Addressing Common Nonconformances from AABB and How to Prevent Them (27EL-790)

Please note: AABB reserves the right to make updates to this program.

• Topics: Accreditation, Blood Donation & Collection, Inventory, Management Operations, Operations, Patient Transfusion, Quality, Quality Systems, Standards
• Intended Audience: Laboratory Professionals, Physicians
• Teaching Level: Intermediate

• Director/Moderator: Herleen Rai, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Division of Transfusion Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
  Speaker: Tracie Nichols, MS, MLS(ASCP), SBB^ᴄᴍ, CABP, CQA(ASQ), Senior Director of Accreditation Compliance, AABB, Bethesda, MD

• Program Description

  Open discussion with case studies to be presented by AABB's accreditation team. AABB standards and actual descriptions from assessment summary reports with documented nonconformances and objective evidence will be highlighted. Faculty will then expand the discussion on tools used to prevent future nonconformances. Finally, AABB staff will discuss AABB resources for continuous process improvement.

  Learning Objectives

  After participating in this educational activity, participants should be able to:

  • Identify the most common themes for AABB nonconformances.
  • Describe the quality tools available on the AABB website and how they are best applied in a systematic approach to minimize and mitigate any identified nonconformances.
  • Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the identified quality tools and an example of an application.
  • Explain the importance of standardization in policies and procedures and how standardization leads to improved quality outcomes.

  Registration

  Registration includes access to both the live and on-demand version of this eCast.

  If you are a facility interested in participating in this eCast, simply complete the Group Viewing registration form and AABB will provide detailed instructions to share with your team approximately one week prior to the live program (each team member to register for the program utilizing a promocode). For single viewers, simply click on the Register button below to register.

  Please note: registration for the live eCast will close 1 hour prior to the eCast start time. If you register after this time, you will receive access to the on-demand eCast when it is available.

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  Continuing Education Credit

  This activity is eligible for one (1.0) continuing education credit/contact hour for Physicians, California Nurses, California Lab Personnel, Florida Lab Personnel and General Participation credit. AABB reserves the right to reduce or increase the number of credits granted based on the final activity duration. For more information on each credit type please visit our Continuing Education Credits webpage.

  There is no financial support for this activity.

  

  In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies (AABB), which is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

  Physicians (ACCME): AABB designates this live activity for a maximum of one (1.0) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM. AABB designates this enduring activity for a maximum of one (1.0) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  Claiming Credit
  Live Activity - Upon completion of the live activity, you will receive instructions to complete your evaluation, which is necessary to claim credit and receive your certificate of attendance/completion (credit must be claimed by the date provided in the instructions). The evaluation can be found by logging into the AABB Education Platform.

  Enduring Activity - Once the enduring (on-demand) program is available, you will receive instructions to access the AABB Education Platform. Upon completion of viewing the enduring activity, you will need to complete the evaluation, which is necessary to claim credit and receive your certificate of completion (credit must be claimed by the date provided in the AABB Education Platform).

  Program & Credit Expiration Dates:

  • Live Activity Program Date: November 17, 2027; Credit Expiration Date: December 17, 2027
  • Enduring Activity Program Dates: November 17, 2027 – November 16, 2030; Credit Expiration Date: November 16, 2030

  Disclosure Declaration

  It is the policy of the Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies to ensure independence, balance, objectivity, and scientific rigor and integrity in all of its CE activities. Faculty must disclose to the participants any relationships with commercial companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. AABB has evaluated, identified, and mitigated any potential conflicts of interest through a rigorous content validation procedure, use of evidence-based data/research, and a multidisciplinary peer review process. The following information is for participant information only. It is not assumed that the presence of such relationships will have a negative impact on the presentations.

  Disclosures for the planners of this event can be found here. Disclosures for the program faculty, peer reviewers, and AABB personnel are provided at the beginning of the program.

  Faculty Biographies

  Tracie Nichols serves as the Senior Director of Accreditation Compliance at AABB. Prior to joining AABB, she worked as a Technical Specialist at West Virginia University Hospitals Blood Bank and Cellular Processing and prior to that as a Laboratory Generalist for the Wedgewood Family Practice. Ms. Nichols was ASCP certified in 2000 and SBB certified in 2011. Ms. Nichols received a Master's in Clinical Laboratory Science from Michigan State University, a Specialty in Blood Bank Certificate from Dayton Community Blood Center, and a Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology from West Virginia University.

  
  

  Dr. Herleen (Sofi) Rai is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and serves as Associate Program Director of the Pathology Residency Training Program at JHH. Dr. Rai obtained her MD from Ross University School of Medicine and completed her residency training in Clinical Pathology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine/ University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. This was followed by a two-year fellowship in Transfusion Medicine at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). As a faculty member of the Division of Transfusion Medicine, her areas of interest include stem cell and immune effector cell therapies, with a focus on apheresis collection and manufacturing. She serves as the Associate Medical Director for Apheresis at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and has been part of AABB’s e-Learning Committee for 2 yrs.