Patient Blood Management Subgroup
Definition
The proposed global definition of PBM is a patient-centered, systematic, evidence-based approach to improve patient outcomes by managing and preserving patient’s own blood, while promoting patient safety and empowerment. This approach is not restricted to perioperative patients and may be applied in other patient populations where blood loss may occur, and blood transfusion may be used. WHO has urged the implementation of PBM as a best practice.
The multimodal approach involves three pillars for better patient outcomes:
About the subgroup
The PBM subgroup of the ISBT Clinical Transfusion Working is an international group of medical professionals with an interest in providing optimal patient care using the PBM approach that is multi-disciplinary, evidence-based and personalized.
The subgroup’s objectives are
- To bring together health care professionals with interest in PBM and share knowledge/experience
- To regularly review PBM resources around the world and collate them in a single website for ease of access
- To study and report on PBM practices world-wide
- To identify research questions/unmet needs and promote solutions through collaborative research
- To promote awareness of PBM and PBM guidelines/best practices
Subgroup Activities
We strive to hold virtual meetings quarterly and meet in person at the International and Regional conferences a minimum of once a year.
PBM Resources
Over the years, ISBT collected and curated many PBM resources, including original studies, guidelines/best practices, and implementation tools. Visit the resources through the below link.
Leadership
Katerina Pavenski
Dr Katerina Pavenski is the Head of the Division of Transfusion Medicine, clinical hematologist, medical director of the Therapeutic Apheresis and Patient Blood Management at St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto.
She obtained B.Sc. at the University of Manitoba (1997). She completed Doctor of Medicine degree (2001), residencies in Internal Medicine (2004) and Adult Clinical Hematology (2006) at the University of Toronto.
She completed a residency in Transfusion Medicine at the McMaster University, Hamilton (2008).
She joined St. Michael’s in 2009. She is an associate professor in the Department of Pathobiology and Laboratory Medicine and cross-appointed to the Department of Medicine, University of Toronto.
Her research interests include clinical transfusion medicine, patient blood management, therapeutic apheresis, and TTP/cm-HUS.
She is the Chair of the Ontario Blood Advisory Committee, member of the National Advisory Committee on Blood and Blood Products, the Chair of the Topics Committee of the ICTMG (International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines) and the Chair of the Local Organizing Committee for the 35th International Congress of the ISBT (the International Society of Blood Transfusion) June 2-6 2018, Toronto, Canada.
Recent PBM publications you may want to read:
