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

What could be better than a blood bank full of blood? Ways to reduce wastage
Prof. Mark Yazer, Pittsburgh, USA

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