Patient Blood Management - Updates
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PBM quality standards working group
- NCA audit of NICE Quality Standards (QS) for guidelines for transfusion completed and report circulated Feb 2022
- Explored routine collection of data on the Model Hospital
- Development of scoring system for hospitals’ compliance with the NICE QS. Further analysis of the data from the NICE QS audit and PBM survey to be completed by end of April 2023. The aim is to provide guidance about the resources required to implement the NICE QS
- Data from the NICE QS audit has been loaded to the Model Hospital and a webinar held to draw hospitals’ attention to this means of comparing their performance with other hospitals
A3
February 2023 - A3 BTRU
BTRU
Work streams and key partners have been established and the research unit is now fully up and running.
Inclusion of NHS-BT as a HIC contributing site will allow NHS-BT data to be included in the BTRU program of research and analysis.
February 2023 - A3 SHOT
SHOT
CAS Alert re transfusion delays issued-
- Investigating mechanism for future CAS alert reporting
- Aiming for NatPSA accreditation in 2023, process has been delayed due to other work pressures
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SHOT
SHOT
From SHOT, several education resources relating to safe transfusions- SHOT bites, videos, myth busters, etc
- IT supporting safe practices in anti-D Ig management in pregnancy
- Several additional resources from SHOT are in development and expected to be released in the next couple of months
- UK Royal Colleges Tranexamic Acid in Surgery Implementation Group encouraging CQUIN for 2024 and changes to WHO checklist
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TP Group
The steering and working groups comprise of volunteer TPs who are supporting the work of the TP framework.
The steering group support provide support, experience, skills, and knowledge to help steer the work of the working group.
The steering group members are:
Aimi Baird, Stephanie Ferguson, Karen Mead, Wendy McSporran, Rachel Moss, and Sasha Wilson.
The working group are a group of TPs with mixed professional backgrounds, experiences, roles who are working together to ensure that the framework reflects and supports the TP role.
The working group members are:
North Yorkshire and Humber- Laura Duffy, Mark Liversidge, Carole McBride, Janet Nicholson
Midlands-Aimee Buttershaw, John Houghton
East of England-Sarah Clarke, Julie Edmonds, Michaela Rackely
London- Lubna Awas, Abs Menash, Rachel Sure, Pascal Winter
South-East-Lauren Hamilton, Ruth O’Donnell
South-West-Stuart Lord
North-West-Laura Diggory, Carmel Parker
Survey- an initial TP survey was designed and agreed by both groups, The aim of the survey was to gain an understanding of the number of TPs, team sizes, professional backgrounds, additional support for TP teams and additional managerial aspects of the role.
Workshop- representatives from the steering and working group met in July 2024.
The aim of the workshop was to agree governance, ownership, and the main objectives of the framework.
Main outcomes from the workshop-
The framework should be owned by the TPs and be hosted on the National Transfusion Practitioner Network webpage (NTPN)
Due to a lack of a society for TPs the NTPN should be the recognised hub for TPs.
The NTPN group will update the current agenda and re-launch the NTPN to ensure that the work of the TPs is being highlighted to the NBTC
The framework working group will work with the NTPN. To streamline communications from the working group and to increase engagement with TPs all correspondence will come via the NTPN.https://nationalbloodtransfusion.co.uk/working-group/national-transfusion-practitioners-network
Please refer to the Documents and Resources section for survey results, workshop findings and presentations.
- Re-launch of NTPN
- Agenda and leads to be agreed
