Live Program Date: Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Program Number: 22EL-746-L

Educational Track: Technical/Clinical
Topic: Patient Blood Management
Intended Audience: Directors, Hospital Blood Banks, Hospitals, Laboratory Staff, Managers/Supervisors, Medical Directors, Nurses, Perfusionists, Physicians, Residents/Fellows, Students (MD, MT, SBB), Technologists, Transfusion Safety Officers

Faculty
(titles and affiliations at the time of the live program)
Director/Moderator: Emily Coberly, MD, Divisional Chief Medical Officer, American Red Cross, St. Louis, MO
Speakers: Richard R. Gammon, MD, Medical Director, OneBlood, Inc., Orlando, FL; Mark Friedman, DO, Director of Transfusion Services, NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island, Mineola, NY

Program Description
Blood product shortages may often occur in association with holidays, severe weather, or other events that may temporarily impact blood collections. In this program, the faculty will review the role of Patient Blood Management as a strategy to mitigate the impact of low product inventories during times of blood product shortage, including both from the hospital and the blood collection center perspectives. The speakers will also recommend measures to address unexpected changes in inventory both short-term predictable and longer-term unanticipated (e.g., pandemic, disasters).

Learning Objectives
After participating in this educational activity, participants should be able to:

Describe how a blood center utilizes patient blood management when the blood supply falls below predefined levels.
Report how a hospital transfusion service utilizes patient blood management when the blood supply falls below predefined levels.
Recommend measures to address unexpected changes in inventory from both short-term predictable and longer-term unanticipated (e.g., pandemic, disasters) causes.

How to Claim Continuing Education Credit

Single Viewers: if you registered as a single viewer, complete the evaluation found on the "CE Information" tab after watching the video. By submitting the evaluation, you are attesting to watching the presentation in its entirety.
Group Viewers: This is applicable for groups/facilities that purchased Group Viewing access for this program (registration will be verified prior to processing a group viewing attendance log). Group Viewing Coordinators should submit the attendance log to eLearning@aabb.org within 72 hours of the completion/viewing date. Once AABB receives an attendance log, each participant on the attendance log will be granted access as a single viewer to this program and will be required to complete the evaluation in order to claim continuing education credit. Each participant will be required to have an AABB account in order to access this program/platform. If a participant does not have an account, he/she can create one using the same email address provided on the attendance log.

Emily Coberly MD

American Red Cross

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