LearnTransfusion Seminar

Topic teaching: The Fringes of Transfusion Medicine and Being Un-Transfusable

When
Where
Toronto/Virtual

Event details

Presented by

Dr. Christine Cserti
Associate Medical Director - Blood Transfusion Laboratory
University Health Network, Toronto

Learning objectives

  1. Identify traditional to modern, and voluntary to involuntary, disqualifiers of transfusion.
  2. Describe the available and theoretical hacks for insufficient “DO2-crit.”
  3. Propose immunologic workarounds for monumental incompatibility states.

References

  1. Shander A, Goodnough LT. Management of anemia in patients who decline blood transfusion. Am J Hematol. 2018;93(9):1183-91. Epub 2018/07/24. doi: 10.1002/ajh.25167. PubMed PMID: 30033541.
  2. Jacobs JW, Bibb LA, Savani BN, Booth GS. Refusing blood transfusions from COVID-19-vaccinated donors: are we repeating history? Br J Haematol. 2022;196(3):585-8. Epub 2021/09/16. doi: 10.1111/bjh.17842. PubMed PMID: 34523736; PubMed Central PMCID: PMCPMC8653055.
  3. Cao M, Zhao Y, He H, Yue R, Pan L, Hu H, et al. New Applications of HBOC-201: A 25-Year Review of the Literature. Front Med (Lausanne). 2021;8:794561. Epub 2021/12/28. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.794561. PubMed PMID: 34957164; PubMed Central PMCID: PMCPMC8692657.

 

Note: The session is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Registration

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Appraisal

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To be added to the distribution list for the LearnTransfusion series, send an email to learn.transfusion@blood.ca  with “Weekly Transfusion Medicine Seminars” in the subject line. Include your name and complete e-mail address in the body of the e-mail and confirm that you would like to be added to the distribution list for the LearnTransfusion series. You will then receive weekly email notifications of upcoming series events with details on how to join the webinars (e.g.,  link to register for the webinar).

The LearnTransfusion series is the seminar component of the Areas of Focused Competency (AFC)-Diploma Program in Transfusion Medicine. The series, organized by Canadian Blood Services, is also open to all practitioners in the field of Transfusion Medicine. Through a series of regular webinars, trainees and practitioners are exposed to various scientific, technical and clinical aspects of transfusion medicine.