From the 2023 Joint Annual Meeting (recorded 6/29/2023)
Presented by Jennifer
Marin, MS, MLS(AMT) and Rochelle Hase,
MHA, MLS(ASCP)
Featuring two 30-minute presentations:
Platelet Collection Process
Improvement Project
In-house platelet collections are critical at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC) because German national platelets are not FDA equivalent. This session will review how LRMC was able to significantly reduce or eliminate purchase of German platelets to become a self-sufficient collection center.
Virtual Reality in the Draw Room
Some patients require three mins to have their blood drawn; others require five to eight times that. What are you doing about the extensive time it takes to draw kids, anxious patients, or combative patients? Have you considered virtual reality? It's cheap, easy, and it works.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this presentation,
participants will be able to:
- Describe the challenges of PLT production in a Foreign Territory. Review of current PLT Collection Practices at ASBBC-EUR. Discuss mitigation of challenges to improve collection products.
- Identify a new way to enhance the patient experience. Discuss a course of action to reduce staff and patient harm. Identify a way to reduce unnecessary staffing requirements.
CE ACCREDITATION
ASCLS is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E. ® Program. One (1) P.A.C.E. ® contact hour and one (1) Florida credit hour in the area of PHL (General) will be awarded to participants. ASCLS P.A.C.E.® is accepted by the ASCP/ASCLS/AGT Board of Certification and all states, including Florida and California, as an approved provider of continuing education for recertification and licensure. ASCLS is an approved provider with CE Broker for Florida licensees.
LEVEL OF INSTRUCTION
This Basic-level program is appropriate for laboratory professionals working in clinical, public health and academic settings.