Dates
Wednesday, 18 September 2019 - Thursday, 19 September 2019
Meeting Code
HRT1918
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Stuart Swain
stuart.swain@healthroundtable.org
Patient Blood Management (PBM) is an evidence-based bundle of care that optimizes medical and surgical patient outcomes by clinically managing and preserving a patient’s blood.
Did you know that Australia is the only country in the world to have national PBM guidelines? National Safety & Quality Standard 7 also mandates that hospitals have a blood management programme and report on its outcomes. What better way to stay ahead than by benchmarking transfusion practice and patient outcomes with your peer hospitals?
The Joint Commission identified transfusion as one of the top 5 overused procedures. Up to 60% of transfusions may be inappropriate and less than 12% beneficial. A recent systematic review showed PBM programmes to be associated with a 39% reduction in transfusion rate and almost half a day reduction in length of stay! The WA PBM programme resulted in cost savings of $80-100M over 5 years.
Can you afford not to do PBM?