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This video outlines critical key steps for completing pre-administration bedside checks of blood components. The video can be played in full or paused at particular points to support training and knowledge of this final step.  The video supports the British Society of Haematology (BSH, 2017) guideline for the administration of blood components, the National Blood […]

On Friday 25 May 2018 the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became law, replacing the Data Protection Act 1998.  

We welcome Si Carter-Graham as the new SHOT Clinical Incidents Specialist.  Si has over 32 years nursing experience in accident and emergency and acute medicine and has worked for NHSBT since 1999 in Blood Donation, Tissue Donation and Clinical Support.

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Please click on the picture below for the CSJ November 2017 article on ‘Is your blood transfusion safe?’

This is an immediate action for hospitals to ensure that the bedside transfusion checklist is in place, please click the picture below for further details.     This is an example of a checklist that could be used.  SHOT decided not to issue a formal prototype as hospitals already have different ways of providing a […]

SHOT has recently featured in the NHSBT Connect magazine (September/October 2017), please click on the picture below for full details

The Autumn 2017 Edition of the SHOT Newsletter is available now.  Please click on the image below

We celebrated 20 years of SHOT reporting at our recent Annual SHOT Symposium 2017 at Rothamsted Conference Centre, Harpenden      

The 2016 Annual SHOT Report was launched on 12th July 2017 at the SHOT Symposium, celebrating 20 years of SHOT. 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.‘ link underneath the main […]