BUNDLE: Standards for a Patient Blood Management Program, 5th Edition – Print and Guidance

Product Code: 254086

The Standards for a Patient Blood Management Program (PBM Standards) can help facilities that are implementing or enhancing PBM efforts to have a solid foundation for maintaining and optimizing the care of patients who may or may not need transfusion. Like other AABB Standards, this edition includes overarching quality standards as well as specific technical standards. The effective date of this edition is June 1, 2025.

Significant Changes to the 5th Edition:

Activity level 12 has been added, recognizing the need for PBM programs to ensure that the patient and clinician discuss whether to consent for transfusion or not.
PBM programs must take steps to avoid, when possible, the administration of blood to a patient.
PBM programs must have the appropriate level of staffing and equipment to provide the optimal level of patient care.
The patient’s coagulation and fibrinogen status must be optimized, because not doing so could lead to blood clotting.

Guidance for Standards for a Patient Blood Management Program includes verbatim requirements from the 5th edition of PBM Standards interspersed with guidance. Language from the PBM Standards is presented; when there is appropriate guidance for that standard, the guidance language follows the standard with the heading "Guidance."" This format allows the reader to see both the requirement and the associated guidance side by side.

Please note that there is no guidance for some standards. The Patient Blood Management Standards Committee has chosen to focus on those issues that may require additional context and/or examples to assist in attaining compliance with the PBM Standards.

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BUNDLE: AABB, 2025, 89 pages, ISBN 978-1-56395-530-3 | AABB, 2025, softcover, 93 pages, ISBN 978-1-56395-532-7
Product Code: 254086
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