23EL-873 On-Demand eCast: Addressing Common Nonconformances from AABB and How to Prevent Them

Live Program Date: Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Program Number: 23EL-873

Educational Track: Quality Education
Topics: Blood Donation & Collection, Patient Transfusion
Intended Audience: COOs, Directors, Facilities that perform molecular testing, Hospital Blood Banks, Hospitals, Immunohematology Reference Labs (IRL’s), Laboratory Staff, Managers/Supervisors, Medical Directors, Quality Assurance Professionals, Scientists, Students (MD, MT, SBB), Technologists
Teaching Level: Intermediate

Faculty
(titles and affiliations at the time of the live program)
Director/Moderator: Sheri Goertzen, MLS(ASCP)BB, CLS(CA), CQA(ASQ), Supervisor, Transfusion Service, Valley Children’s Hospital and Healthcare, Madera, CA
Speakers: Melanie Sloan, MS, MT(ASCP) SBB, CQA(ASQ), Senior Director, Accreditation and Quality, AABB, Bethesda, MD; Tracie Nichols, MS, MLS(ASCP)^CM, SBB, Director of Compliance and Domestic Outreach, Accreditation and Quality, AABB, Bethesda, MD

Program Description
Open discussion with case studies to be presented by AABB’s Accreditation team. AABB standards and actual descriptions from assessment summary reports with documented nonconformances and objective evidence will be highlighted. The speakers will then expand the discussion on tools used to prevent future nonconformances. Finally, the AABB Accreditation team will discuss AABB resources for continuous process improvement.

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

• List common nonconformances observed for AABB Accreditation activities in 2023.
• Identify common themes involved with the top nonconformances, i.e., labeling, temperature excursions, etc.
• Discuss the role of a Failure Mode Effects and Analysis in AABB (FMEA) Assessment nonconformance mitigation.
• Apply an FMEA exercise to the common themes of the nonconformance for different AABB Accreditation activities, e.g., BBTS, CT, RT, MT, and IRL.

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.