The Western Cape Blood Service (WCBS) ended this trimester with a Transfusion Education Poster titled: Top Tips for Ordering Blood and Blood Products. The poster promotes eight tips to complete a blood request correctly so as to avoid rejection of orders by the Blood Bank and prevent unnecessary delays.
The Top Tips for Ordering Blood and Blood Products poster is only available digitally.
If you wish to subscribe to our digital poster campaigns, please send us your particulars – we’d love to get you on board!
How does the digital campaign work?
You will receive a pre-poster campaign survey by SMS to test your knowledge about an upcoming poster topic. Two to three days later, you should receive the digital poster. If you answered any of the questions or statements in the pre-poster campaign survey incorrectly, you should receive a follow-up survey to test your knowledge again. Your responses will assist us with our evaluation of the effectiveness of the campaign.
Interested in printed educational posters?
Most of the transfusion education poster campaigns are also available in print version.
WCBS will provide the printed posters, together with snapper frames, free-of-charge. These posters should ideally be mounted in wards that use blood and blood products, inside doctor’s tearooms and along corridors. The printed posters will be swopped out on a one- to three-monthly basis, with the assistance of a hospital/healthcare facility representative, to provide ongoing and varied educational content.
For more information about our transfusion education poster campaigns, contact Hayley Alie, Hospital Liaison Officer (hayleya@wcbs.org,za).
