The United Kingdom Transfusion Laboratory Collaborative (UKTLC) was formed in 2006 in response to 30-40% of the wrong blood events reported to SHOT originating in the hospital transfusion laboratory. The Collaborative involves all major transfusion organisations within the UK including the Institute of Biomedical Scientists, Royal College of Pathologists, British Blood Transfusion Society and UKNEQAS (the national quality assessment scheme for transfusion).
The UKTLC standards have been revised for 2023, replacing the previous version (Chaffe et al., 2014) and a full report will be published in Transfusion Medicine. An abridged version of the standards is provided here for laboratories to begin the compliance and gap analysis process. To support this process a gap analysis template is also provided, along with other resources that can be used to aid compliance.
UKTLC Standards 2023 – abbreviated version
UKTLC Standards 2023 Gap Analysis Tool
Capacity Planning Guidance May 2021
Mapping a band 5 or 6 against IBMS specialist learning outcome
Mapping a band 7 against IBMS HSD learning outcomes
Based on the UKTLC surveys of 2007 and 2008, the ‘Recommended minimum standards for hospital laboratories’ were published in 2009
Recommended minimum standards for hospital transfusion laboratories (2009)
The UKTLC revisited its 2009 recommendations and developed them further into minimum standards for education, training, competency and the use of information technology for the hospital transfusion laboratory (UKTLC standards 2014)
UKTLC Survey 2022 – Key Findings
UKTLC Survey 2019 – Key Findings
UKTLC Survey 2017 – Key Findings
UKTLC Survey 2015 – Key Findings
UKTLC Culture Survey Summary 2019
UKTLC Culture Survey Report 2019
Click here to view previous UKTLC webinars:
This webinar was live on 09 June 2023. Members of the SHOT team along with Chris Robbie from MHRA and UKTLC colleagues covered some key aspects of incident investigations, regulatory framework, the use of human factors and ergonomics, and the importance of effective interventions. The presentation also covered a holistic approach to safety and the importance of learning from all events (excellence, day to day events) not just from when things go wrong. Relevant resources, both from SHOT and external sources, were also signposted.
This webinar was live on 12 May 2023. Members of the SHOT team and UKTLC provide an overview of UKTLC, key highlights from the UKTLC survey results, latest standards, and resources. Additionally there is input from the MHRA perspective including the importance of UKTLC standards for inspections. The presentation also includes where to find additional transfusion related resources.
Click here to view the PBM The Biomedical Scientist Empowerment, Education and Discussion Group (BMSEDG) May 2023 video covering the new UKTLC standards and the latest survey outputs. This video is aimed at those working in Transfusion, brought to you by the Patient Blood Management Team at NHS Blood and Transplant.
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