In celebration of Medical Laboratory Professionals Week 2025, Versiti Immunohematology Reference Laboratory (IRL) Scientists and Blood Bank/Transfusion Medicine Fellow presented case studies from the IRL. Presenters take you on a serologic journey where time and patience (patients) to identify antibodies to high prevalence antigens are everything.
Speakers:
Kathleen Bensing, MLS(ASCP)SBBCM
Kathryn Hood, MLS(ASCP)
Andrea Gillespie, MD
Andrea Pahomi, MSTM, MLS(ASCP)CMSBBCM
Mahira Siddiqui, MLS(ASCP)CMSBB(ASCP)CM
Recorded 4/22/2025
In celebration of Medical Laboratory Professionals Week 2024, Versiti Immunohematology Reference Laboratory (IRL) Scientists and Blood Bank/Transfusion Medicine Fellow presented case studies from the IRL. Presenters take you on a serologic journey where time and patience (patients) to identify antibodies to high prevalence antigens are everything.
Speakers:
Suzanne Davisson, BS,SBB(ASCP)CM
Tina Pugh, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB
Mariam Ratiani, MD
Andrea Pahomi, MSTM, MLS(ASCP)SBBCM
Mahira Siddiqui, MLS(ASCP)CM SBB(ASCP)CM
Recorded: 4/18/2024
This case-based interactive learning activity will review acute transfusion reactions, associated signs and symptoms, expected nursing actions to complete and possible treatment of the reactions. The purpose of the activity is to enable the bedside nurse to incorporate enhanced knowledge of acute transfusion reactions into practice thus improving recognition and reporting of acute transfusion reactions which is an integral part of hemovigilance. Improved recognition and reporting will promote transfusion safety and improve blood administration practice.
This online learning activity will present information about blood component preparation and compatibility, how to administer blood components and recognition of transfusion reactions with the goal of increasing each participant's knowledge about the blood transfusion process and ultimately improving patient safety.
Level of instruction: Intermediate
Versiti Wisconsin is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E. ® Program.
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
Versiti
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin
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..
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Define a massive transfusion
- Discuss the importance of a massive transfusion protocol (MTP)
- Describe the impact of MTP on blood use and patient outcomes
Faculty - Lisa Baumann-Kreuziger, MD, MS
Intra-operative blood recovery can reduce or eliminate the need for allogeneic blood transfusion. This educational activity provides a description of the technology of a blood recovery system, indications for use, benefits of incorporation as part of a patient blood management program as well as case examples.
This activity is designed to provide an overview of Patient Blood Management (PBM) incorporating current guidelines and recent studies to support the appropriate use of blood and blood components for better patient outcomes.
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.
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
A child with acute leukemia presenting with post-chemotherapy anemia and red urine during RBC transfusion is presented. The differential diagnosis is reviewed and an unusual cause for the hemolysis is uncovered.
- CE credit 0.25 contact hours