Serious Hazards of Transfusion: A Decade of Hemovigilance in the UK

• Published in: Transfusion medicine reviews Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 273 - 282
• Main Authors: Stainsby, Dorothy, Jones, Hilary, Asher, Deborah, Atterbury, Claire, Boncinelli, Aysha, Brant, Lisa, Chapman, Catherine E., Davison, Katy, Gerrard, Rebecca, Gray, Alexandra, Knowles, Susan, Love, Elizabeth M., Milkins, Clare, McClelland, D. Brian L., Norfolk, Derek R., Soldan, Kate, Taylor, Clare, Revill, John, Williamson, Lorna M., Cohen, Hannah
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.10.2006
• Subjects: Blood Transfusion - mortality; Blood Transfusion - standards; Data Collection; Humans; Product Surveillance, Postmarketing - statistics & numerical data; Retrospective Studies; Transfusion Reaction; United Kingdom

THE SERIOUS HAZARDS of Transfusion (SHOT) scheme is a UK-wide, independent, professionally led hemovigilance system focused on learning from adverse events. SHOT was established in 1996 as a confidential reporting system for significant transfusion-related events, building an evidence base to suppor...