Text Box: Moderator: Elizabeth s. Gloster, MD Associate Professor, Clinical Pathology Blood Bank Director University Hospital and Kings County Hospital Center, SUNY Downstate Medical Center Brooklyn, New York Instructors: Heather Hume, MD Physician, Hematologist Executive director, Transfusion Medicine Canadian Blood Services Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Ana Lima, RN Hemapheresis Practitioner (ASCP) Transfusion Safety Nurse Sunnybrook & Women’s College Health Sciences Center Toronto, Ontario, Canada Jeanie Callum, MD Physician, Hematologist Director of Transfusion Medicine Sunnybrook & Women’s College Health Sciences Center Toronto, Ontario, Canada Intended Audience: Physicians/Technologists, Medical Directors,  Nurses, Managers/Supervisors, Quality/Compliance, Education & Training Laboratory Testing, Patient Care, Regulatory/Legal, Research & Development Location: Carter BloodCare 2205 Highway 121 Bedford, Texas 76021 Rm 155, South Building Fee:  No Charge RSVP:  Reservations are appreciated, but not required.  Please call : Gloria Mathur, MT(ASCP)SBB at  (817)-412-5622  to  RSVP Parking is provided near the building


Text Box: Objectives: List five reasons for the rejection of specimens. Identify and describe complications related to phlebotomy that could affect test results.. Present corrective actions and interventions to minimize or remedy situations as they occur. Describe possible implications that may be incurred in case of inaction or negligence. Program Description:     Gain insight and awareness of phlebotomy complications and learn some strategies to their resolution that will help you better prepare for and minimize these situations. Through the use of selected case studies, the effect on the test results and complications that laboratories encounter with phlebotomy and specimen collection will be discussed. Complications encountered include the impact on test results, specimens rejected for testing, and implications with erroneous laboratory results. Appropriate actions to consider, strategies that can be used to remedy or minimize the occurrence, and the impact of not taking actions when these situations occur will be discussed. This  ASCP teleconference is made possible by: