Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT) newsletter for July
30 July 2026
The highlights in this month's newsletter are:
- 2025 Annual SHOT Report is available
- New Essential Standards for Safe Transfusion in Clinical IT Systems to support safer digital transfusion practice
- New SHOT resources on learning from excellence and everyday events, and staff fatigue and transfusion safety
- Updated TACO Safety Alert and Transfusion Safety Standards FAQs, including changes following the decommissioning of the Red Cell Dosage Calculator (RCDC)
- Celebrating 20 years of the UK Transfusion Laboratory Collaborative (UKTLC)
- Launch of the UK Cell Salvage Advisory Group (UKCSAG) as a new advisory group
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The SHOT team