Print – Patient Blood Management

Expert Perspectives from recent PBM Events

PBM_Admin_Frankfurt — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:14:40 +0000

Here you can find more information about the respective event:

PBM Essentials – Barcelona, Spain, 2025

PBM in Trauma Settings – Innsbruck, Austria, 2026

PBM in surgery and intensive care – Frankfurt, Germany, 2026

Interview with Professor Kai Zacharowski: Blood Transfusions are not a Silver Bullet

PBM_Admin_Frankfurt — Thu, 28 May 2026 13:36:34 +0000

In an interview with *Forschung Frankfurt*, Prof. Dr. Dr. Kai Zacharowski from the Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine, and Pain Therapy at University Medicine Frankfurt discusses the topic of blood transfusions.

You can find the article here.

“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.

Drop by drop: Patient Blood Management [german]

PBM_Admin_Frankfurt — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 12:17:26 +0000

In this video [german], Prof. Dr. Lutz, Frank Beckers and the anaesthesia team of the St. Vinzenz-Hospital Cologne explain the Patient Blood Management principles.

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!

Frankfurter Uniklinik spart Blut

PBM_Admin_Frankfurt — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 11:47:02 +0000

Die Frankfurter Rundschau beschreibt in diesem Beitrag den Nutzen von Patient Blood Management. Außerdem wird darauf hingewiesen, dass die deutschlandweite Umsetzung bisher noch nicht erreicht wurde.

Hier geht’s zum Artikel!

[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.