One Night In the Blood Bank: Case Studies from the Transfusion Service

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Description

Presented by Jayanna Slayten, MS, MT(ASCP)SBBcm
IU Health AHC Blood Bank QA Coordinator

Blood Bank case studies will be presented to address different types of challenges which can occur in the blood bank. At the end of this presentation the participant will be able gain a better understanding of how to respond to common blood bank challenges in an efficient and timely way.

Learning Objectives
At the end of this session, the attendee will be able to:

Identify options for response to case study scenarios presented
Apply deduction and logic to resolve a case study from the Blood Bank.
Review and respond to the case study material for serologic troubleshooting and provision of blood.

Instruction Level: Intermediate

ASCLS is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E. ® Program.

Contributors

Jayanna Slayten, MS, MT(ASCP)SBBcm

Jay is from Indianapolis, Indiana. She is in the Blood Bank Leadership with the Blood Bank at Indiana University Health at Riley Hospital for Children, University Hospital and Methodist Hospital where she is the QA Coordinator. She attended Georgetown College and the University of Kentucky for her undergraduate work. Jay received her Master’s in Blood Transfusion Medicine/Specialist in Blood Bank (SBB) in 1998 from the University of Cincinnati and the Hoxworth Blood Center. Besides a love for red cell serology and the Transfusion Service, Jay enjoys blood bank teaching as she is an adjunct faculty member of the SBB Program at the University of Texas Medical Branch, participates in many AABB committees and AABB Annual Meeting presentations.