Educational Resources

Optimising Learning from Incidents – Joint SHOT, MHRA and UKTLC Webinar

Webinar on accurate complete patient identification for safe transfusions in adults

This webinar was live on 11 July 2023. Members of the SHOT team along with members of the SG/WEG, the UKTLC, PBM team, a Transfusion Practitioner and patient representative covered some key aspects of positive patient identification.

Webinar on accurate and complete patient identification for safe transfusion in paediatrics

This webinar that was presented live on 19 July 2023 focused on the challenges, practical steps and potential solutions related to accurate and complete patient identification in children and neonates. Panellists included paediatric transfusion experts both from clinical and laboratory perspectives and members from the SHOT team.

Pulmonary Complications of Transfusion video

Transfusion Laboratory Errors video

Safe transfusion practices require both clinical and laboratory teams to work collaboratively and in a coordinated manner. This video has been drafted by the working expert group dealing with laboratory errors and focuses on key messages from laboratory errors reported to SHOT with important learning points and recommendations.

Paediatric SHOT

Paediatric haemovigilance reports differ in many respects from those in adults. This video sets out the special features and key messages from the last 10 years of paediatric SHOT reporting and has been put together by the SHOT paediatric experts. It aims to inform and engage all those involved with transfusion to neonates and older children.

Understanding Human Factors in Transfusion Parts 1 & 2 videos

Transfusion errors in haemopoietic stem cell transplant recipients video

Delayed Transfusions in Major Haemorrhage

Haemolytic Transfusion Reactions in patients with Haemoglobinopathies

Anti-D Immunoglobulin errors and immunisation in pregnancy: Insights from SHOT

TACO – Transfusion-Associated Circulatory Overload video

FAHR – Febrile, Allergic and Hypotensive Reactions

This video on Febrile and Allergic reactions gives an overview of how to recognise, assess and manage acute reactions, and how to look after patients if they need further transfusion. It also covers which reactions should be reported, both locally and nationally.