Karen Moniz

Director - Technical ICCBBA

Karen Moniz, MHA, MT(ASCP)SBB, is Technical Director at ICCBBA. She leads the technical development of the ISBT 128 Standard to meet the global traceability needs for medical products of human origin (MPHO). She studied medical technology at the University of Kentucky, immunohematology at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and healthcare administration at George Washington University. Karen spent decades managing blood donor centers, transfusion services, and biomedical information technology. An early advocate of the ISBT 128 Standard, she remains enthusiastic about the evolution of the ISBT 128 Standard to continue contributing to MPHO traceability, biovigilance, harmonization of terminology, and electronic data transfer.

Seminars

Wednesday 10th June 2026
Panel: Confronting Portal Fragmentation to Accelerate Workflows & Enable Faster, More Connected Care
12:00 pm
  • Adopting hub or network-based models to reduce portal fatigue whilst accommodating site-specific operations
  • Providing shared visibility across logistics, manufacturing, and clinics to support compressed vein-to-vein timelines (<14 days) and accelerate therapy delivery
  • Leveraging commercially available digital tools for adoption in new and community-based sites
Wednesday 10th June 2026
Embedding Standards Early in the Process for Optimal Compliance
9:00 am
  •  Explore emerging scenarios for extending chain of identity (CoI) beyond autologous therapies to support commercial and off-the-shelf models and streamline end-to-end services
  • Examine how accrediting bodies evolve requirements from “should” to “shall”, and what that shift means for sustained compliance over time
  • Identify future proofing strategies for applying chain of identity identifiers across systems
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