PATIENT BLOOD MANAGEMENT

PBM networks were founded to offer support to hospitals worldwide aiming to implement Patient Blood Management. The overall goal of the PBM networks is to increase patient safety. The German PBM Network was founded in 2014, soon to be followed by the European as well as Worldwide networks in 2016 and 2017, respectively. All networks were founded by members of the Department for Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy of the University Hospital Frankfurt, now also hosting the PBM Network Coordination Centre. The collaboration between hospitals part of a PBM network and the PBM Network Coordination Centre is regulated by a general agreement, adjusted to fit the local capabilities of the individual hospital... The number of PBM initiatives is growing worldwide. In Germany, PBM was initially implemented at the University Hospitals Frankfurt, Bonn, Kiel and Münster. With the initiation of the German PBM Network many additional hospitals were inspired to likewise implement..

Also known as: PBM Network Coordination Centre

Primary location: Frankfurt Am Main Germany