Do It Yourself: Operationalizing a Preop Anemia Program

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

• Educational Track: Technical/Clinical
• Topic: Patient Blood Management
• Intended Audience: Directors, Hospital Blood Banks, Hospitals, Laboratory Staff, Managers/Supervisors, Medical Directors, Nurses, PBM Coordinators, Perfusionists, Physicians, Residents/Fellows, Students (MD, MT, SBB), Technologists, Transfusion Safety Officers
• Teaching Level: Advanced, Intermediate
• Director/Moderator: Mark T. Friedman, DO, Medical Director, Blood Bank and Transfusion Service, Director, Pathology Residency Program, Mount Sinai Health System, Associate Professor of Pathology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, NY
  Speaker: Himani V. Bhatt, DO, MPA, FASE, FASA, Director, Division of Cardiac Anesthesiology, Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Hospital, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Dept. of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, NY

• Learning Objectives

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

  • List common challenges faced when starting a pre-operative anemia program.
  • Identify methods to obtain support from clinicians and administration.
  • Develop techniques on the day-to-day process and management of a successful anemia clinic.

  Program Description

  Patient Blood Management is a multi-disciplinary approach to optimize patients who may need a transfusion. An emphasis on improving blood utilization and decreasing costs has led the healthcare industry to focus on new methods and strategies to examine blood management in patients. Pre-operative Anemia Programs are a component of the AABB Standards for Patient Blood Management and a key step in attaining The Joint Commission/AABB Patient Blood Management Certification. These programs can lead to significant patient benefits and cost savings. But how do you get started? This program will look at a hospital-based pre-operative anemia program and describe some “lessons-learned” and pointers for those exploring this initiative for their organization.

  Registration

  		Program #
  Single Viewer: On-Demand	Register	19EL-477-4031
  Group Viewing: On-Demand	Register	19EL-477-8031

  Continuing Education Credit

  AABB designates both the live and on-demand version of this eCast each eligible for 1 continuing education credits/contact hours for Physicians, General Participation, California Nurse, California Lab Personnel and Florida Lab Personnel. The number and type of credits awarded for this program (both live and on-demand) was determined by the program duration. For more information on each credit type please visit our Continuing Education Credits webpage.

  Disclosures for the planners of this event can be found here. Disclosures for the program faculty are provided at the beginning of the program.