Abstract Submission Guidelines:

Abstracts must be submitted online through the official congress website.

The maximum word count for abstracts is [word count].

Include a clear title, authors’ names, affiliations, and contact details.

Structure your abstract with a concise introduction, methods, results, and conclusions.

Use standard abbreviations, and ensure clarity and coherence in your submission.

Accepted abstracts will be presented in poster sessions. This is a unique opportunity to share your research, engage with experts in the field, and contribute to the advancement of transfusion medicine.

Important Dates:

Abstract Submission Deadline: [Submission Deadline]

Notification of Acceptance: [Notification Date]

Early Registration Deadline: [Early Registration Deadline]

Congress Dates: [Dates]

For further details and to submit your abstract, please visit [Congress Website].

We look forward to your participation in this exciting event, where we aim to enhance our understanding, exchange ideas, and pave the way for the future of transfusion medicine.

[Congress Organizing Committee]

• Please be informed that the abstract submission for the 5^th Iran International congress of Transfusion Medicine 2024 is free of charge, but the presenting author of the abstract must be registered for the meeting with registration fee.

• Abstracts must contain original information, not submitted, published or presented elsewhere prior to
• The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that all authors have read the abstract and agreed to be co-authors. Pease fill out the family names, first names, affiliations, city, country of the co-authors, correctly.
• The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring all authors names in the abstract. After acceptance of the articles (as poster or lecture) any change will NOT be accepted in the authors names or text body of the abstract.

• Note the person submitting the abstract will be consider as corresponding author.
• The Scientific Committee retains the right to reject abstracts containing previously submitted or abstract without acceptable criteria.
• In clinical studies, please state in the methods section whether the study was approved by a recognized medical ethics committee and write the article’s ethic committee code.
• Similarly, do not submit a copy or close copy of an abstract under more than 1 topic. Abstracts that appear to be submitted multiple times under different topics will be rejected.
• Abstracts should be submitted just in clear English to allow the reviewers to focus on the scientific content of the abstract. Please avoid submitting the abstract in non- English languages.
• The maximum word count allowed is 300 words.  The minimum word count should be 150 words.
• The abstract should be structured into the following mandatory sections:

o Background/Introduction

o Methods

o Results

o Conclusions

o Keywords: please choose 3-5 keywords according to MeSH

• A word file should contain the title of the abstract, family and first names of the authors, their affiliations, Background/Introduction, methods, results, conclusions and key words that should be uploaded during the submission. Please use this Word template for preparing your abstract.
•  Abbreviations and Trademarks should not be used in the title Abbreviations in the article text should be defined.
• The submission of an abstract constitutes a formal/mural commitment by the submitting author to present the abstract (if accepted) in the session and the time assigned by the Scientific Committee.

Abstract review, selection and publication

General comments

A panel of experts will review the abstracts. Each abstract will be reviewed by at least two different experts. Abstracts may be selected for oral presentation or poster presentation by the congress scientific committee.

• The author who submits the abstract will receive the confirmation of acceptance for oral presentation, poster presentation or a notice of rejection, by 15 August 2018 via e-mail.
• The author who submits the abstract selected for oral presentation will be informed about the type and date of the session, and presentation guidelines will be provided.

• Poster presenters will be informed about the date of the poster exhibition and will receive guidelines for their preparation and presentation.