Implementing a Successful Patient Blood Management Program

Cardinal Health Lab Briefings webinar series

This webinar is presented by Sarah E Barnhard MD, UC-Davis Health, Assistant Clinical Professor and Medical Director of Transfusion Services.

Title: Implementing a Successful Patient Blood Management Program

Overview

In this webinar, you will learn key factors that lead to success in an evolving public academic medical center culture and practice surrounding red blood cell transfusions. Learn about a change management strategy which included executive alignment and organizational transformation based on a centralized vision. Understand barriers to running this program and how they were overcome; and finally learn best practices from observing the improvement in utilization that continued for more than two years, reflecting remarkable sustainability.

Objectives

Upon completion of this continuing education activity, the participant should be able to:

• Understand the factors that lead to a successful model of PBM
• Identify the diverse needs of a PBM program
• Discuss potential barriers to a successful PBM program and strategies to overcome them

Intended audience

This continuing education credit is intended for use by clinical laboratory professionals who are interested in learning about sustainable patient blood management in the laboratory.

Take the course and obtain CE credits

Attend this basic level webinars at no cost.  Cardinal Health is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.® Program.  This webinar is managed by Whitehat Communications and offer one P.A.C.E.® Continuing Education contact hour for up to six months after the live event.

One P.A.C.E.® credit is available upon completion of the course: Implementing a Successful Patient Blood Management Program

P.A.C.E.® credits are widely recognized in the clinical laboratory profession and can be used to fulfill most continuing education requirements.