This aide memoire provides suggestions to support development of effective contingency plans for planned and unplanned IT downtimes. General principles of contingency planning apply to all electronic systems used in transfusion, but this document focuses on those systems that are critical for safe transfusion practice.
SHOT IT Downtime aide memoire (pdf)
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Dealing with unexpected IT downtime presentation
SCRIPT member Dr Jennifer Davies presented at the BTLP UK NEQAS meeting in November 2024, outlining the important points when dealing with unexpected IT downtimes.