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Blood transfusion in A&E

Ruth Burgess Sister, A&E department at the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Using the results of an audit at her NHS foundation trust, RUTH BURGESS discusses the appropriate management of patients needing blood transfusions

The Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT) scheme was launched in 1996 amid growing concern among UK transfusion specialists, haematologists and other clinicians that there was little information available on the safety of the transfusion process (Williamson et al 1998).

Emergency Nurse. 13, 10, 18-22. doi: 10.7748/en.13.10.18.s19

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01 March 2006 / Vol 13 issue 10

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