Dear Life Blood Reader,
Welcome to the first issue of the year for the Life Blood Newsletter, where we announce the sixth edition of the Clinical Guidelines for the Use of Blood Products in South Africa, inform you about the roll-out of a second sample crossmatch policy for hospitals with on-site blood banks, share the 2022 South African Haemovigilance Report and information about the Patient Safety First poster campaign, release our inaugural podcast, provide customer satisfaction survey results, answer your question about therapeutic phlebotomy, and provide feedback from the 34th Regional International Society for Blood Transfusion Congress held recently in Cape Town.
Please feel free to send us your comments, queries and suggestions.
Until next time,
Hayley Alie
Hospital Liaison Officer
Dr Caroline Hilton
Lead Medical Consultant
