LQCL2316 - CMLE - PLATELET TRANSFUSION REACTIONS

Course Description

LabQ 2023 Clinical Laboratory: Transfusion Medicine

Faculty/Authors
RICHARD R. GAMMON, MD
ONEBLOOD
Orlando, Florida

CMLE Credit: 2.0
Estimated Completion Time: 2 hour
Format: Online Educational Activity and Post Exam

Instructions

To claim CMLE credit for the exercise, do the following:

Review the Technical Considerations.
Click Go to Course to view an overview of the modules in this course.
Click Access to begin the course.
Review the Educational Activity.
Complete and submit the Post Exam.
Submit the course Evaluation to register your credit.

Faculty Disclosures
The faculty have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Technical Considerations

Release Date: 05/27/2023
Review Date:
Expiration Date: 12/31/2025

Course Objectives

Following completion of this activity, you will be able to:

describe the expected patient response to platelet transfusion;

describe the laboratory presentation that may indicate that a patient is experiencing platelet refractoriness;

explain the reasons a patient may not be responding to platelet transfusion as expected; and

identify avenues for investigating platelet refractoriness, including advantages and disadvantages of each.

Summary


Availability:	On-Demand


Credit Offered:	2 CMLE Credits