Northern Ireland Transfusion Committee

Below are relevant transfusion related publications from the Northern Ireland Department of Health and the RQIA.

• Safe Transfusion Practice: Use of a Bedside Checklist HSS(MD) 27/2017

• Blood Transfusion and the risk of Transfusion-Associated Circulatory Overload (TACO) (2017)

• Circular HSC (SQSD) (NICE NG24) 2/16 (NICE Clinical Guideline NG24 – Blood Transfusion) (2016)

• NICE Guideline 24 - Blood Transfusion (2015)

• Transfusion Transmitted cCJD: (ii) Updated Risk Assessment (ii) Amendment to Better Blood Transfusion 3 Northern Ireland (BBT 3NI) (2015)

• Head injury in patients on warfarin (2014)

• Know the massive haemorrhage protocol (2013)

• Detection, investigation and management of anaemia (2012)

• Use of imported Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP) to treat those born on or after 1st January 1996 and adult patients with TTP (2012)

• Better Blood Transfusion 3 (NI) (2011)

• Blood Safety Report (RQIA 2010)

• The Transfusion Of Blood And Blood Components In An Emergency (2010)

• Right patient right blood (2007)

• Appropriate Use Of Blood In Northern Ireland (2006)

• Use of Imported Fresh Frozen Plasma (2006)

• Protecting the blood supply from variant CJD: Deferral of donors who have received a blood transfusion (2004)

• Varient Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) and plasma products (2004)