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External referrals & service provision

Blood Transfusion related external referrals & external service provision

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board has both Commercial and Service Level Agreement with the Welsh Blood Service (WBS) covering the provision of;

Antenatal Screening Services; the provision of a Routine Antenatal Screening service for blood grouping, antibody identification & quantification when appropriate and the commercial aspects of the supply of routine Antenatal Screening services

Blood and Blood Components – all of C&V Blood transfusion departments requirements of components and products are provided by WBS

Patient Diagnostic Service – complex transfusion cases may be referred for further tests such as antibody investigations and crossmatching by the Red Cell Immunohaematology service in WBS. Also, Anti-A and B titrations and cold agglutinin titres are completed.

Wholesaling – commercial blood products are sourced and supplied by WBS.

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