Description:
In
this course, you will learn that there has been much research and many changes
in the world of transfusion medicine.
The future holds even more change.
This program covers current procedures and ideas with their roots in the
past as well as a look ahead to the future.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe
a brief history of transfusion medicine.
- Discuss
research that has been done around the importance of the age of blood at the
time of transfusion, and pathogen inactivation for increasing the safety of
blood transfusion.
- Discuss
the implications of this research for future best practice in transfusion
medicine.
Author(s):
Randal B. Covin, MD
Launched: 2015