This template should be used in conjunction with the ‘Essential standards for safe transfusion in clinical IT systems‘. These standards establish a baseline for safety-critical functionality, helping organisations reduce risk, improve traceability, and embed best practice across transfusion pathways.
This gap analysis tool can be used by organisations to evaluate whether their practice is in line with the ‘Essential standards for safe transfuion in clinical IT systems’.
The level of compliance sections are for organisations to judge, based on their current activity and evidence of compliance with the standard.
Click here to access the gap analysis tool- The points covered are in an uneditable format (column B)
- Columns A and B have been frozen to allow ease of use, but can be unfrozen using the ‘unfreeze panel’ options
- Dropdown options have been added where appropriate to help teams measure compliance
- There are two columns for systems, should you have dual application of this point
- Local teams can add additional columns if required to met local requirments
This tool is to purely assist hospital teams to assess compliance and identify local gaps with implementing the standards, and to facilitate improvement actions. It does not need to be submitted to SHOT once completed.