America’s Blood Center’s has published the June 2022 edition of the Blood Bulletin, titled “Obstetric Hemorrhage — Are You Prepared?” This issue of Blood Bulletin discusses the importance of: identifying those at risk for postpartum hemorrhage; communication and early intervention using standardized assessment tools and protocols with a coordinated team-based approach reduces maternal mortality and morbidity; hospitals developing and drilling the use of multi-disciplinary protocols and policies for obstetric hemorrhage; and knowing primary tools include uterotonic agents, interventional procedures, blood product transfusion, and/or hysterectomy within a coordinated plan.”
The Blood Bulletin was written by Nanci Fredrich, RN, BSN, MM, Transfusion Safety & Blood Management Officer at Versiti, Richard Gammon, MD, Medical Director at OneBlood, Nancy Van Buren, MD and Jed Gorlin, MD, MBA, Medical Directors at Innovative Blood Resources and Community Blood Center of Kansas City, divisions of New York Blood Center, and Theresa Nester, MD, Co-Chief Medical Officer at Bloodworks Northwest. Contributors included Kerry O’Brien, MD, Medical Director of the Blood Bank at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Rita Reik, MD, FCAP, Chief Medical Officer at America’s Blood Centers.