Plenary 1: Transfusion Practice in Changing Times
Day: Wednesday | Time: 17:00 - 18:30
Session Coordinators:
Bill Chaffe
Speakers:
Pathology Modernisation - implications for the diagnostic laboratory
Professor Adrian Newland, Queen Mary University of London
Role of Interventional Radiology in Acute Haemorrhage
Dr Neil Davies, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
How important is avoidance of blood transfusionin renal patients in 2018?
Professor Iain MacDougall, Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Intended Audience
All Laboratory & clinical staff, of all disciplines.
Learning Objectives
1. better understand alternative / additional options to transfusion, for patients and when may be used.
2. Consider if they know how patients on the renal transplant waiting list at their hospital are treated for anaemia.
3. Better understand the thinking / arguments behind Pathology Modernisation and how it may evolve.
Brief Description
Three plenary talks on changing or advancing areas: including Pathology Modernisation - how might it affect Transfusion? Also Interventional Radiology to tackle haemorrhage; and alternatives to transfusion in renal transplant patients, who may form HLA antibodies which can impact on transplant outcome.
Session Tags
Improving Patient Outcomes
Diagnostics, Science & Technology
Quality, Regulation & Governance
