Annual SHOT Report
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Please cite this document as:
Narayan, S. et al., 2026. The 2025 Annual SHOT Report, Manchester: Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT) Steering Group.
Annual SHOT Report individual chapters
The Annual SHOT Report is available as individual chapters by clicking below:
2. Participation in United Kingdom (UK) Haemovigilance
3. Headline Data: Deaths, Major Morbidity and ABO-Incompatible Transfusions
4. Key Messages and Progress Update
5. Acknowledging Continuing Excellence in Transfusion (ACE)
7. United Kingdom (UK) Blood Services Reporting
ERROR REPORTS
8. Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE) in SHOT Error Incidents
9. Adverse Events Related to Anti-D Immunoglobulin (Ig)
10. Incorrect Blood Component Transfused (IBCT)
11. Handling and Storage Errors (HSE)
15. Incidents Related to Prothrombin Complex Concentrates (PCC)
ERROR REPORTS WITH NO HARM
16a. Near Miss – Wrong Blood in Tube (WBIT)
17. Right Blood Right Patient (RBRP)
ERROR REPORTS COMPOSITE CHAPTERS
19. Errors Related to Information Technology (IT)
REACTIONS IN PATIENTS
20. Febrile, Allergic and Hypotensive Reactions (FAHR)
21a. Transfusion-Associated Circulatory Overload (TACO)
21b. Pulmonary Complications of Transfusion: Non-TACO
22. Haemolytic Transfusion Reactions (HTR)
23. Uncommon Complications of Transfusion (UCT)
24. Transfusion-Transmitted Infections (TTI)
SPECIAL CLINICAL GROUPS
28. Transfusion Errors in Transplant Cases
29. Immune Anti-D in Pregnancy
30. Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Report