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UK Transfusion guidelines and resources
Transfusion Guidelines- Red Cell Dosage Calculator app
- Pat’s Transfusion Medicine sites One of the most comprehensive transfusion sites on the net.
- International discussion forum dealing with transfusion issues
Blood services
- NHS Blood and Transplant
- NHSBT Hospitals & Science Site
- NHS Blood and Transplant National Comparative Audit Login page
- Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service
- Irish Blood Transfusion Service
- Welsh Blood Service
- Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service
- Canadian Blood Services
Government bodies
- MHRA
- NICE
- UK Chief Medical Officer’s Blood Safety information website
- National Patient Safety Agency
- WHO Blood Transfusion Safety
Societies and Professional Bodies
- American Association of Blood Banks
- British Blood Transfusion Society
- British Society of Haematology
- British Society of Gastroenterlogy
- Faculty of Public Health Medicine
- Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections
- International Haemovigilance Network (IHN)
- International Society of Blood Transfusion
- Joint United Kingdom (UK) Blood Transfusion and Tissue Transplantation Services Professional Advisory Committee (JPAC)
- National Blood Transfusion Committee (NBTC)
- Network for Advancement of Transfusion Alternatives
- NHS Confederation
- Royal College of Anaesthetists
- Royal College of Midwives
- Royal College of Nursing
- Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
- Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
- Royal College of Pathologists
- Royal College of Physicians
- Royal College of Surgeons
- The College of Emergency Medicine
- The Intensive Care Society
- UK NEQAS
Iron Deficiency Anaemia
- Bandolier Article on Iron Deficiency
- WHO Micronutrient Deficiencies Website
- University of Utah Pathology Tutorial on Iron Metabolism
Biomedical Science
Further Resources
- International Society of Blood Transfusion resources
- University of Utah Pathology Tutorials on a wide range of subjects including Blood Banking
- Surgical Tutor – website with tutorials for MRCS and FRCS
- Transfusion Training Hub (NBTC)
- Blood Transfusion Training (BTT) e-learning programme available on elearning for healthcare (elfh), Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and eIntegrity (search ‘blood transfusion’ in the learning catalogues).
- Learn Blood Transfusion (LBT) modules available on learnProNHS and Turas