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