Audits and Surveys for East of England

Proposals are to be agreed by your Regional Transfusion Committee (RTC) and your Patient Blood Management Practioner, then email the audit manager (brian.hockley@nhsbt.nhs.uk) to progress.

Proposals can be submitted online at: RTC Clinical Audit-Survey Proposals Submission Form

Current activity

Wrong Blood in Tube benchmarking tool

This is ongoing data collection of WBIT incidents via Snap Survey – going forwards reports will be provided at RTC meetings to encourage discussion of the issues and identify areas for improvement.

Bedside Practice audit

The aim of this audit was to benchmark bedside transfusion practice across the region to Blood Safety and Quality Regulation requirements, NICE Transfusion guidelines (NG24) and finally the British Society of Haematology guidelines for transfusion practice 2017. The results are yet to be discussed.