Dear Life Blood Reader,
Welcome to this edition where we inform you that the Western Cape Blood Service’s headquarters will be relocating to new premises, about new Saturday fixed site donation clinics, how the George Blood Bank is improving product availability for patients with complicated antibody profiles, discuss the role of patient blood management, provide feedback from the recent South African National Blood Transfusion Congress, discuss how the Service approaches patient safety (under World Patient Safety Day), and the process to request changes to a facility’s emergency blood stock requirements.
Please feel free to send us your comments, queries or suggestions.
Kind regards,
Hayley Alie
Hospital Liaison Officer
Dr Caroline Hilton
Head – Medical Division