Transfusion Practitioners across the world – Podcast

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Episode 11: Transfusion Practitioners working in the haematology/oncology setting
22 May 2024· Transfusion Practitioners across the world
Transfusion Practitioners have expertise in many different clinical specialties. In this series of episodes, we are talking to transfusion practitioners working in some of these specialist areas.
In this episode Transfusion Practitioners in Australia and the UK discuss their roles working in haematology and oncology.
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Episode 10: Non-medical authorization of blood in practice
18 Dec 2023· Transfusion Practitioners across the world
Today's episode includes interviews with 3 nurse/nurse practitioners from Australia, Canada and UK who undertake non-medical authorization/prescription of blood or blood products.
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Episode 9: Transfusion Practitioners support the non-medical authorization of blood
11 Dec 2023· Transfusion Practitioners across the world
This episode describes how Australia, Canada and the UK have implemented non-medical authorization/nurse prescribing of blood and blood products.
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Episode 8: How to build a case for a Transfusion Practitioner
26 Oct 2023· Transfusion Practitioners across the world
In this podcast we speak to Dr Naomi Rahimi-Levene who recently helped to implement a Transfusion Practitioner role in the Shamir Medical Centre in Tel Aviv Israel. For the listeners there are resources available at ISBT TP subgroup to help you build a case for a TP.
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Episode 7: Transfusion practitioners talk about patient blood management part 2
17 Aug 2023· Transfusion Practitioners across the world
In this episode, Transfusion Practitioners continue to explain patient blood management (PBM) programs, this time with a focus on those in place in different countries.
Practitioners from Australia, Canada, the UK, and Belgium will discuss different PBM programs to give a clear idea on how they work, talking among other things about fundings, organization between departments, implementing single unit transfusions, and anemia assessment programs.
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Episode 6: Transfusion Practitioners talk about patient blood management part 1
11 Apr 2023· Transfusion Practitioners across the world
In this podcast Transfusion Practitioners explain patient blood management and look at examples of low resource strategies that could be used to reduce the need for transfusion such as reducing iatrogenic anaemia and the use of single unit transfusion.
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Episode 5: Transfusion Practitioners talk about education
13 Mar 2023· Transfusion Practitioners across the world
Education is another of the many roles of a Transfusion Practitioner (TP). In this podcast a group of TPs discuss the types and topics of education they provide to support patient safety.
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Episode 4: Transfusion Practitioners explore transfusion incidents
12 Dec 2022· Transfusion Practitioners across the world
Investigating transfusion incidents is one of the many roles of a Transfusion Practitioner. In this podcast a group of TPs discuss what is hemovigilance, what they do when investigating incidents and how this can contribute to patient safety.
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Episode 3: Transfusion Practitioners talk about audit
17 Nov 2022· Transfusion Practitioners across the world
Transfusion Practitioners talk about audit and provide some examples, tips and resources to help those in health services undertake audit to improve patient safety.
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Episode 2: How Transfusion Practitioners make a difference?
5 Sep 2022· Transfusion Practitioners across the world
This episode features 2 eminent transfusion medicine specialists who have worked closely with transfusion practitioners for many years and they discuss how transfusion practitioners make a difference. If you are not sure what a transfusion practitioners are you may wish to go back to podcast number 1 about "what is a a transfusion practitioner?"
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Episode 1: What is a TP?
6 Apr 2022· Transfusion Practitioners across the world
TP what does it stand for? Hear from Transfusion Practitioners in 4 countries (England, Canada, Belgium and Australia) what their role involves and why it is so important in health care.
If you would like more information please go to the International Society of Blood Transfusion website.
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Episodes

Episode 11: Transfusion Practitioners working in the haematology/oncology setting

Episode 10: Non-medical authorization of blood in practice

Episode 9: Transfusion Practitioners support the non-medical authorization of blood

Episode 8: How to build a case for a Transfusion Practitioner

Episode 7: Transfusion practitioners talk about patient blood management part 2

Episode 6: Transfusion Practitioners talk about patient blood management part 1

Episode 5: Transfusion Practitioners talk about education

Episode 4: Transfusion Practitioners explore transfusion incidents

Episode 3: Transfusion Practitioners talk about audit

Episode 2: How Transfusion Practitioners make a difference?

Episode 1: What is a TP?