SBB students gain experience at BloodCenter's national reference laboratories.
About the Specialist in Blood Banking (SBB) at BloodCenter of Wisconsin
The Specialist in Blood Banking Technology (SBB) Program at BloodCenter of Wisconsin gives students skills necessary to become successful blood bank supervisors or managers, educators, quality professionals and technical specialists. Credits earned during the two-year program can be applied toward a Master of Science in Transfusion Medicine degree at Marquette University.
The SBB program at BloodCenter of Wisconsin was instituted in 1965, and is one of the longest running programs in the country. BloodCenter’s SBB on site faculty are experts in their given areas of expertise: transfusion medicine, platelet and neutrophil serology, cellular immunology, molecular genetics, histocompatibility and immunohematology.
BloodCenter SBB students learn all aspects of:
- Blood Collection, Donor Testing, Component Preparation
- Hemapheresis, Donor Management, Blood Inventory Management
- Immunohematology, Compatibility Testing, Transfusion Therapy
- Hemostasis, Platelet and Neutrophil Immunology
- HLA and Transplantation, Molecular Genetics
- Quality systems, Administrative Procedures, and Educational Techniques
BloodCenter of Wisconsin SBB Accreditation
BloodCenter’s SBB program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) upon the recommendation of the AABB's Committee on Accreditation of Specialist in Blood Bank Technology Schools (AABB/CoA).
