Sabina Zabirova
N.N. BURDENKO NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER OF NEUROSURGERY
Title: “In-service nursing education on cell salvage methods as the key-tool for improving blood transfusion practices and enhancing quality of perioperative care of the surgical patientsâ€
Biography
Biography: Sabina Zabirova
Abstract
Traditionally nurses in medical institutions have been responsible for the basic tasks related to blood transfusion including monitoring, safety and documentation. The practice of transfusion and nursing roles associated with administration and documentation of transfusions have been changing, becoming more complex. Evidence of the clinical and economic disadvantages of blood transfusion have prompted recommendations for restriction of transfusions and movement toward alternatives including optimization of the patient's own blood. The increasing cost of blood components and associated risks of transfusion have lead to a heightened interest in techniques which reduce or replace allogeneic blood transfusion.