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The Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT) team are excited to announce the launch of the 2019 Annual SHOT Report via Zoom webinar! The webinar is free to access and will take place on 7th July at 2pm (BST) (lasting approximately 1 hour) For further details, please view the poster below: Zoom Webinar – 7th July […]

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the SHOT Team as the Operations Manager. Working with the Medical Director, as Operations Manager you will oversee SHOT’s dedicated team who collect and analyse information on adverse incidents that impact on patient safety in relation to treatment with blood components, and provide advice on how these problems […]

Due to the challenges presented by the current COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Annual SHOT Symposium has been cancelled and will be deferred to 2021. We have taken this difficult decision due to the unprecedented demands on the health service and we do not feel it is appropriate for us to run this annual event and […]

It is with great pleasure that we can announce that SHOT’s Human Factors expert, Dr Alison Watt, has been shortlisted for the award of Biomedical Scientist of the Year, part of the Advancing Healthcare Awards (AHA). This nomination comes following Alison’s groundbreaking doctoral research into the area of human factors in transfusion. Best of luck […]

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The report from the 2019 survey of culture prevalent in transfusion laboratories across UK undertaken as a joint venture by Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority (MHRA), UK Transfusion Laboratory Collaborative (UKTLC), Serious Hazards of transfusion (SHOT), Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath) and the Transfusion Laboratory Managers Working Group of the National Blood Transfusion Committee […]

A biennial survey is sent out to all transfusion laboratories in the UK who report to the Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT) haemovigilance scheme and is intended to represent a ‘snapshot’ of working conditions within the laboratory on a single day. UKTLC Survey 2019

SHOT have recently produced some educational videos, which are now available to view here There are 4 videos available so far: Transfusion Laboratory Errors Pulmonary Complications of Transfusion Pre-transfusion blood sampling (produced by PBM in conjunction with SHOT) The pre-administration blood component transfusion bedside check (produced by PBM in conjunction with SHOT) Watch this space for […]

The 2018 Annual SHOT Report was launched on 9th July 2019 at the SHOT Symposium, at the Rothamsted Centre for Research and Enterprise, Harpenden. The full report and summary are available to download from the SHOT Annual Reports and Summaries page. Links to individual pdf chapters and additional information can be found by clicking the ‘Supplementary info.‘ […]

The SHOT Working Expert Group (WEG) has a vacancy in analysis of Anti-D Ig and invites suitable candidates to apply. This is a voluntary role with no remuneration. The activities and responsibilities of the WEG are described here. Applicants should state how they have expertise in this area, provide a CV to demonstrate that, and […]