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AABB Annual Meeting and TXPO 2009
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Blood Management and Transfusion Safety Workshop
Track : TC-Technical/Clinical
Program Code: 9203-TC
Date: Sunday, October 25, 2009
Time: 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM  EST
Location: 395/396
DIRECTOR :
Jeffrey Wagner, BSN, RN, Chief Transfusion Safety Officer, Puget Sound Blood Center
MODERATOR :
Jeffrey Wagner, BSN, RN, Chief Transfusion Safety Officer, Puget Sound Blood Center
SPEAKER (S):
Kim Maynard, RN, BSN, OCN, Transfusion Safety Officer, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Competency and Best Practice for Blood Administration
Colleen McGuinness Slapak, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB, Transfusion Safety Director, Community Blood Center/Community Tissue Services
Jeffrey Wagner, BSN, RN, Chief Transfusion Safety Officer, Puget Sound Blood Center
Blood Management and Transfusion Safety: Best Practices
Joseph Thomas, BSN, RN, Regional Director, Blood Management, ACCUMEN
Description
To ensure safe blood component administration, nurses, anesthesiologists, perfusionists, and medical technologists must be aware of required best practices for blood component distribution, verification, administration, and documentation. This workshop will discuss current challenges to providing safe transfusions in hospitals and discuss practical strategies for improvement.

LEARNER OUTCOMES:
  • Describe current research in blood component administration safety.
  • Discuss best practices for bedside blood component administration.
  • Explain strategies for improving transfusion safety in hospitals.
  • Explore the current state of nursing blood component transfusion education and practices.


CE CategoryCE Value
California Clinical Laboratory Personnel 3.5
California Nurse 4.2
Florida Laboratory Personnel 4.2
General Attendee 3.5
Physician 3.5
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.


Online Access
(Code: 9203MA/9203NA/9203MN/9203NN)
Attendee/Member:$25 USD
Attendee:$40 USD
Member:$40 USD
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