Welcome to AABB's course focusing on the fundamentals of blood banking and transfusion medicine. Designed for early-career professionals or those looking to refresh their knowledge, AABB’s Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine 101 course provides a thorough overview about blood banking and transfusion medicine from top experts in the field.
Activities Included:
Welcome & Instructions
Please click the Start Topic button to begin. You will be presented with all the subtopics in this section. You can watch them in any order but we recommend watching them in order. You will also be able to download the handout and an audio MP3 file of each subtopic. Once you have watched a video simply click the Complete button and the next video in this section will be presented to you.
Activities Included:
Overview of the Blood Pipeline
Ecology of Blood
Blood Banking: Global Environment
Transfusion Medicine as Applied Immunology
Transfusion Medicine as Applied Coagulation
Transfusion Medicine for Oxygen Delivery
Challenges in this Area
Please click the Start Topic button to begin. You will be presented with all the subtopics in this section. You can watch them in any order but we recommend watching them in order. You will also be able to download the handout and an audio MP3 file of each subtopic. Once you have watched a video simply click the Complete button and the next video in this section will be presented to you.
Activities Included:
Blood Centers 101
Infectious Disease Screening – History and Present
Requirements for Storage and Expiration
Principles of Blood Supply Safety
Directed & Autologous Donors
Challenges in this Area
Please click the Start Topic button to begin. You will be presented with all the subtopics in this section. You can watch them in any order but we recommend watching them in order. You will also be able to download the handout and an audio MP3 file of each subtopic. Once you have watched a video simply click the Complete button and the next video in this section will be presented to you.
Activities Included:
Blood Products and Indications on Why You Would Transfuse Each
ABO Typing & Antibody Screening/Identification and Crossmatching – Why is This Important
Sequencing (Vein to Vein Pipeline) - Where Is Activity Occurring and What Sequence
Adverse Effects of Blood Transfusion
Challenges in this Area
Please click the Start Topic button to begin. You will be presented with all the subtopics in this section. You can watch them in any order but we recommend watching them in order. You will also be able to download the handout and an audio MP3 file of each subtopic. Once you have watched a video simply click the Complete button and the next video in this section will be presented to you.
Activities Included:
Regulatory Bodies
Report (What and Why)
Special Requirements for Facilities and Safety
Irradiation
Roles of the Players & Groups
Challenges in this Area
By completing the evaluation you are attesting to watching all the videos. We thank you for your participation in this program!
Activities Included:
Program Evaluation
AABB has provided the following resources to download and keep for future use.
Presentation Handouts
Topic 1: Industry Review/Overview
Topic 2: Blood Banking Fundamentals
Topic 3: Transfusion Medicine Fundamentals
Topic 4: Regulatory/Compliance Deep Dive
Activities Included: