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.