22EL-794 On-Demand eCast: Addressing Common Nonconformances from AABB and How to Prevent Them

Live Program Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Program Number: 22EL-794

Educational Track: Quality Education
Topic: Patient Transfusion
Intended Audience: Directors, Facilities that perform molecular testing, Hospital Blood Banks, Hospitals, Immunohematology Reference Labs (IRL’s), Laboratory Staff, Managers/Supervisors, Medical Directors, Nurses, Physicians, Students (MD, MT, SBB), Technologists, Transfusion Safety Officers
Teaching Level: Intermediate

Faculty
(titles and affiliations at the time of the live program)
Director/Moderator: Leane Ziebell, MSA, MT(ASCP)SBB, CQA(ASQ), Senior Director, Quality, American Red Cross, Ellicott City, MD (retired)
Speakers: Melanie Sloan, MS, MT(ASCP) SBB, CQA(ASQ), Senior Director, Accreditation and Quality, AABB, Bethesda, MD; Tracie Nichols, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM, SBB, Technical Specialist, Accreditation and Quality, AABB, Bethesda, MD

Program Description
Open discussion with case studies to be presented by the Senior Director of AABB’s accreditation team. AABB standards and interpretations that resulted in nonconformances will be highlighted. The speakers will then expand discussion on tools used in root cause analysis to determine corrective actions that will prevent future nonconformances. Finally, the AABB Accreditation team will discuss the Commendable Practices as a resource for continuous process improvement.

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

• List the most common AABB nonconformances in the following areas: Blood Bank/Transfusion Services, Cellular Therapy, IRL, and Relationship Testing.
• Apply the “5 Why’s” to determine root causes for nonconformances.
• Discuss use of AABB Commendable Practices posted on the AABB Accreditation site.

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.