Clinical Transfusion Clinic

PRACTICAL WORKSHOPS

Date: 04.07.2026
Location: Hotel Arche Puławska, Warsaw
Lecturer: Dr. Katarzyna Mróz, DVM, specialist in dog and cat diseases, hematologist, hemato-oncologist

Event under the patronage of the Polish Association of Small Animal Veterinary Surgeons (PSLWMZ)

Members of the PSLWMZ with a current paid membership fee are entitled to a -10% discount on events under the patronage of the PSLWMZ.

Those entitled to the above discount are requested to contact us by email: szkolenia@vetproakademia.pl

Start: 9:00 AM
End: 6:00 PM

Workshop Program

✅ BLOOD GROUPS

✅ CLINICAL BLOOD BANK – HOW TO MANAGE IT CLINICALLY
● donor selection
● collection principles
● preparation and characteristics of blood products
● storage
● qualifying blood and its components for clinical use
● transmissible diseases

✅ LABORATORY TRANSFUSION MEDICINE – practical exercises
● tests – blood groups
● Coombs test
● agglutination
● crossmatch old-style and new (commercial)
● additional tests

✅ VERY CLINICAL TRANSFUSION MEDICINE
● WHAT TO TRANSFUSE AND WHEN? INDICATIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS
○ specialist consultations on transfusions – component selection
○ anemias/ thrombocytopenia/ coagulation disorders
○ transfusions from the perspective of different specializations
○ clinical cases: patient history/ results/ microscopic image/
transfusions

● HOW TO TRANSFUSE? CALCULATORS AND MATHEMATICS IN TRANSFUSION MEDICINE –
tasks for small and large dogs/severe acute and severe chronic anemia

● ACUTE CASES WITH NO TIME – EMERGENCY TRANSFUSION MEDICINE
○ quick organization
○ xenotransfusions
○ autotransfusions

✅ ADVERSE REACTIONS/COMPLICATIONS
● acute/sudden
● delayed
● what we can do in such a situation

✓ The workshops are intended for veterinary surgeons, veterinary technicians, and 5th and 6th-year veterinary students
✓ Participation includes: participation in theoretical and practical parts with unlimited access to cold and hot beverages, refreshments during coffee breaks, lunch, and colorful training materials in paper form (binder).
✓ Practical part:
● performing blood group tests
● Coombs test
● agglutination
● crossmatch – old-style and new (commercial)
● additional tests
✓ We reserve the right to cancel the workshops if a minimum of 10 participants are not gathered.
✓ Each participant will receive a certificate of completion of the training along with ECTS points