Haemovigilance
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) (More information)
www.mhra.gov.uk
National Patients Safety Agency (NPSA) (More information)
www.npsa.nhs.uk
Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT) (More information)
www.shotuk.org
Guidelines, Regulations and Directives
Appraisal of Guidelines Research & Evaluation in Europe (AGREE) (More information)
www.agreecollaboration.org
Blood Safety and Quality Regulations (BSQR)
www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2005/20050050.htm
British Committee for Standards in Haematology Guidelines (BCSH) (More information)
www.bcshguidelines.com
European Union Directive (More information)
ec.europa.eu/health/ph_threats/human_substance/legal_blood_en.htm
National Institute for Clinical Exellence (NICE) (More information)
www.nice.org.uk
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) (More information)
www.sign.ac.uk
UK National External Quality Assessment Service (NEQAS)
www.ukneqas.org.uk
Other transfusion related
Blood Stocks Management Scheme
www.blood.co.uk/bsms
British Blood Transfusion Society
www.bbts.org.uk
Department of Health Blood Website
DoH Blood Website
National Blood Service (NBS) Hospital Website
NBS Hospital Website
National Blood Transfusion Committee (DoH website)
National Blood Transfusion Committee (DoH website)
NHS identity
www.nhsidentity.nhs.uk
Scottish Continuing Education Program
Scottish Continuing Education Program
Colleges, professional organisations and government
Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland
www.aagbi.org
Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists
www.acta.org.uk
Association of Clinical Scientists
www.assclinsci.org
British Blood Transfusion Society
www.bbts.org.uk
British National Formulary
www.bnf.org
Department of Health
www.dh.gov.uk/Home/fs/en
European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiologists
www.eacta.org
General Medical Council
www.gmc-uk.org
Health Protection Agency - Centre for Infections
www.hpa.org.uk/infections
HPC Website
www.hpc-uk.org
Haemophilia Society
www.haemophilia.org.uk
Institute of Biomedical Science
www.ibms.org
NHS Litigation Authority (NHS LA) Clinical Risk Management Standards
www.nhsla.com
National Association of Phlebotomists
www.phlebotomy.org
Network for Advancement of Transfusion Alternatives (NATA)
www.nataonline.com
Nursing and Midwifery Council
www.nmc-uk.org
Royal College of Anaesthetists
www.rcoa.ac.uk
Royal College of Nursing
www.rcn.org.uk
Royal College of Pathologists
www.rcpath.org
Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
www.scts.org
Society of Clinical Perfusion Scientists of Great Britain and Ireland
www.sopgbi.org
International
American Association of Blood Banks
www.aabb.org
Australian transfusion safety program
www.health.vic.gov.au/best
Californian Blood Bank Society
www.cbbsweb.org
Canadian Blood Service
www.transfusionmedicine.ca
Council of Europe (More information)
www.coe.int
Ontario’s Nurse-led training programme
www.transfusionontario.org
Transfusion Practices from American Society of Anaesthesiologists
www.asahq.org/publicationsAndServices/transfusion.pdf
General and patient information sources
Cochrane Library
www.nelh.nhs.uk/cochrane.asp
National Electronic Library for Health
www.nelh.nhs.uk
NBS Patient Information Leaflets
hospital.blood.co.uk/library/patient_information_leaflets/leaflets/index.asp
NHS
www.nhs.uk
Pub Med - National Library of Medicine
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?DB=pubmed
Skills for Health
www.skillsforhealth.org.uk
The BMJ free for all
www.bmj.com
The On-Line Medical Dictionary
cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/omd/index.html
vCJD
http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/twelfth/rep2003.htm