Publication: The Essential Role of Patient Blood Management in a Pandemic: A Call for Action

Amid the global pandemic, health care systems face tremendous challenges. In the article “Essential Role of Patient Blood Management in a Pandemic: A Call for Action” Dr Axel Hofmann and a multinational and diverse group of experts from across the globe issue a “Call to Action” explaining the importance of patient blood management (PBM) in the management of pandemics and urge all stakeholders and providers to implement the principles of patient blood management and its multi-professional and multimodality approaches.

The full journal article can be found here.

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    Blood & Beyond is a multi-stakeholder initiative funded by CSL, involving experts from the fields of haematology, transfusion medicine, anaesthesiology, patient blood management, nursing, patient advocacy, health economics, and hospital management, with support from policymakers committed to driving improvements in this area. The aim of the initiative is to raise awareness of the importance of good blood health and of the impact of anaemia on patients, healthcare systems and society at large, with the overarching goal to help advance policies and practices that improve patient outcomes by supporting patient-centricity in anaemia prevention, diagnosis, and management through patient blood management (PBM) and innovation.

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