About the Insights from SHOT for Safer Transfusion programme
This programme aims to give the learner an overview of what haemovigilance is, how it is covered in the UK and how to optimise learning from the annual SHOT reports to improve current practice in transfusion medicine. It also aims to illustrate the process when an incident is reported to SHOT by encouraging participation in various case studies to gain insight into the SHOT reporting categories by linking them to real patient scenarios. This course also explores key SHOT recommendations to enhance safe transfusion practice and links to further free learning resources available on the website.
Learning objectives include:
• Gain insight into what HV (haemovigilance) is, improve awareness and describe how it is covered and managed in the UK
• Understand what SHOT do and the scope of work
• Explore what is reported to SHOT, how the reporting process works and how this is undertaken
• Explore how the data and resources from SHOT can be used to enhance transfusion safety
• Facilitate and optimise learning from HV to overall patient safety
• Gain an understanding of how the SHOT reporting process works i.e., what is reported to SHOT, how and why
• Analyse a series of case studies and apply the correct reporting category to the scenario
• Review the impact of Organisational safety, Leadership, and culture on the reporting of transfusion related incidents
• Explore the steps when investigating a transfusion incident
• To understand how the data and resources from SHOT can be used to enhance transfusion safety
• To facilitate and optimise learning from haemovigilance to improve patient safety
Primary and secondary audiences
Healthcare professionals involved in transfusion – nursing staff, laboratory staff, clinicians, transfusion practitioners, as well as haemovigilance and risk management specialists.
Meet the team
Shruthi Narayan
Medical Director
Professor Mark Bellamy
Chair, SHOT Steering Group
Caryn Hughes
Operations Manager
Emma Milser
Haemovigilance / Patient Blood Management Specialist
Debbi Poles
Haemovigilance Data Manager
Victoria Tuckley
Laboratory Incident Specialist
Simon Carter-Graham
Clinical Incident Specialist
Nikki Swarbrick
Laboratory Incident Specialist
Chloe Davison
SHOT National Co-ordinator for Infectious Diseases (NHSBT / UKHSA Epidemiology Unit)
Rebekka Campbell
Programme Manager, NHSE elearning for healthcare
Jen Plested
External Project Manager, NHSE elearning for healthcare
How to access
To access this programme, you will require a Learning Hub account. If you do not have one, then you can register by selecting the Register button below. Note that if you hold a full elfh account, you can sign into the Learning Hub using your existing login credentials.
To view the Insights from SHOT for Safer Transfusion programme, select the View button below. If you already have a Learning Hub account, you will also be able to login and access the resources within the programme .
Not an NHS organisation?
If you are not an NHS health or care organisation and therefore do not qualify for free access to the Learning Hub, you may be able to access the service if you have an existing OpenAthens account. Please go to Learning Hub and sign in with your existing credentials.
If you do not have an existing OpenAthens account, please contact elfh directly to check whether you may be eligible for access.
Registering large numbers of users
If you are a HR, IT or Practice Manager and would like to register and enrol large numbers of staff within your organisation for access onto the Insights from SHOT for Safer Transfusion programme, please contact elfh directly.
Organisations wishing to use their own LMS
For HR departments wanting to know more about gaining access to courses using an existing Learning Management System please contact elfh directly to express interest.
More information
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