Live Program Date: Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Program Number: 21EL-676

Educational Track: Leadership Management
Topics: Management Operations, Patient Blood Management, Patient Transfusion, Special Patients and Situations, Transfusion Process, Transfusion Safety
Intended Audience: Directors, Hospital Blood Banks, Hospitals, Managers/Supervisors, Medical Directors, Physicians, Residents/Fellows, Transfusion Safety Officers
Teaching Level: Intermediate

Faculty
(titles and affiliations at the time of the live program)
Director/Moderator: Richard R. Gammon, MD, Medical Director, OneBlood, Orlando, FL
Speakers: Lizabeth Rosenbaum, MD, Medical Director, Vitalant, Albuquerque, NM; Richard R. Gammon, MD, Medical Director, OneBlood, Orlando, FL

Program Description
Let’s face it – most pathologists are introverts and love working in the laboratory. When questioned, transfusion medicine doctors can rattle off their hospital transfusion guidelines and effortlessly quote the literature. However, knowing the data is not always enough. Having to confront a busy, insistent clinician when blood products are ordered outside of guidelines or during times of shortage or presenting blood utilization reports to hospital committees can be challenging and uncomfortable for many pathologists. This program will show you how to prepare for these critical conversations; who and how many from the lab should join; how to use your literature and hospital’s data to get your point across; and, how to set and present concise, meaningful, and achievable goals for utilization. This program will conclude revealing how to achieve your patient blood management goals through consensus building.

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

Develop skills to have effective communication with clinical colleagues, including ideal times for critical conversations on transfusion practices.
Describe ways to prepare for these serious dialogues.
Analyze ways to find common goals and the means to reach consensus related to patient blood management.

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.

Richard Gammon MD

Medical Director, OneBlood

Appearances