Blood Matters provides Information For Hospitals Served By NHS Blood And Transplant.  Issue 20 contains the following articles:

Department Of Health Stakeholder Workshop (Winchester November 10th 2005)

‘The Eyes Have It’ : How NHS Blood And Transplant Helps Patients With Eye Diseases

Planned New Red Cell Specifications For Neonatal Large Volume Transfusions

Responding To Major Incidents – Lessons Learnt From July 2005 London Bombings

Pandemic Influenza And The Blood Supply

Alloantibodies Reactive At 37°C That Are Not Clinically Significant

Transfusion Reactions: A Clinician’s Bedside View

Should Children Be Offered Predeposit Autologous Transfusion?

The Transfusion Practitioner Role - Past, Present And Future?

Good Practice Guidance For The Dissemination Of Patient Information Leaflets On Blood Transfusion

Getting To Know You – The Use Of Patient Identification Bands In The Administration Of Blood

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