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A brief summary of Transfusion 2024 activity and an introduction to the Transfusion Transformation strategy for the next 5 years Recommendations | National Blood Transfusion Committee

 

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The NBTC Education Working Group will put forward topics each year for the Regional Transfusion Committees (RTC) rolling programme of national virtual education sessions.

Education
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The development of a Transfusion Practitioner Framework is well under way.

A lot of work has been going on since Nov 2023.

National Transfusion Practitioners Network
(1 month 1 week ago)

When Haemoglobinopathy Meets Neurosurgery: Learning points for the clinical team.

North West
(1 month 1 week ago)

Perioperative implications of Sickle Cell Disease in neurosurgery and the use of automated red cell exchange as a tool to facilitate time sensitive surgery.  Won poster prize at BBTS Annual Symposium 2023.

North West
(1 month 1 week ago)

Please note that this event on the 4th November 2024 has been postponed and will be rescheduled in the future. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. 

Midlands
(1 month 2 weeks ago)

The PBM team are delighted to share that the QS138 Quality Insights team have been awarded the 2024 Bill Chaffe Unsung Hero Award by the British Blood Transfusion Society.

(2 months ago)

An abstract submitted to SHOT outlining the development of the Transfusion Training Hub was awarded first place at this years SHOT symposium.  

(2 months ago)

An abstract submitted to SHOT outlining the development of the Transfusion Training Hub was awarded first place! 2nd place was also awarded to the T2024 team for the ongoing development of RCI assist. Click here to read more.

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Jennifer Rock, alongside Wendy McSporran (Advanced Transfusion Practitioner) delivered a presentation at the BBTS conference 'A Transfusion Practitioner Professional Development Framework, how will it benefit transfusion practitioners today and in the future.' Presenting on behalf of the transfus

(2 months 2 weeks ago)

The following NBTC documents have been reviewed by the national Transfusion Laboratory Managers Group and are now available in the NBTC Recommendations section 

Transfusion Laboratory Managers
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The educational sessions from the Emergency Planning Working Group event held on the 15th May 2024 - Are you Prepared for a Major Incident are now available to view. 

Midlands
Emergency Planning
(3 months 3 weeks ago)

The National Blood Transfusion Committee has produced this template checklist detailing each of the transfusion-related subpoints relevant for hospitals within Recommendation 7 of the IBI Report. https:

Midlands
(3 months 3 weeks ago)

Following requests from hospital laboratories and Regional Transfusion Committees (RTC) / Hospital Transfusion Committees (HTC) for support in responding to the transfusion-related recommendations of the Infected Blood Inqui

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A free, ‘one stop shop’ of valuable transfusion resources.

 https://nationalbloodtransfusion.co.uk/transfusion-training-hub

North East and Yorkshire
(3 months 4 weeks ago)

In light of the current Amber Alert status for O negative and O positive red blood cells, the Patient Blood Management (PBM) Team have developed a quick reference guide to clinical resources available to support the implementation of PBM recommendations, supporting the safe and a

Patient Blood Management
(3 months 4 weeks ago)

We have recently held two successful national education events:

Incident Management and Effective Root Cause & CAPA, 12.06.24

Transfusion Still Matters, 02.07.24

South West
(4 months ago)

The South East RTC hosted a very successful Education Event - Major Haemorrhage and Bleeding.

South East
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Midlands
(5 months 3 weeks ago)

The Transfusion Transformation Symposium was held on 10th June 2024 to discuss the next 5-year strategy for clinical and laboratory transfusion practice.

(6 months 3 weeks ago)

See the latest May report for all things PBM.

Midlands
(6 months 3 weeks ago)

The new education resource, Blood Essentials, the replacement for A Drop of Knowledge and A wealth of knowledge is now available on the hospitals and science website.

Midlands
(7 months ago)

Blood Essentials – Now available!

(7 months ago)

A Review of the Year 2023 in the South East region

South East
(7 months 2 weeks ago)

Transfusion 2024 introduces the new Transfusion Training Hub, specifically designed to support education and training for all healthcare professionals working within Blood Transfusion and for anyone wishing to increase their transfusion knowledge.

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