23EL-894 On-Demand eCast: Addressing Common Nonconformances from AABB: Deep Dive

Credits
1 General Continuing Education (GEN) | 1 Florida Lab Personnel (FLP) | 1 California Nurse (CN) | 1 California Lab Personnel (CLP) | 1 Physician (PHY)

Live Program Date: Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Program Number: 23EL-894

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: Melanie Sloan, MS, MT(ASCP) SBB, CQA(ASQ), Senior Director, Accreditation and Quality, AABB, Bethesda, MD
Moderator: Laura Staller, MHA, MLS(ASCP)CM, Manager, Customer-Ready Products, National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP)/Be The Match, Minneapolis, MN
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; Christopher Bocquet, Senior Director, Standards Development and Quality Initiatives, AABB, Bethesda, MD

Program Description
This program is a continuation of the conversation from the September 13th AABB eCast, Addressing Common Nonconformances from AABB and How to Prevent Them*. It will delve into the top three most common nonconformances themes with an open discussion with case studies to be presented by AABB’s accreditation and standards 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 staff will discuss AABB resources for continuous process improvement.

Learning Objectives

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

  • Identify the 3 most common themes of AABB nonconformances.
  • Describe the quality tools available on the AABB website and how they are best applied in a systematic approach to minimize and mitigate any identified nonconformances.
  • Discuss example scenarios and pros and cons of applying the identified quality tools.
  • Apply a sampling of the quality tools to the 3 common themes identified in AABB nonconformances.

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.

Moderator

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Laura Staller, MHA, MLS(ASCP)
NMDP Advanced Cell Therapy Cell Therapy Laboratory Solutions

Director & Speaker

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Melanie Sloan, MS, MT(ASCP) SBB, CQA(ASQ)
AABB

Speakers

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Tracie Nichols, MS, MLS(ASCP)SBB, CABP, CQA (ASQ)
AABB
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Senior Director, Standards and Quality Initiatives, AABB

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