Resource Library

To help hospital teams implement effective critical pathways for blood management, PowerPoint slides and online implementation resources have been developed and are now available for download below:

1. Slide Presentation
2. Algorithm for Preparing a Patient for Surgery in a Blood Management Program
3. Algorithm for Erythropoietin Hyporesponsiveness
4. Clinical Care Pathway for Identification and Evaluation of Anemia in Elective Surgical Patients
5. Management of Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery
6. Differential Diagnosis Among Iron Deficiency Anemia, Anemia of Chronic Disease, and Anemia of Chronic Disease With Iron Deficiency
7. Poster: Indications for Blood Transfusion
8. Erythropoietin Guidelines for Surgery Patients
9. Pocket Card With EPO Guidelines
10. Poster: Clinical Strategies for Managing Hemorrhage and Anemia Without Blood Transfusion in Critically Ill Patients
11. Poster: Clinical Strategies for Avoiding and Controlling Hemorrhage and Anemia Without Blood Transfusion in Surgical Patients
12. Physician Agreement (willingness to participate in program)
13. Program for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery Enrollment Form/Release From Liability
14. Understanding Regarding Refusal of Blood Transfusions and Minors
15. Physician Compliance Form
16. Press Release for Bloodless Program
17. Patient Education Materials
18. Bloodless Policy Form
19. Calculating Blood Withdrawal in ANH
20. Equation to Predict BT Risk
21. Additional Resources Suggested Readings

The downloadable files are available as an Adobe Acrobat document (.pdf), in PowerPoint or as a Microsoft Word document (.doc).
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