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Guidance published on Electronic Blood Management Systems
Barcodes on patient wristbands to prevent errors in the blood transfusion process have been recommended for routine adoption in Wales. Health Technology Wales has published guidance recommending that health boards across Wales should adopt electronic blood management systems (EBMS) to support... continued
Published: 07 Jun 2022
BEST - Call for Scientific Applications
The Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST) Collaborative is an international research organization whose objective is to improve the safety of transfusion and cell therapy and related services through standardization of analytic techniques, development of new procedures and execution... continued
Published: 20 May 2022
NHSBT Blood Components App
Don't forget to take a look at the revised and updated Blood Components app from NHSBT. Following a full content revision and with a fresh look, the app incorporates the National Blood Transfusion Committee Indication Codes for Transfusion in Adults (updated 2020) and the 2016 British Society for... continued
Published: 19 Jan 2022
Fully funded, 3-year, PhD scholarship available -Cardiff Met/WBS
- Apply by 21st January 2022 Research topic: Manipulating storage conditions of blood components to improve lifetime and transfusion benefits This research scholarship will focus on applying a variety of techniques and model systems to test whether processing and... continued
Published: 15 Dec 2021
TraQ November Newsletter now available
TraQ promotes quality improvement among transfusion medicine professionals through timely sharing of educational resources related to current best practices and guidelines in transfusion medicine. The TraQ program website was established in 1999 and continues to be supported by the British... continued
Published: 02 Dec 2021New Sickle Cell Educational Material Available
Following a successful funding application to Health Education England, NHS Blood and Transplant, and Dr Sara Trompeter (Consultant Haematologist and Paediatric Haematologist, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH)/NHSBT) have developed an animation package to illustrate... continued
Published: 03 Nov 2021
Revisit BBTS2021 - Virtually!
If you couldn't be in two sessions at once, or just want to relive the excitement, the BBTS2021 Conference resources are now available to view. Remember your registered delegate login will enable you to revisit the conference online for up to 3 months so if you would like to review any of the... continued
Published: 17 Sep 2021
Hollywood's Ryan Reynolds joins NHSBT
Well, not literally but the A lister has been helping them with their latest campaign to attract more blood donors. In conjunction with the release of Ryan's new movie, Free Guy the campaign is a collaboration between NHSBT and 20th Century Studios. They have even managed to get... continued
Published: 13 Aug 2021
BBTS is now on Instagram
We are pleased to announce that we are now on Instagram as well as Facebook and Twitter. Please follow us on @britishbloodtransfusionsociety to keep up to date with the latest BBTS information. ... continued
Published: 23 Jul 2021Keep on learning, don't stop...BBTS Education
Dr Maya Angelou said, ‘I’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn’. Well, we've all learned over the last year and a half, haven’t we? About ourselves; about others; about who we can count on when the chips are down…. The last 18 months have been quite the... continued
Published: 02 Jul 2021
Safe Transfusions in Transplant Recipients
A new document is now available which incorporates a checklist and some guidance to help reduce transfusion errors and optimise safety of transfusions in autologous and allogeneic haemopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. (see pdf below) The checklist is based on the emerging themes and... continued
Published: 28 Apr 2021
Change Your Bloodlines Delivery Address
If you are now working from home due to the government advice surrounding Coronavirus, and usually have Bloodlines delivered to you work address, you can easily change your preferred mailing address for Bloodlines in the My Details section of the website. Simply scroll down to 'Preferred... continued
Published: 29 Apr 2020Covid19 - Message from BBTS President
Heidi Doughty With the Government announcing plans to accelerate its response to the Coronavirus outbreak, we felt it was the right time to let you know what action we are taking. We know many of you will remain busy implementing your own personal and professional responses to the outbreak. ... continued
Published: 19 Mar 2020
COVID-19 Information - Useful Links
Follow @BritishBloodTS on Twitter for the latest updates. Update on MHRA response during COVID-19 /blog/mhraupdate/ National School of Healthcare Science: NSHCS Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information Academy for Healthcare Science: AHCS Equivalence Guidance HCPC: HCPC Advice for... continued
Published: 18 Mar 2020
