Webinar: Making patients safer: Improving the diagnosis of anaemia in PBM programmes

WFSA organised a webinar on Tuesday 17 September to mark World Patient Safety Day (WPSD). This year's WPSD theme was "Improving Diagnosis for Patient Safety". The webinar highlighted how accurate and timely diagnosis of perioperative anaemia, as part of patient blood management (PBM) programmes, can improve patient outcomes and ensure patient safety and quality of care.

FACULTY

Chairs:
Dr. Carolina Haylock-Loor, WFSA President-elect (Honduras)
Dr. Fredy Ariza, member of WFSA’s Education Committee (Colombia)

Speakers:
1. Dr. Alejandra Echeto, Paediatric Anaesthesiologist, CIN-O (Honduras)
2. Prof. Daniela Filipescu, WFSA's President (Romania)
3. Prof. Dr. Axel Hofmann, Professor, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Division of Surgery, University of Western Australia (Australia)
4. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jens Meier, the Head of the Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at the Kepler University Hospital (Austria)

PROGRAMME
1. Introduction by Dr. Carolina Haylock-Loor and Dr. Fredy Ariza
2. Welcome videos by Dr. Irina Papieva (WHO's Patient Safety Flagship) and by Prof. Daniela Filipescu
3. Talk 1: Identifying the world’s biggest patient quality and safety gap by Prof. Axel Hofmann
4. Talk 2: Perioperative anaemia: an invisible challenge with crucial impact on patient safety by Dr. M. Alejandra Echeto
5. Talk 3: Anaemia or transfusion – which risk should be avoided? by Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jens Meier