Essential Transfusion Practices is a series of presentations designed to help all practitioners and caregivers who order transfusions to learn about recent evidence and best practice for guiding transfusion decisions. Using case-based learning activities,we will examine situations in which patients are evaluated for transfusion. Discussion of the management and decision to transfuse or not to transfuse for the particular blood product will be presented.

Objectives:

  1. Describe typical presentations of encountered medical conditions requiring transfusion decisions.
  2. Discuss new clinical information from recent publications regarding transfusion
  3. Discuss recommended guidelines for transfusion practice
  4. Evaluate strategies for managing transfusion of blood and blood components while improving patient outcomes.

Massive Transfusion Protocols

Self enrollment

This presentation is intended for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, laboratory scientists, and other members of the healthcare team involved in the care of patients with massive bleeding.

The goal of this activity is to provide medical news to physicians and other healthcare professionals in order to enhance patient care.

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  1. Define a massive transfusion
  2. Discuss the importance of a massive transfusion protocol (MTP)
  3. Describe the impact of MTP on blood use and patient outcomes

Faculty 

Lisa Baumann-Kreuziger, MD, MS 
Associate Medical Director, BloodCenter of Wisconsin, Inc.
Assistant Investigator, Blood Research Institute
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine/Hematology and Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin

Disclosure: Dr. Lisa Baumann-Kreuziger has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Dr. Baumann-Kreuziger will be discussing the off-label use of tranexamic acid and fibrinogen concentrate.

BloodCenter of Wisconsin designates this activity for up to 0.5 hours of participation for continuing education for health professionals.  

Age of Blood

Self enrollment

Over the years, much discussion has taken place on whether the transfusion of "older" red blood cell (RBC) units is associated with worse patient outcomes.This presentation will discuss what what happens to red cells during storage and look at results from more recent random controlled trials that offer evidence in the debate over the age of blood for transfusion.

Presented by: Matthew Karafin, MD, MS
Associate Medical Director, Transfusion Services
Assistant Investigator, Medical Sciences Institute
BloodCenter of Wisconsin
Assistant Porfessor of Pathology, Medical College of Wiscosnsin

Red Cells: To transfuse or not?

Self enrollment

Presented by Dr Jerome Gottschall, Senior Medical Director, BloodCenter of Wisconsin

Upon successful completion of the program, 0.5 contact hours of continuing education will be awarded

Platelets: To transfuse or not?

Self enrollment

Presented by Dr Waseem Anani, Associate Medical Director, BloodCenter of Wisconsin

Upon successful completion of the program, 0.5 contact hours of continuing education will be awarded

FFP: To transfuse or not?

Self enrollment

Presented by Dr Kathleen Puca, Medical Director, BloodCenter of Wisconsin

Upon successful completion of the program, 0.5 contact hours of continuing education will be awarded

Cryoprecipitate: To transfuse or not?

Self enrollment

Presented by Dr Matthew Karafin, Associate Medical Director. BloodCenter of Wisconsin

Upon successful completion of this program, 0.5 contact hours of continuing education will be awarded