Improving Patient Outcomes
Day: Thursday | Time: 08:45 - 10:15
Session Coordinators:
Kate Pendry & Anne Morrison
Speakers:
Data, Dialogue & Discovery
Dr Karen Bailie, SNBTS, Edinburgh
Should Red Cells be HLA matched for transfusion to patients listed for renal transplant?
Dr Michelle Willicombe, Imperial Healthcare London
What's new in surgical PBM?
Prof. Toby Richards, UCLH, London
Presentation Unavailable
What could be better than a blood bank full of blood? Ways to reduce wastage
Prof. Mark Yazer, Pittsburgh, USA
0845_thu_alsh2_yazer_update_v3.pdf
Intended Audience:
Transfusion practitioners, haematologists, biomedical scientists, lab managers, blood service staff involved in supply chain, H&I staff, surgeons, anaesthetists
Learning Objectives:
A great varied session on different aspects of patient blood management including:
1. An update of surgical approaches to patient blood management
2. Learn how SNBTS have set up a systematic approach to blood usage data and how the data is used to improve patient outcomes
3. Should patients listed for renal transplant receive HLA matched re cells?
4. How to manage blood wastage
Brief Description:
This session will be useful for a wide range of people involved in blood transfusion: Transfusion practitioners, haematologists, biomedical scientists, lab managers, blood service staff involved in supply chain, H&I staff, surgeons, anaesthetists. The session will focus on different aspects of patient blood management, from understanding where blood is used, to reduction in wastage. There will be a focus on PBM in surgical patients and an interesting session on the use of HLA matched red cells in patients listed for renal transplant
Session Tags: TBC
