Accredited online course
Blood Transfusion
The course starts by explaining why ensuring and maintaining the quality and safety of blood products is so important. After that, it looks at the necessity for multi-disciplinary collaboration when it comes to the transfusion of blood and how this looks in practice.
Course description
The course starts by explaining why ensuring and maintaining the quality and safety of blood products is so important. After that, it looks at the necessity for multi-disciplinary collaboration when it comes to the transfusion of blood and how this looks in practice. Next, it covers the Blood Safety and Quality Regulations 2005 and the legal requirements these regulations pose, before turning to explore safe transfusion practice, including how each blood product must be stored. Following this, the course dives into the anatomy and physiology of blood products, before working through each stage of the blood transfusion cycle and the standard safety checks required for the handling of blood products. The course then turns to the most common and serious adverse clinical incidents related to blood transfusion and finishes by detailing the equipment required to administer a transfusion.
What you will learn
- Recognise the importance of blood safety.
- Understand the legislative framework around blood.
- Learn the anatomy and physiology of blood.
- Explain the blood transfusion cycle.
- Identify the safety checks in place for blood products.
Why online learning works
Online training is flexible, efficient and cost effective meaning the candidate can progress through the modules at their own pace and in their own time so they can fit the training around their work and personal life. Modules Course Module Module Name Pass % Number Required
Course content
- 1The Quality and Safety of Blood Products
- 2Multi-disciplinary Collaboration
- 3Blood Safety and Quality Regulations
- 4Safe Transfusion Practice
- 5Anatomy and Physiology of Blood
- 6Full Cycle
- 7Standard Safety Checks
- 8Adverse Clinical Incidents
- 9The Equipment Required
System requirements
- Browserup to date web browser
- Videoup to date video drivers
- Memory1Gb or more RAM
- Download speedbroadband, 3Mb or more