Publications
Articles, presentations and scientific papers
The Blood Stocks Management Scheme (BSMS) provides valuable material to participants in a variety of formats including reports, presentations, articles and posters. To continue to engage with our users we also produce newsletters.
These newsletters are designed to keep you informed of any important developments within the world of blood stocks, as well as providing snapshots of useful information.
We hope you find them an interesting read and if you or your hospital would like to feature in one of our newsletters, perhaps with a success story, we would like to hear from you. Contact us at bsms@nhsbt.nhs.uk
Inventory management resources
The aim of these documents is to provide recommendations on inventory management of blood components within the hospital blood transfusion laboratory setting. The Best Practice Guide outlines the recommendations for hospital laboratories and the audit tools are blank for you to utilise to assess your inventory management practices to guide improvements.
Inventory management best practice guidance
- Inventory management best practice guide (PDF 1.6MB)
- Inventory management audit tool record template (Excel 34KB)
Blood shortage alert inventory management guidance
- Blood shortage alert support document (PDF 377KB)
- Blood shortage alert inventory management audit tool (Excel 46KB)
Newsletters
- BSMS newsletter - January 2024 (PDF 983KB)
- BSMS newsletter - September 2023 (PDF 691KB)
- BSMS newsletter - June 2023 (PDF 361KB)
- BSMS newsletter - March 2023 (PDF 384KB)
- BSMS newsletter - December 2022 (PDF 297KB)
- BSMS newsletter - September 2022 (PDF 493KB)
- BSMS newsletter - May 2022 (PDF 328KB)
Articles
We contribute to publications, which examine issues in blood inventory management.
Recent articles include:
- British Blood Transfusion Society - Bloodlines magazine - Issue 135, July 2020 (PDF 45KB)
- International Society of Blood Transfusion - Transfusion Today magazine - March 2019 (PDF 132KB)
- British Blood Transfusion Society - Bloodlines magazine - January 2019 (PDF 1MB)
- Institute of Biomedical Science - The Biomedical Scientist journal - December 2018 (PDF 587KB)
Posters and presentations
Various posters the BSMS has presented at national and international meetings including at British Blood Transfusion Society (BBTS) meetings.
- Red cell stock management - using data to guide red cell stock change, Barnsley 2021 (PDF 412KB)
- Using Blood Stocks Management Scheme data to change practice - BBTS, Brighton 2018 (PDF 193KB)
- Where do A D negative platelets go? - BBTS, Glasgow 2017 (PDF 237KB)
- Where do all the O D negative red cells go? - BBTS, Harrogate 2016 (PDF 706KB)
- How much blood is in the supply chain? - BBTS, Glasgow 2011 (PDF 76KB)
- A new method for calculating platelet usage categories in the BSMS - BBTS, Glasgow 2011 (PDF 65KB)
- Reduction of time expiry wastage in the blood supply chain by sharing stock - BBTS, Glasgow 2011 (PDF 135KB)
Further resources
- Royal College of Emergency Medicine - Blood transfusion in an emergency (PDF 549KB)
- BSMS Information for transfusion practitioners - March 2021 (PDF 302KB)
- Lincoln County Hospital - Red cell inventory management case study - November 2020 (PDF 528KB)
- Hospital inventory management during COVID-19 pandemic support document (PDF 151KB)
- Using the Issuable Stock Index (ISI) in BSMS to reduce wastage of O D negative red cells (PDF 667KB)
- O D negative red cell learning points – BSMS Roadshow 2018 (PDF 220KB)