Transfusion Practitioners across the world

In this episode Clare O’Reilly is joined by Matthew Thomas and Steph O’Connor from South Australia to explore Wrong Blood in Tube (WBIT) — a critical risk in the pre-transfusion testing process and a challenge faced by transfusion services worldwide.What happens when the blood in a tube doesn’t match the patient identifiers on the sample label?WBIT occurs when the blood in a sample tube does not belong to the patient identified on the label. This can happen when blood is collected from the wrong patient but labelled with the intended patient’s details, or when blood is collected from the correct patient but labelled with another patient’s details.

In this episode, Rachel Moss and Josephine McCullagh explore one of the most critical and demanding areas of transfusion medicine: Major Haemorrhage Protocols (MHPs).Why do MHPs require so much time, effort and attention from transfusion practitioners worldwide? What does it feel like when you get the call that a major haemorrhage has been activated?Drawing on their own experiences, Rachel and Josephine share real-life stories, practical insights and lessons from their careers in transfusion practice. They discuss the challenges of responding to major haemorrhage and reflect on how these experiences can inform practice across different healthcare systems around the world.

In this episode, Rachel Moss speaks with Lawrance Nyoni about the evolving role of the Transfusion Practitioner (TP). Lawrance, originally from Zimbabwe, worked as a biomedical scientist in South Africa before moving to the UK in 2010. He continued his BMS career here and, at the height of COVID-19, decided to join the transfusion world—a journey he is excited to share.Together, Rachel and Lawrance explore:The complex landscape of blood transfusion in AfricaDonation systems and blood availabilityInsights and experiences from working in both Africa and the UK

A podcast on the positive impact Transfusion Practitioners have on the care of neonatal and paediatric patients. The discussion includes managing transfusion volumes, transfusion reactions, relevant transfusion information for patients and parents and a look at patient blood management in this patient group.

Jana Vanden Broeck leads a compelling conversation with Chelsea Anderson, a midwife from Australia, and Pascal Winter, Lead of Transfusion Practice from the UK. They delve into the essential role of Transfusion Practitioners in obstetric care, discussing key topics such as managing iron deficiency and anemia during pregnancy, the use of RhD immunoglobulin, and approaches to peripartum and postpartum hemorrhage. This episode underscores the positive impact of transfusion practices and patient blood management in enhancing obstetric care worldwide.

Transfusion Practitioners have expertise in many different clinical specialties. In this series of episodes, we are talking to transfusion practitioners working in some of these specialist areas. In this episode Transfusion Practitioners in Australia and the UK discuss their roles working in haematology and oncology.

Today's episode includes interviews with 3 nurse/nurse practitioners from Australia, Canada and UK who undertake non-medical authorization/prescription of blood or blood products.

This episode describes how Australia, Canada and the UK have implemented non-medical authorization/nurse prescribing of blood and blood products.

In this podcast we speak to Dr Naomi Rahimi-Levene who recently helped to implement a Transfusion Practitioner role in the Shamir Medical Centre in Tel Aviv Israel. For the listeners there are resources available at ISBT TP subgroup to help you build a case for a TP.

In this episode, Transfusion Practitioners continue to explain patient blood management (PBM) programs, this time with a focus on those in place in different countries. Practitioners from Australia, Canada, the UK, and Belgium will discuss different PBM programs to give a clear idea on how they work, talking among other things about fundings, organization between departments, implementing single unit transfusions, and anemia assessment programs.