Transfusion Practitioners across the world

In this podcast Transfusion Practitioners explain patient blood management and look at examples of low resource strategies that could be used to reduce the need for transfusion such as reducing iatrogenic anaemia and the use of single unit transfusion.

Education is another of the many roles of a Transfusion Practitioner (TP). In this podcast a group of TPs discuss the types and topics of education they provide to support patient safety.

Investigating transfusion incidents is one of the many roles of a Transfusion Practitioner. In this podcast a group of TPs discuss what is hemovigilance, what they do when investigating incidents and how this can contribute to patient safety. 

Transfusion Practitioners talk about audit and provide some examples, tips and resources to help those in health services undertake audit to improve patient safety.

This episode features 2 eminent transfusion medicine specialists who have worked closely with transfusion practitioners for many years and they discuss how transfusion practitioners make a difference. If you are not sure what a transfusion practitioners are you may wish to go back to podcast number 1 about "what is a a transfusion practitioner?"