Thursday Sep 02, 2021

Confronting the current blood supply shortage – Part 2

Because of the critical shortage of the blood supply across the nation, health care organizations are having to work with less. On this episode, part two of a three-part series, we discuss reducing the number of transfusions and other strategies that will help you manage a more limited blood supply.

Guest speaker:

Akiva Faerber

Senior Principal

Vizient

Moderator:

Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM

Principal

Clinical Operations and Quality

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Show Notes:

[00:32] Not focusing on eight as the magical number

[01:37] Managing red blood cells (RBCs)