MODERATOR
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SPEAKER
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Stephen Eason, MBA, Foundation Director, Carter BloodCare
Screening Blood Donors for Cardiovascular and Diabetes Risk Factors
Debra Kessler, RN,MS, Director, Special Donor and Community Health, New York Blood Center
Merlyn Sayers, MBBCh, PhD, CEO, Carter BloodCare
Screening Blood Donors for Cardiovascular and Diabetes Risk Factors
Description
More than 40,000 volunteer blood-donating Americans who regard themselves as healthy donate every day. If donation screening is supplemented with, for example, assays for total cholesterol and hemoglobin, then these individuals could gain valuable insights into health risks that might not otherwise have gained their attention. This session will demonstrate how providing this important information to donors can be a service to donors.
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Appreciate the unique opportunity volunteer blood donation presents for health screening
that is unrelated to reducing transfusion risk.
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Learn how this information can provide valuable epidemiological information when analysed
by, age, gender and ethnicity.
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Review the evidence that donor health screening provides concerning the risk for
cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
CE Category | CE Value |
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California Clinical Laboratory Personnel |
1.5 |
California Nurse |
1.8 |
Florida Laboratory Personnel |
1.8 |
General Attendee |
1.5 |
Physician |
1.5 |
Please note: Continuing education (CE) credit is available for online offerings only. Individuals that purchase CD-ROMs will not receive CE credit for the programs they view.