Teaching Transfusion Medicine Ethics in the Laboratory, One Moral Method Framework at a Time (25EL-521)

Please note: AABB reserves the right to make updates to this program.

• Educational Track: Quality Education
• Topics: Blood Donation & Collection, Patient Transfusion
• Intended Audience: Directors, Hospital Blood Banks, Hospitals, Laboratory Staff, Managers/Supervisors, Medical Directors, Nurses, Perfusionists, Physicians, Residents/Fellows, Students (MD, MT, SBB), Technologists, Transfusion Safety Officers
• Teaching Level: Basic

• Director/Moderator: Andrew D. Jones, MD, CABP, Transfusion Medicine Section Director, University of California San Francisco Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, Oakland, CA
  Speakers:

  • Evelyn M. Potochny, DO, FCAP, FASCP, QIA, Medical Director, Apheresis and Stem Cell Collection Program, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
  • Devon D. Mahoney, MD, FCAP, LCDR, USN, Staff Pathologist, Navy Medicine Readiness & Training Command Portsmouth, Portsmouth, VA

• Program Description

  Clinical medicine is rife with ethical issues. Even though the laboratory is largely removed from direct patient-facing care, ethical issues commonly arise. Having a framework for identifying, analyzing, and resolving ethical dilemmas is key to ensuring excellent patient care and a safe environment for laboratory staff. Using case scenarios, this program will introduce two moral method frameworks to assist with analyzing and resolving ethical dilemmas in transfusion medicine.

  Learning Objectives

  After participating in this educational activity, participants should be able to:

  • Identify two moral method frameworks (the Four-Box Method and the Stakeholders, Facts, Norms and Options [SFNO]).
  • Contrast strengths and weaknesses of the two moral method frameworks.
  • Apply the moral frameworks to organize relevant information for two transfusion medicine-related ethical scenarios.

  Registration

  Registration includes access to both the live and on-demand version of this eCast.

  If you are a facility interested in participating in this eCast, simply complete the Group Viewing registration form and AABB will provide detailed instructions to share with your team approximately one week prior to the live program (each team member to register for the program utilizing a promocode). For single viewers, simply click on the Register button below to register.

  Please note: registration for the live eCast will close 1 hour prior to the eCast start time. If you register after this time, you will receive access to the on-demand eCast when it is available.

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  Continuing Education Credit

  This activity is eligible for one (1) continuing education credit/contact hour for Physicians, Nurses (including California-based nursing professionals through CBRN), California Lab Personnel, Florida Lab Personnel and General Participation credit. AABB reserves the right to reduce or increase the number of credits granted based on the final activity duration. For more information on each credit type please visit our Continuing Education Credits webpage.

  There is no financial support for this activity.

  

  In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies (AABB) and CME Outfitters, LLC. CME Outfitters LLC. is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

  Physicians (ACCME): CME Outfitters, LLC, designates this live activity for a maximum of one (1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM. CME Outfitters, LLC, designates this enduring activity for a maximum of one (1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  Claiming Credit
  Live Activity - Upon completion of the live activity, you will receive instructions to complete your evaluation, which is necessary to claim credit and receive your certificate of attendance/completion (credit must be claimed by the date provided in the instructions). The evaluation can be found by logging into the AABB Education Platform.

  Enduring Activity - Once the enduring (on-demand) program is available, you will receive instructions to access the AABB Education Platform. Upon completion of viewing the enduring activity, you will need to complete the evaluation, which is necessary to claim credit and receive your certificate of completion (credit must be claimed by the date provided in the AABB Education Platform).

  Program & Credit Expiration Dates:

  • Live Activity Program Date: April 2, 2025; Credit Expiration Date: May 2, 2025
  • Enduring Activity Program Dates: April 2, 2025 – April 1, 2028; Credit Expiration Date: April 1, 2028

  Disclosure Declaration

  It is the policy of CME Outfitters, LLC, and the Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies to ensure independence, balance, objectivity, and scientific rigor and integrity in all of their CE activities. Faculty must disclose to the participants any relationships with commercial companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. CME Outfitters, LLC, has evaluated, identified, and mitigated any potential conflicts of interest through a rigorous content validation procedure, use of evidence-based data/research, and a multidisciplinary peer review process. The following information is for participant information only. It is not assumed that the presence of such relationships will have a negative impact on the presentations.

  Disclosures for the planners of this event can be found here. Disclosures for the program faculty, peer reviewers, and CME Outfitters, LLC. personnel are provided at the beginning of the program.

  Faculty Biographies

  Dr. Andrew Jones is the director of the blood bank and transfusion service at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland. He completed an anatomic and clinical pathology residency at the University of California, Davis, and a fellowship in Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine at the University of California San Francisco. He has obtained AABB’s Certified Advanced Biotherapies Professional (CABP) credential and serves as a laboratory inspector for FACT. He is a member of the Podcast Team for AABB’s monthly TRANSFUSION journal podcast.

  
  

  Dr. Devon Mahoney is a staff pathologist at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Portsmouth and head of the blood donor center and hospital transfusion service. She completed her anatomic and clinical pathology residency at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego, San Diego, CA, and Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine Fellowship at Penn State Hershey Medical Center.

  
  

  Dr. Evelyn Potochny is the medical director of apheresis and stem cell collection program and assistant medical director of the blood bank at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA. She is also program director of the anatomic and clinical pathology residency there. She completed her anatomic and clinical pathology residency at Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, CA, and Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine Fellowship at Penn State Hershey.