National Comparative Audit of Blood Transfusion
This is a programme of high-profile clinical audits that aims to look at the quality of the administration of blood to patients, and also at the practice of prescribing blood and blood components.
New Audit Users´ Homepage Facility
The audit homepage can be found at www.nhsbtaudits.co.uk/ where you will see 4 login portals. If you work at an NHS hospital, you will need to login through the "Trust Login" portal, using the PULSE code of your main hospital as the password. Once you are on your homepage, you can access the homepages of individual NHS hospitals by using the appropriate PULSE code as a password. Staff at Independent hospitals and in hospitals outside England can access their homepage through the "Hospital Login" portal, using their PULSE code if they have one, or the special password we have created if not. We will be pleased to give further information about the new audit user's homepage. For assistance, please contact David Dalton on 0121 278 8216.
Data Security
We have introduced a number of measures to comply with the latest government requirements for data security held on computers and websites. Hospitals taking part in the audit programme should be confident that we are fully compliant with the Department of Health’s requirements for data security.
- We avoid collecting information which will identify any one patient unless that information is essential for audit purposes. As a matter of course we do not collect personal identifiable data beyond gender and year of birth.
- Information contributed to our audits by hospitals, using the web-based audit tool, is secure because our web tools carry a publicly-trusted data security certificate.
- Information contributed by hospitals is processed and stored on computers with encrypted hard drives and memory sticks.
Information Governance Policy
The Planned Audit Programme 2010/2011
| Audit |
Scheduled start |
Scheduled report |
| Audit of the use of red cells in neonates & children |
Complete |
August 2010 |
| Repeat use of 'O' Negative blood audit |
Complete |
November 2010 |
| Re-audit of the use of platelets |
September 2010 |
April 2011 |
In addition we are working on an audit of the use of blood in cardiac surgery. More details to follow.
Topics under consideration for 2011 / 2012
In Spring 2011 we will be offering a repeat of the bedside transfusion re-audit, and topics for Autmn 2011 are still under consideration.
National Comparative Audit Reports
Regional Audit Presentations
Annual Reports
Annual Report 2009/10
Annual Report 2008/09
Annual Report 2007/08
Annual Report 2006/07
Terms of Reference
Terms of Reference for the National Comparative Audit Steering Group and Programme Implementation Group
To find out more about the National Comparative Audit of Blood Transfusion, contact:
John Grant-Casey
National Comparative Audit Project Manager
Telephone: 01865 440046
Email
David Dalton
National Comparative Audit Project Officer
Telephone: 0121 278 8216
Email
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