Links to sites of interest
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UK Transfusion guidelines and resources
Pat’s Transfusion Medicine sites One of the most comprehensive transfusion sites on the net.
http://www.traqprogram.ca/ Canadian Transfusion Quality Management (TraQ) Program
http://www.bloodbanktalk.com/ International discussion forum dealing with transfusion issues
http://www.bbtsforums.org.uk/ British Blood Transfusion Society discussion forum
Blood services
NHS Blood and Transplant
NHS Blood and Transplant Hospitals Website
NHS Blood and Transplant National Comparative Audit Login page
Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service
Irish Blood Transfusion Service
Welsh Blood Service
Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service
Canadian Blood Services
Bloodless Surgery and Medicine
Society for the Advancement of Blood Management
Bloodless Medicine Research
Allogeneic Blood Transfusion – The Alternatives Article in Hospital Pharmacist
The Jehovah’s Witnesses Medical care and Blood website
Government bodies
MHRA
NICE
UK Chief Medical Officer’s Blood Safety information website
National Patient Safety Agency
WHO Blood Transfusion Safety
Societies and Professional Bodies
American Association of Blood Banks
British Blood Transfusion Society
British Committee for Standards in Haematology
British Society of Haematology
British Society of Gastroenterlogy
Faculty of Public Health Medicine
Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections
International Society of Blood Transfusion
National Blood Transfusion Committee (NBTC)
Network for Advancement of Transfusion Alternatives
NHS Confederation
Royal College of Anaesthetists
Royal College of Midwives
Royal College of Nursing
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
Royal College of Pathologists
Royal College of Physicians
Royal College of Surgeons
The College of Emergency Medicine
The Intensive Care Society
UK NEQAS
Iron Deficiency Anaemia
Bandolier Article on Iron Deficiency
WHO Micronutrient Deficiencies Website
University of Utah Pathology Tutorial on Iron Metabolism
Biomedical Science
Institute of Biomedical Science
Hoslink
Tutorial Websites
International Society of Blood Transfusion Science Series
Introduction to Blood Transfusion Technology from the ISBT
University of Utah Pathology Tutorials
Mini tutorials on a wide range of subjects including Blood Banking
Surgical Tutor
British site with tutorials for MRCS and FRCS.
The Learn Blood Transfusion e-learning package from the SNBTS
Better Blood Transfusion Education Programme
Optimal Use of Blood Components
Optimal Blood Use Project
Better Blood Transfusion
Miscellaneous
The Preoperative Association
Blood substitutes
Centre for Evidence Based Medicine