introducing the ISBT 128 Standard;
- Generate, review, and comment upon proposed changes to the ISBT 128 Standard and its supporting documents;
- Prepare educational material and tools to support the implementation of ISBT 128; and
- Promote the adoption of the ISBT 128 Standard in their region as well as globally.
The Europe, Middle East, and Africa Technical Advisory Group (EMATAG) expanded its reach to Africa in 2011. However, the original core group was established in 1997.
Jolanta Antoniewicz-Papis has been appointed as the new Chair.
The group is considering how it can contribute to a larger external project on developing standardized inventory status codes and uniform definitions to support traceability and hemovigilance, and the role in which the ISBT 128 Standard could play in establishing it. Industry user input is needed to determine what information or status codes need to be tracked.
EMATAG MEMBER LIST
Chair
Jolanta Antoniewicz-Papis
ICCBBA Staff Liaison
Erwin Cabana
Representatives
- Mohanad Abu Alhassan – Sudan
- Laila Al-Shaer – UAE
- Önder Arslan – Turkey
- Jorge Condeço – Portugal
- Heidi Goubran – Egypt
- Sveinn Gudmundsson – Iceland
- Dinie Hoentjen – The Netherlands
- Ína Björg Hjálmarsdóttir – Iceland
- Jerry Orlin – Israel
- Landrö Ragna – Iceland
- Reem Al Radwan – Kuwait
- TBD – United Kingdom
- Zoe Sidera – Cyprus
- Kevin Valletta – Malta
Technical Experts
- Jørgen Georgsen
- Antonio Salat
Liaisons
- EBA – European Blood Alliance
- Martin FitzGerald – GS1
Observers
- Denise Borg-Aquilina
- Piotr Bratek
- Aurélie Delos
- Stephen Henry
- Raj Kumar
- Ana Margarida Lopes
- Laurence Marie
- Wayne Miller
- Stuart Morris
- John Muircroft
- Heiko Müller
- Nuno Oliveira
- Sarah Richardson
- Bruno Rousselin
- Stephane Sajot
- Leif Sandvik
- Rosanne Scerri
- Claess Henning Sørensen
- Serge Tabet
- Daniel Waurzyniak
- Milena Weis
- Will Willman
- Daniel Wiman
Join Our Mission!
Technical Advisory Group (TAG) members are experts in their fields and work toward globally consistent terminology, labeling, and use of ISBT 128 to improve patient safety.
If you are interested in contributing to the discussion, please reach out today!
