The SHOT report came through
today. It made for rather worrying reading. However for all of the doom and
gloom I was pleased to see the emphasis on education. And when considering
mistakes in blood transfusions we should really bear in mind the operative word
is “mistake”. No one deliberately
gives the wrong blood component.
This is (supposed to be) a reflective diary by a (not very) anonymous biomedical scientist who works somewhere in the south of England. One day this diary may well be submitted to the Health and Care Professions Council as evidence of ongoing continual professional development....
Showing posts with label S.H.O.T.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label S.H.O.T.. Show all posts
13 August 2015 (Thursday) - S.H.O.T. Guidelines
Here’s
an interesting article; unlike so many other websites this spells out in
words of one syllable exactly what is and what is not reportable to the nice
people at S.H.O.T. (Serious Hazards of
Transfusion).
Another
useful page is here; this one explains the big words used by S.H.O.T. On reading
it I get the impression that S.H.O.T. actually *is* a sensible idea and not
just the unnecessary regulation I initially thought it was.
I
will need to find out more about this….
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