23EL-860 On-Demand eCast: Pediatric Transfusion Guidelines: Fact, Fiction and the Future

Live Program Date: Wednesday, August 2, 2023
Program Number: 23EL-860

Educational Track: Technical/Clinical
Topics: Blood Donation & Collection, Patient Transfusion
Intended Audience: Nurses, Physicians, Residents/Fellows, Students (MD, MT, SBB)
Teaching Level: Advanced

Faculty
(titles and affiliations at the time of the live program)
Director: Donna Berry, Learning and Development Specialist, New Zealand Blood Service, New Zealand
Moderator: Lynsi Rahorst, MHPE, MLS(ASCP)SBB^CM, Manager, Education and Training IRL/Genomics, New York Blood Center Enterprises, New York, NY
Speakers: Cassandra D. Josephson, MD, Director, Cancer and Blood Disorders Institute; Director, Blood Bank/Transfusion Medicine/Apheresis; Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, Professor (PAR), Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL; Ruchika Goel, MD, MPH, CABP, Senior Medical Director, Vitalant Corporate Medical Affairs; Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Simmons Cancer Institute at SIU School of Medicine; Adjunct Faculty, Division of Transfusion Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Program Description
This program will explain current international pediatric transfusion guidelines, including the rationale and evidence-based information that supports them. Gaps in the research to support the current guidelines will be discussed at length. Future studies and approaches to address these controversial areas and knowledge gaps will be discussed particularly in special pediatric patient populations.

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

• Compare current international pediatric transfusion guidelines.
• Apply evidence-based literature to current pediatric transfusion practice.
• Recognize the current knowledge gaps within pediatric transfusion.
• Identify current and future approaches for further development of pediatric transfusion guidelines.

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.