Live Program Date: Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Program Number: 21EL-616

Educational Track: Quality Education
Topics: Blood Components, Component Processing, Donation, Donation Process, Donor Eligibility, Donor Recruitment, Modifications, Patient Blood Management, Patient Transfusion, Plasma, Platelets, Quality, Red Blood Cells, Special Patients and Situations, Storage, Transportation, Expiration, Testing, Therapeutic Goals, Transfusion Safety
Intended Audience: CEOs, Directors, Donor Recruitment Staff, Hospital Blood Banks, Hospitals, Laboratory Staff, Managers/Supervisors, Medical Directors, Physicians, Residents/Fellows, Students (MD, MT, SBB), Technologists, Transfusion Safety Officers
Teaching Level: Basic, Intermediate

Faculty
(titles and affiliations at the time of the live program)
Director/Moderator: Kerry O’Brien, MD, Medical Director Blood Bank, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Speakers: Monica B. Pagano, MD, Medical Director Transfusion Services, Associate Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology; Associate Director Pathology Residency Program, University of Washington, Division of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Seattle, WA; P. Dayand Borge, Jr., MD, PhD, Divisional Chief Medical Officer, Northeast and Central Atlantic Divisions, American Red Cross Biomedical Services, Philadelphia, PA

Program Description
Blood product inventory relies on a healthy donor population to donate on a frequent basis and blood product usage to remain steady. The COVID19 pandemic of early 2020 paralyzed the United States. Mandated social distancing to reduce the spread of Sars-Cov-2 resulted in widespread cancellation of blood drives nationally. This program will address how one hospital-based transfusion service took measures to combat a sudden inventory shortage at the beginning of the crisis in the United States. This eCast will also discuss ways in which regional and national blood centers took action to continue to collect in the midst of widespread mandated social distancing policies.

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

Detail internal steps that a hospital-based transfusion service may take to manage their inventory when a long-term shortage of products is forecasted.
Detail ways in which the hospital administration can assist the transfusion service when a long-term shortage of blood products is predicted.
Describe steps that a blood center may take to adapt their processes when the threat of a drastic decrease in donations is identified.

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.

Dr. P. Dayand Borge, Jr. MD, PhD

American Red Cross Biomedical Services

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