22EL-736 On-Demand eCast: Ethical Issues in Transfusion Medicine, Blood Banking, and Biotherapies

Live Program Date: Thursday, May 19, 2022
Program Number: 22EL-736

Educational Track: Technical/Clinical
Topic: Patient Transfusion
Intended Audience: Directors, Hospital Blood Banks, Hospitals, Immunohematology Reference Labs (IRL’s), 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: Michael Passwater, MT(ASCP)SBB,DLM, Blood Bank Manager, UF Shands Hospital, Gainesville, FL
Speakers: Hilary F. Ryder, MD, MS, FACP, FHM, HEC-C, Clinical Ethicist and Associate Professor of Medicine, Texas Christian University and UNTHSC School of Medicine, Fort Worth, TX; Director of Internal Medicine Education, Texas Health Fort Worth; Justin Kreuter, MD, Consultant and Instructor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Program Description
Practicing Transfusion Medicine can involve challenging ethical situations because blood is a voluntarily donated precious medical resource with a limited shelf life. Both supply and demand can be uncertain. This program will explore ethical dilemmas such as resource allocation when demand is anticipated to exceed supply, blood refusal, donor incentives, informed consent, and introducing investigational treatments. These topics will be approached from the perspective of both an ethicist and a transfusion medicine specialist, with the goal of applying a practical ethics framework.

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

• Discuss common ethical issues in the field of Transfusion Medicine today.
• Discuss common ethical issues in the field of Cellular Therapies/Biotherapies today.
• Paraphrase how your hospital ethics committee can help you resolve ethical disputes, create ethical policies, and provide ethics education.

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