Hemovigilance
Program Code: 5212-A
Monday, October 23, 2006
10:30 AM to 12:00 PM (ET)

MODERATOR
Kathleen Sazama, MD, JD, LifeSouth Community Blood Centers, Inc.

SPEAKERS
Michael Murphy, MD, FRCP, FRCPATH, FFPATH (M.), University of Oxford
Pierre Robillard, MD, Hema-Quebec
Kathleen Sazama, MD, JD, LifeSouth Community Blood Centers, Inc.

DESCRIPTION
This session will describe the purpose of hemovigilance, and the lessons learned for better transfusion practice using examples from different programs. The issue of the benefit of greater collaboration between existing programs will be discussed, including the requirement for common definitions for adverse transfusion events.