Beyond the pale: Optimizing anemia care from surgery to chronic conditions

The 20th Annual Transfusion Medicine Educational Web Conference Symposium hosted by Canadian Blood Services and the Ontario Regional Blood Coordinating Network (ORBCoN) is taking place virtually on May 1, 2025.This symposium is designed to enhance the transfusion skills of healthcare professionals working in community hospitals, with a focus on improving patient outcomes. We invite physicians, nurses, technologists, residents, trainees, and students involved in the ordering, issuing or transfusing of blood and blood products, particularly from rural and small hospital settings, to attend.

The event will run from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm ET.

Learning Objectives

This year’s symposium will focus on anemia is three different patient populations: preoperative, perinatal and people with the capacity for pregnancy, and bone marrow failure.

1. Identify best practices in preoperative anemia diagnosis and management to reduce the need for blood transfusions and improve postoperative recovery/
2. Explore anemia deficiency in patients with the capacity for pregnancy, including nutritional deficiencies and treating pregnancy related anemias.
3. Examine chronic anemia in patients with bone marrow failure and alternatives to transfusion.

Registration

There is no fee to attend but pre-registration is required. Visit the ORBCoN website for details and to register: 20th Annual Transfusion Medicine Education Web Symposium – Transfusion Ontario.

Note: In addition to this symposium, an optional technical workshop for Ontario Transfusion Medicine Laboratories will be held on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. Please see the ORBCoN website for separate registration details for this workshop.