Breakthroughs in blood: Advancing practice through research

Date of webinar: September 6, 2024 
Webinar details: The International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines’ (ICTMG) Use of Intravenous Albumin guideline: Moving evidence into practice 

Publications 

Prior to attending this webinar, it is recommended to read the guideline: Intravenous albumin | ICTMG and the systematic review of the evidence for patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery: Intravenous albumin in cardiac and vascular surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis - British Journal of Anaesthesia (bjanaesthesia.org) 

Stay tuned for resources and tools to support practice change. 

Date of webinar: December 1, 2023
Webinar details: Restrictive or liberal transfusion strategy in myocardial infarction and anemia

Key takeaways

1. The MINT trial did not demonstrate a statistically significant difference in the rate of 30-day death or recurrent MI in patients with acute MI and anemia assigned to a restrictive compared to a liberal transfusion strategy 
2. While not statistically significant, the point estimates for the primary outcome and secondary outcomes consistently favored a liberal transfusion strategy 
3. Heart failure and other safety outcomes were comparable in the restrictive and liberal transfusion groups 

Publication

Restrictive or Liberal Transfusion Strategy in Myocardial Infarction and Anemia | NEJM

Webinar recording

Resources and tools to support practice change

1.  Questions and answers - Restrictive or liberal transfusion strategy in myocardial infarction and anemia

Date of webinar: November 17, 2023
Webinar details: Anemia in hospitalized patients: Vampirism and other tales

Key takeaways

1. Small volume sample collection tubes can be successfully implemented without additional costs or impacts on laboratory testing results.
2. Small volume sample collection tubes reduce diagnostic blood loss and iatrogenic anemia.
3. Small volume sample collection tubes reduce volumes of blood transfused in critical care patients.

Publication

Small-Volume Blood Collection Tubes to Reduce Transfusions in Intensive Care: The STRATUS Randomized Clinical Trial - PubMed (nih.gov)

Webinar recording