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AM23-MN-15-O

AM23-MN-15-O: Directed Donations and COVID-19 Unvaccinated Donors: Ethical Framework and Practical Considerations (Enduring)

Credits
1 General Continuing Education (GEN) | 1 Florida Lab Personnel (FLP) | 1 California Nurse (CN) | 1 California Lab Personnel (CLP) | 1 Physician (PHY)
$3000
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Hospitals and Blood Centers are increasingly faced with concern from patients and families who object to blood transfusion from COVID-19 vaccinated donors. With this concern, there have also been increased requests for directed donations. This session will highlight how blood suppliers may handle these requests for directed donations and blood from COVID-19 unvaccinated donors, provide a historical perspective on how segregation of blood supply from particular donors is problematic, how these requests affect the utilization of scarce resources, and provide ethical guidance. There will be a particular discussion of the ethical framework that hospitals and care teams can use to approach requests for directed donations and COVID-19 unvaccinated donors, how the approach may differ between adult and pediatric patients and the use of the Best Interest Standard, the Zone of Parental Discretion, and the Harm Principle.

Learning Objectives

  • Navigate challenges with requests for directed donation and blood from COVID-19 unvaccinated donors
  • Name ethical principles that can be utilized to evaluate requests for directed donation and blood from COVID-19 unvaccinated donors
  • Distinguish ethical challenges with requests for directed and autologous donation for adult versus pediatric patients
  • Create a blood center and hospital policy regarding requests for directed donation and blood from COVID-19 unvaccinated donors

Moderator

Speaker Image for Nabiha Saifee
Transfusion Service Medical Director, Seattle Children's Hospital

Speakers

Speaker Image for Emily Coberly
Divisional Chief Medical Officer, American Red Cross
Speaker Image for Mithya Lewis-Newby
Associate Professor, Pediatrics and Bioethics Attending Physician, Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Medicine Faculty, Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics and Palliative Care, Seattle Children's Hospital and University of Washington School of Medicine

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