Press release – Patient Blood Management

“Tagesschau: How Blood Supplies Can Be Saved”

PBM_Admin_Frankfurt — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 13:16:47 +0000

On January 26, 2025, Tagesschau reported on the valuable resource of blood, which experts say could be used much more efficiently in German hospitals. Through targeted blood management, many transfusions can be avoided. Find out more here.

The Frankfurter Allgemeine reports on Patient Blood Management

PBM_Admin_Frankfurt — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 11:09:57 +0000

The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung highlights the importance of a sustainable and patient-focused approach to blood reserves in a comprehensive article. The innovative concept of Patient Blood Management is presented as a key to greater efficiency, environmental protection, and patient safety in modern medicine.

Click on the image below to access a larger and downloadable version of the article.

On the occasion of World Blood Donor Day, Deutschlandfunk Nova reports with Professor Dr. Meybohm about Patient Blood Management

PBM_Admin_Frankfurt — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 10:24:47 +0000

In the latest broadcast of Deutschlandfunk Nova, Professor Dr. Patrick Meybohm discusses World Blood Donor Day with a focus on Patient Blood Management and its implementation in Germany. The broadcast is titled “Why Blood Donations Should Be Used More Effectively.”

You can read and listen to the post here.

Barmer Hessen finanziert Patient Blood Management an Uniklinik Frankfurt

PBM_Admin_Frankfurt — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 11:57:09 +0000

Die Barmer Hessen hat die nach eigenen Angaben landesweit erste Vereinbarung zur Finanzierung des Patient Blood Managements abgeschlossen. Unmittelbarer Vertragspartner ist zunächst das Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, allerdings gelten die Rahmenbedingungen deutschlandweit auch für andere Barmer-Patienten.

Hier geht’s zum Artikel in der ÄrzteZeitung!

[GERMAN] 45 min-Video-Podcast: NDR reports again on Patient Blood Management

pbmadmin — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 13:28:09 +0000

The NDR-documentary „Inside blood donation“ tracks a blood donation in Germany and describes the approach of Patient Blood Management.

Source: NDR

[German] Blood donation – what happens exactly?

pbmadmin — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 08:42:42 +0000

Perspective Daily explains in detail what happens when you donate blood and how the different blood components are used. Moreover, it is emphasized that blood saving is important, too. Patient Blood Management contributes not only to saving blood but also improves patient security.

To read the article please click here.

[German] Blood a precious resource – PBM saves blood and increases patient security

pbmadmin — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 09:24:53 +0000

On World Blood Donation Day 2020 Nachrichten Frankfurt emphasizes that blood is a precious resource and that it is particularly limited in times of Covid 19. However, Patient Blood Management minimizes blood loss and prevents unnecessary blood transfusions in hospital. Moreover, it increases patient security.

To read the article please click here.

[German] Media highly interested in implementation of patient blood managment in German network hospitals

pbmadmin — Wed, 27 May 2020 08:55:20 +0000

Following the publication of BARMER Krankenhausreports 2019 the concept and implementation of Patient Blood Management in network hospitals was repeatedly reported in all kinds of media. Below two examples concerning the Herzogin Elisabeth Hospital Braunschweig.

Please click on the image for the article in the Braunschweiger Zeitung.

Please click here for a NDR1 radio show.

[German] Prof. Wiesenack of Diakoniekrankenhaus Freiburg interviewed about Patient Blood Management by Badische Zeitung

pbmadmin — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 10:28:05 +0000

Since 2016 the Evangelisches Diakoniekrankenhaus Freiburg has already been member of the German Patient Blood Management network. A recent self-evaluation of the implementation of PBM was highly sucessful, i. e. the hospital has now reached the gold level status. Hence Prof. Dr. Christoph Wiesenack (Medical Director and Chief Physician of the Clinic of Anesthesiology) was questioned in detail about PBM by Badische Zeitung.

You can read the interview here.

[German] After implementing PBM the Herzogin Elisabeth Hospital cuts number of bloodtransfusions in half

pbmadmin — Mon, 16 Dec 2019 09:45:59 +0000

In 2015, the Herzogin Elisabeth Hospital in Braunschweig (Germany) joined the German PBM Network. A recent online article by regionalbraunschweig.de describes the efforts undertaken as well as the successes achieved during the implementation of PBM at the Herzogin Elisabeth Hospital. One of the major achievements is undoubtedly cutting the number of blood transfusions in half within 4 years.

The complete article (German language) is available by clicking the image below.