Blood Bank Online Educational Series: Therapeutic Apheresis



Monday, May 1, 2017, 12:00 AM - Wednesday, April 1, 2020, 11:59 PM


Specialties - Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology


AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.50 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (1.50 hours)


This series is intended to help healthcare providers manage patients who require blood transfusion according to current evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, recent research findings, and local consensus best practice.


Objectives
After participating in this CME activity, participants should be able to describe and discuss:

  1. indications for blood transfusion
  2. routine and non-routine pre- and post-transfusion lab work
  3. signs and symptoms of adverse reaction to transfusion


Vanderbilt University Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.