The Urgent Need To Implement Patient Blood Management

Download or read book The urgent need to implement patient blood management written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patient Blood Management (PBM) has been increasingly recognized as a fundamental element of good clinical practice in transfusion. The importance of implementing effective PBM had been highlighted in the WHA 63.12 (2010) and reconfirmed in the WHO Action Framework to advance universal access to safe, effective and quality assured blood products 2020-2023 which was launched in February 2020. This policy brief aims: (1) to raise awareness of health authorities and other governmental agencies on the benefits of PBM in improving the population health status, patient outcomes, patients’ safety and quality of care, improving clinical transfusion practice while saving costs; (2) to emphasize governments should take the leadership roles, including allocating sufficient funds to create the structural needs to enable nationwide PBM implementation; and (3) to encourage effective incorporation of PBM into daily clinical practice by creating awareness in patients at large and their health care providers, that anemia and/or moderate to severe blood loss are serious predictors of adverse outcomes. The target audience of this policy brief is government representatives/health authorities, executives of health services and hospitals, health care practitioners, other stakeholder groups including private and public funders/payers, medical schools, professional societies, patient organizations, quality and safety regulatory and accreditation organizations.