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Updated: Feb. 21, 2010
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Simultaneous Sessions via Videooconferencing
Saturday, March 13, 2010
8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Course # 02031310
Continental Breakfast & Lunch included
| American Red Cross, No. Cal Region 6230 Claremont Ave. Oakland, CA 94618 |
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| Torrance Memorial Medical Center Auditorium, Second Floor, West Tower Building 3330 Lomita Blvd. Torrance, CA 90505 |
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PROGRAM SCHEDULE (Subject to change)
| 7:00 - 8:00 | REGISTRATION, CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST (PROVIDED), & WELCOME |
| 8:00 - 9:00 | Quality Plan Development and Implementation - Moving to the Major League Dianna Martin, MS, CLS, Regional Director of Laboratory Quality and Compliance, N. CA, Kaiser Permanente Objective: List three elements of a Quality Plan for Blood Bank and General Laboratory. |
| 9:00 -10:00 | Blood Utilization - Are You Batting One Thousand? Holli M. Mason, MD, Director Transfusion Medicine & Serology, Harbor UCLA Medical Center Objective: Describe three approaches to reducing wastage of platelets and red cells and improving blood utilization. |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | BREAK |
| 10:20 - 11:20 | Spring Training and Competency - The HI-Tech Way Joua Yang, BS, Education Supervisor, American Red Cross Objective: Describe two key features/elements to identify when selecting and implementing an electronic competency assessment system. |
| 11:20 - 12:20 | Quality Indicators and Audits - A Double Header! Tracy L Cummings, BS, Quality Director, Blood Centers of the Pacific / Blood Systems, Inc. Margaret Ostrowski, Regional Quality Director, Blood Systems, Inc. Objective: Discriminate between a quality indicator and an audit and demonstrate how to develop an audit checklist that can monitor, evaluate and improve processes. |
| 12:20 - 1:00 | LUNCH BREAK (LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED) |
| 1:00 - 2:00 | Hitting a Grand Slam! - Problem Investigation, Root Cause Analysis, Corrective Action and Verifying
Effectiveness Cheryl McMahon, Problem Management Director, American Red Cross Western Division Objective: Describe at least two methods used for root cause analysis and at least one method to measure the effectiveness of corrective action. |
| 2:00 -3:00 | Process Improvement For the Win! Dara Johnson, MQM, MT(ASCP)SBB, CQ, Objective: Identify three elements of a process improvement methodology and discuss at least one method to assess improvement as a result of a QI project. |
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.