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Patient Consent and Transfusion Seminar

Monday 17th August, 2009

Charles La Trobe Room, Melbourne University

Please click here to download the seminar flyer

Speaker presentations

Session 1: The practical aspects of patient consent for transfusion

• Prof James Isbister - An overview of patient consent for blood transfusion (Flash)
• Dr Bill Renwick - The chronically transfused patient (PDF) (Flash)
• Dr Heather Wellington - The legal perspective (PDF) (Flash)

 Session 2: Some other perspectives on the consent issue

• Dr Alfredo Mori - Patient consent in the emergency setting (PDF) (Flash)
• Prof Paul Komesaroff - Ethical issues (PDF) (Flash)
• Ms Maria Kastoras - The patients perspective (PDF) (Flash)
• Ms Louisa Di Pietro - The patients perspective (Flash)

Session 3: State and hospital initiatives to improve transfusion safety

• Mr Chris Maxwell - Blood transfusion and EQuIp standards (PDF) (Flash)
• Dr Merrole Cole-Sinclair - A hospital that has made the move (PDF) (Flash)
• Panel discussion (Flash)