Topic teaching: Blood shortages and hospital transfusion medicine laboratory inventory management

Presented by

Dr. Oksana Prokopchuk-Gauk
Transfusion Medicine Physician
Saskatchewan Health Authority, Saskatoon

Learning objectives

• Review the principles of the National Plan for Shortages of Labile Blood Components
• Provide an overview of blood inventory determination within hospitals
• Discuss an approach to managing blood shortage scenarios within hospital transfusion medicine labs

References

• The National Plan for Shortages of Labile Blood Components
• Blood shortages planning in Canada: The National Emergency Blood Management Committee experience during the first 6 months of the COVID-19 pandemic. https://doi.org/10.1111/trf.16661

Note: The session is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Registration

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Appraisal

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The LearnTransfusion series is the seminar component of the Areas of Focused Competency (AFC)-Diploma Program in Transfusion Medicine. The series, organized by Canadian Blood Services, is also open to all practitioners in the field of Transfusion Medicine. Through a series of regular webinars, trainees and practitioners are exposed to various scientific, technical and clinical aspects of transfusion medicine.