Product Code: 27EL-704-2035
Please note: This is a Single Viewer eCast registration for one participant for this eCast for both the live and on-demand version of this eCast. If you are interested in presenting this program to a group, please see the “eCast Registration Form– Group Viewing” form on the eCast program page.
Access instructions for the live eCast will be provided via email approximately 2-3 business days prior to the live program date. Access instructions for the on-demand version of this program will be provided via email approximately 3-10 business days after the live program has occurred and the on-demand version is available.
Program Description: This eCAST addresses the practical and ethical challenges transfusion medicine professionals face when caring for patients who decline some or all blood products, including Jehovah's Witnesses and individuals who refuse transfusion for personal, financial, or safety reasons. The program brings together two faculty speakers whose presentations move from the front-end work of recognizing and honoring patient preferences to the clinical science and hands-on strategies that make transfusion-free care feasible. The first portion examines how transfusion-refusing patients are identified across the care pathway and how their individual acceptances and refusals—down to specific components, minor fractions, and blood-conservation procedures—are elicited and documented in a way that is confidential, non-coercive, and reliably communicated across the care team. The second portion turns to the evidence base for bloodless medicine and surgery and to the pharmacologic and procedural tools, such as high-dose erythropoiesis-stimulating agents and other blood-conservation measures, that clinicians use to prevent and manage anemia in these patients.
