Blood donation is of paramount importance in global healthcare, with over 100 million blood units contributed annually. Blood donation is crucial for patients undergoing surgery, coping with trauma, managing chronic illnesses, and battling cancer. This essential procedure serves as a lifeline, sustaining and saving lives. Furthermore, donating blood serves as therapeutic phlebotomy for individuals with hereditary hemochromatosis, polycythemia vera, and other rare conditions. This activity provides a brief history of the origin of blood donation and testing, as well as discusses donor eligibility and selection, the adverse effects of donation, pathogen reduction and inactivation methods for donated blood, and the significance of blood donation as a primary medical intervention. In addition, this activity also highlights the importance of the interprofessional healthcare team comprehending and adhering to the necessary protocols to safeguard both the donor and the recipient.
- Provider:StatPearls, LLC
- Activity Link: https://www.statpearls.com/ArticleLibrary/viewarticle/18389
- Start Date: 2023-09-01 05:00:00
- End Date: 2023-09-01 05:00:00
- Credit Details: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™️: 1.5 hours
Nursing: 1.5 hours
Pharmacy: 1.5 hours - MOC Credit Details: ABS - 1.5 Point; Credit Type(s): Accredited CME (ABS)
ABPATH - 1.5 Point; Credit Type(s): Lifelong Learning (ABPATH)
ABA - 1.5 Point; Credit Type(s): Lifelong Learning (ABA)
ABIM - 1.5 Point; Credit Type(s): Medical Knowledge (ABIM)
ABS - 1.5 Point; Credit Type(s): Self-Assessment (ABS)
ABP - 1.5 Point; Credit Type(s): Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment (ABP) - Commercial Support: No
- Activity Type: Enduring Material
- CME Finder Type: Online Learning
- Fee to Participate: Variable
- Measured Outcome: Learner Knowledge, Learner/Team Competence
- Provider Ship: Directly Provided
- Registration: Open to all
- Specialty: Adolescent Medicine, Ambulatory/Outpatient, Bariatric Surgery, Blood Bank/Transfusion Medicine, Cardiac Anesthesia, Critical Care Medicine, General Operative Anesthesia, General Pediatrics, General Surgery, Hematology, Hematology (Blood, BM), Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Internal Medicine, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Neuro Anesthesia, Neurocritical Care, Obstetric Anesthesia, Pediatric Anesthesia, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Pediatric Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, Thoracic Anesthesia, Trauma, Vascular Surgery