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Description: Latrogenic anemia is common in a hospital setting with approximately 40% of ICU patients receiving a red blood cell transfusion. Transfusions are costly, in scarce supply, and have associated health risks. Patient treatment and management decisions are tied to blood-based laboratory diagnostics, which requires frequent blood draws in particular in an ICU setting. The STRATUS Randomized Clinical Trial was a multi-center Canadian study that demonstrated the positive impact on patient care in collecting less blood in the ICU. This webinar will describe the specifics of this study to educate the learner on the importance and need for blood to be collected in smaller-volume tubes. Additionally, this webinar will describe a successful hospital-wide implementation of the low-volume tubes as an opportunity for the learners to consider embarking on this change.
Start date: Upon registration
Completion: Up to 52 weeks
At the end of this webinar you will be able to:
Speakers:
Curtis Oleschuk, MSc PhD FCACB FABFT, Jeannie L. Callum, MD, FRCPC, Deborah Siegal MD MSc FRCPC
Curtis Oleschuk is a Clinical Biochemist and Service Chief for Clinical Biochemistry (additionally overseeing Specimen Management) at Kingston Health Sciences. Dr. Oleschuk is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine.
Jeannie Callum is a Hematologist and Transfusion Medicine Specialist at Kingston Health Sciences Centre. Dr. Callum is a Professor in the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine.
Deborah Siegal is a Hematologist at The Ottawa Hospital. Dr. Siegal is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Ottawa and a Scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute.
Recorded: March 23, 2024
PEP hours: 1.0
CPS credits: 0
*Note: PEP hours and/or CPS credits will only be awarded upon successful completion of the quiz.