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Updated: Feb. 4, 2012
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Course # 11022412
Friday, February 24, 2012
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
**This Regional Seminar will be held via video conferencing with half of the speakers onsite in the North and half in the South.
Blood Source |
American Red Cross, Southern California Region |
| PROGRAM (subject to change) | |
|---|---|
| 8:30 - 9:00 | REGISTRATION, CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST (PROVIDED), & WELCOME |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Positive Attitudes and Humor in the Workplace: The Benefits of Promoting Teamwork Through Professionalism, Humor, and Encouragement in the Workplace Nicu Cocione; Center Director, United Blood Services, California Objective: Identify ways to promote a healthy and cohesive working environment through humor and positivity. |
| 9:30 - 10:20 | Developing Blood Banks in Nigeria: Discuss Problems Faced by Blood Banks in Nigeria and What Actions are Being Taken to Improve the Situation Thomas A. Schallert; Administrator, Northern California Community Blood Bank Objectives: 1) Describe the current state of blood banking in Nigeria and the challenges of creating a safe blood supply in a developing African Country. 2) Discuss the progress and conditions from the recent trip to Nigeria. |
| 10:20 - 10:30 | BREAK |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | The Who, What, When, Where, Why and How of Platelet Transfusions Morvarid Moayeri, MD, PhD; Transfusion Medicine Fellow, UCSF/Blood Centers of the Pacific Objectives: 1) Describe what platelets are and how they work in the body. 2) Explain how platelets are collected, stored and tested in donor center/blood banks. 3) Provide clinical indications for platelet transfusions in patients and some challenges occasionally encountered in such patients. |
| 12:00 - 12:45 | LUNCH BREAK (LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED) |
| 12:45 - 1:45 | The Evolution of Pre-Donation Screening Joy L. Fridey, MD, MBA; Associate Medical Director, American Red Cross Blood Services, Pomona, CA Objective: Identify the reason for donor eligibility questions that are no longer required in determining eligibility as well as how the processes and equipment capabilities have changed over the years. |
| 1:45 - 2:15 | The Important Relationship Between Donor Recruitment and Donor Collections Gayle Graves; Account Manager, BloodSource Christine McPherson, RN; Collections Manager, BloodSource Objectives: 1) Describe the important and complex relationship between recruitment and collections. 2) Describe how constant communication is the key to success. 3) Identify how both departments have "the" common goal but approach it from different perspectives. |
| 2:15 - 2:30 | BREAK |
| 2:30 - 3:30 | Transfusing in an Emergency: We Have Met the Enemy, and the Enemy is Us Holli Mason, MD; Associate Director of Transfusion Medicine; Director of the Core Lab; Assistant Professor, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; UCLA Objective: Identify the indications and needs for blood components during a trauma and discuss how the limitations of components drive new massive transfusion protocols. |
| 3:30 - 4:00 | Recipient Story Speaker TBA Objective: Testimonial from a transfusion recipient. |
Target Audience: All Transfusion Medicine Professionals including MDs, MT/CLSs, RNs, Administrators, and Recruiters
This program is approved by California Laboratory Field Services for 6.0 contact hours of continuing education (Provider Number 0034).
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 01351 for 6.0 hours of continuing education.
CME credits are not available for Physicians.