Dr Suzy Morton 🅾️➕

Clinical haematologist delivering transfusion #blooducation in the West Midlands. Co-founder of @blooducation. Opinions my own. Tweetorials not peer reviewed.

[SHOTHV @SHOTHV1]

SHOT Bite No. 27 is now available!
This document relating to solid organ transplants signposts current available guidance on blood selection, crossmatching and reasoning behind these recommendations.
Do you want to know more? Go to: https://t.co/vSBbhdWOTy

[Dr Suzy Morton 🅾️➕ @TransfusionWM]

NHSBT are on the look out for Transfusion Medicine Clinical Fellows for August 2024! We're looking for motivated #haemSpRs wanting to do a year OOP to develop subspecialty skills in transfusion medicine. Please get in touch with any questions.
https://t.co/eKP53V7CR7

[SHOTHV @SHOTHV1]

🦠There is a low rate of transfusion transmitted infection in the UK thanks to the many risk reduction measures in place

ℹ Take a look at our infographic explaining them here: https://t.co/CgGkCGRoqJ

@UKHSA @NHSBT @givebloodscot @GiveBloodNI @WelshBlood @JennyLeonardArt

[RC of Pathologists @RCPath]

Register as a trainee!

College registration is now open for newly appointed StRs. For more details, please see the link below.

If you have any questions, please get in touch with the Training Department at [email protected]

https://t.co/YOv1iZa4Wv

[Dr Suzy Morton 🅾️➕ @TransfusionWM]

@SaikatmanMD Yes and no. It’s a short tweet and can’t include everything… UK NICE guidelines say 80 for ACS only (and chronically transfused patients and major haemorrhage managed differently)

[Dr Suzy Morton 🅾️➕ @TransfusionWM]

New F1s currently starting their shadowing and induction ahead of changeover next week. What key transfusion messages do we want to share? I’ll go first.

#blooducation

[British Blood Transfusion Society @BritishBloodTS]

The programme for BBTS 2023 is now filled to the brim with insightful and educational talks from some fantastic speakers!

Take a look here: https://t.co/CfkkAmeZf1

OR

Register now: https://t.co/aXZxqJ0oTV

[Dr Suzy Morton 🅾️➕ @TransfusionWM]

Good luck to all the new doctors! And enjoy!! 🌟🌟🌟

[Dr Suzy Morton 🅾️➕ @TransfusionWM]

2⃣ Standard hb threshold for transfusion is 70 g/l BUT rapidly falling haemoglobins should be rechecked at an appropriate interval.

New ⬇️hb and ⬇️BP is bleeding until proven otherwise even if you can’t see the blood🩸🩸🩸

[Stem Cell Evidence @evidencestemc]

Hey new followers - great to have you! Have you also signed up for your free monthly alerts, giving you the top ten papers in haematopoietic stem cell transplantation? Enter your details here https://t.co/AflcIlHWKO to get alerts direct to your inbox
#BMT #StemCellEvidence

[Daniela Hermelin, MD @HermelinMD]

Platelet-RBC Overlapping Infographic.

[Transfusion Library @TransfusionLib]

The #Transfusion Evidence Alert is out with the latest top ten articles in Transfusion Medicine.

Subscribe to the alert, or see the results directly in the library:
https://t.co/ogHfX8RyWr

[SHOTHV @SHOTHV1]

Announcement 📢
The SHOT webinars on accurate and complete patient identification for safe transfusion are now available!
To view them click the link below & don't forget to visit the signposted resources!
We've had some fantastic engagement🙏🫂
https://t.co/HKZiFWrdcj

[Dr Suzy Morton 🅾️➕ @TransfusionWM]

@Advo_D @WilliamAird4 I disagree. “Anaemia of acute disease” is definitely a thing. Most hospital inpatients will drop their hb from baseline by 10g/l (I have seen this referenced but don’t ask me where!)

[Dr Suzy Morton 🅾️➕ @TransfusionWM]

@christiplady @WilliamAird4 *too much* of it replaced? 😂

[Dr Suzy Morton 🅾️➕ @TransfusionWM]

@NourAlmozain Many unanswered questions and lots to explore.

[Dr Suzy Morton 🅾️➕ @TransfusionWM]

I’ve been preparing a teaching session on granulocytes- one of my favourite topics! Here's a thread on some key points and new developments #blooducation

[Dr Suzy Morton 🅾️➕ @TransfusionWM]

@TeamCaptainJohn @NHSBT Difficult to know. Seems to be an increase since 2020. Either way, despite what a lot of people say, interest and use doesn’t appear to be declining!