Critical Pathways Champion Teleconferences

Learning Objectives

April, May, and June 2009

After participating in these teleconferences, hospital team members should be able to:

• Evaluate the latest and emerging strategies and techniques for patient blood management
• Manage patients with anemia undergoing elective surgery
• Ensure availability of high quality blood for transfusion and avoid specimen errors
• Improve critical pathways for blood management by building on the experience of peers

September, October, and November 2009

After participating in these teleconferences, hospital team members should be able to:

• Discuss the current initiatives, continued challlenges, and future predicitions for patient blood management
• Summarize findings from studies presented at the SABM 2009 8th Annual Meeting and assess their potential applicaltion in clinical practice
• Review the relationship between anemia of chronic disease and iron-restricted erythropoiesis, and the implications for patient management
• Improve critical pathways for blood management by building on the experience of peers