SAVE THE DATE!
3rd Annual Blood Management Awareness Week
November 2-6, 2009
blood management awareness week

Timeline

Below is a timeline to assist you in the planning of your institution's Blood Management Awareness Week.

Timeline Prior to Blood Management Awareness Week

May/June

  • Organize a small planning committee to include the Blood Management Director, a representative from nursing, a social worker, plus any others appropriate to be involved

  • Request a CME/CEU speaker or speakers

  • Schedule a public educational seminar focusing on blood management

  • Communicate to hospital administration and marketing employees

  • Develop schedule of events, one day or for each day of BMAW (can focus on a different aspect of Blood Management):

    Monday - Cell -Salvage day
    Tuesday - Anemia Management day
    Wednesday - Blood Bank and Lab day
    Thursday - Nursing day
    Friday - Physician/Surgical Technique day

    Other suggestions:
    Pharmacology day (invite Novo Nordisk, Procrit, Amgen, Watson, etc)
    Blood Management Devices day (invite Stryker, Haemonetics, Tissuelink, etc)
    Blood substitute day (have articles and latest information available)

July/August

  • Contact companies who have a blood management focus to set up demonstrations (i.e., Cell-Salvage, Tissue-link, Novo Nordisk, Amgen, Watson, Ortho Biotech, etc.)

  • Discuss, review and order marketing pieces, give-a-ways and handouts with vendors

  • Contact other Blood Management/Blood Conservation programs in your area, if they exist, and coordinate a regional approach to BMAW week

  • Get posters printed with the hospital's specific information, logos and contact information on them

  • Post flyers

  • Develop Educational packets for Physicians, nurses, community

  • Utilize your marketing department:
    • Contact local Media outlets; possibly a Public Service announcement
    • Submit your BMAW calendar of events to be printed in the hospital's newsletters
    • send a broadcast email to all hospital staff
    • send a broadcast email to members of the surrounding communities
  • Post an announcement on your hospital's website and any other applicable websites, e.g. NoBlood.org

September/October

  • Develop BMAW competency for hospital staff for that week

  • Develop a "Lunch and Learn" session

Third Week of October 2009

  • All signage, materials, handouts, and competencies should be ready


BMAW Timeline (DOC)