Enhancing patient care by applying evidence-based strategies to make appropriate use of transfusion therapy and reduce patient exposure to blood transfusion.
Appointments & Referrals
The Blood Management Department office is located at Swedish/Cherry Hill and administers program services to patients on all four campuses.
Blood Management
The Blood Management Department at Swedish Medical Center provides key services to
- Reduce patient exposure to blood transfusion ("blood conservation")
- Achieve safe blood management practices
- Optimize blood utilization
- Reduce variations in transfusion practice
- Support a patient's decision to minimize or eliminate the use of blood or blood products
Among the many reasons blood management is on the forefront of health care today are
- Increased public demand for safe alternatives to blood transfusion therapy
- Growing numbers of patients who request medical services without the use of blood
- Advanced technology and pharmacological agents making bloodless medicine and surgery not only possible but preferable
- Decrease in national blood supply
- Escalating costs due to growing number of federally mandated tests to screen donated blood for disease
Contact Information
Blood Management Program
500 17th AvenueSeattle, WA 98122
Phone: 206-320-2358
Map & Directions
Zac Zahara
MBA, CQA (ASQ), manager
Jan Batt,
RN, BSN, coordinator
Dawn Peterson,
RN, BSN, coordinator
Harriette Lober,
Bloodless Program specialist
Department Directory
206-320-2358
206-320-2358
Bloodless Program
206-320-8094
206-320-8094
Toll-Free
888-662-4166
- Cherry Hill
500 17th Avenue, Room 327W
Seattle, WA 98122 - First Hill
747 Broadway, Room NN-331
Seattle, WA 98122
