+Event details
BluePearl Blood Bank warmly invites you to join us for an enriching and exciting virtual continuing education opportunity. Meghan Respess, DVM, DACVECC, our director of blood bank, will present on reviewing the fundamental principles of blood transfusion in veterinary medicine, including pretransfusion diagnostics, an overview of blood products and their clinical indications, as well as administration, monitoring, and identification of transfusion reactions.
This program has been RACE approved for 1.0 hours of continuing education credit in jurisdictions that recognize RACE approval.
This event is a virtual event and open to BluePearl Associates only.
+Agenda
+Meet the Blood Bank team
Meghan Respess, DVM, DACVECC
Heidi Grzeskowiak, CVT
+Download these internal resources below
Handouts for internal use only
- Blood Product Quick Reference Guide
- Best In-Line Filter
- Blood Transfusion Charging Guidelines
- EVECC, 2023 - Validation of a new qualitative colour scale to determine haemolysis
- SOP Plasma Administration
- SOP Red Blood Cell Product Administration
- Transfusion Monitoring Form
- J Vet ECC, 2021 - Association of Veterinary Hematology and Transfusion Medicine (AVHTM) transfusion reaction small animal consensus statement (TRACS)