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The SALVO NewsletterStudy to assess cell-salvage in obstetrics

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, our latest addition to the SALVO team, introduce themselves:

“At the Norfolk and Norwich hospital we have a well-established obstetric research team and are active in over a dozen trials. Our obstetric anaesthetic department is relatively new to research and as such is having to learn quickly! We have been involved in research for about 8 months and now have a team of 4 consultants who are committed & dedicated to research. We also have another 9 consultants on our delegation logs & we hope for more in September.

Being part of SALVO has been great for our department. It has  helped promote research locally and the use of cell salvage for our patients. Our involvement  even helped us convince our Trust to acquire a new cell saver machine! The increased frequency with which we are using the machine has helped our theatre staff gain familiarity with the equipment and improved our skills in using it.We look forward to recruiting as many patients as possible for

this trial and helping with an important area for Obstetrics.”

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Contact Details Doris Lanz, Senior Trial Coordinator Malika Barakat, Admin & Data Assistant Email: salvo@qmul.ac.uk | Twitter: @kt_network #SALVOStudy 58 Turner Street, London, E1 2AB

What do we mean when we ask “were one or two suckers used” for cell salvage?“Two suckers” applies when some of the fluid at delivery is extracted into a separate container to be disposed of after the procedure. If all the blood, amniotic fluid/liquor and wash goes through the cell salvage machine, tick ’one’. If a separate suction is used at all during the procedure (usually for amniotic fluid/liquor) tick ‘two’.

Data Management Corner

The SALVO CRF summer quiz: and the winner is…

Meet the Norwich Team!

Teleconferences

The Norwich team - also keen supporters of the#WhyWeDoResearch twitter campaign!

Many thanks to everyone who took part in Malika’s summer CRF quiz! Look out for a separate e-mail with solutions and hints on common errors! We were pleased with your many enthusiastic responses – the first team to submit all answers correctly was West Middlesex – many congratulations, your well-deserved chocolatey prize is on its way.

These are our upcoming teleconference dates – do dial in and exchange ideas and issue with us and your colleagues:

» Friday 4th September 10.00 – 11.00 » Friday 2nd October 10.00 – 11.00

Phone: 020 7882 5636 Ext.6694Women’s Health Research Unit,Centre for Primary Care & Public HealthBlizard Institute, Yvonne Carter Building,

The SALVO NewsletterStudy to assess cell-salvage in obstetrics

As of 31st July, our total recruitment to SALVO is 2346; we recruited 93 participants last month – no sign of a summer lull!

July Top Recruiters: Queens Hospital Romford is taking the top spot this month with 13 patients recruited – terrific work! And a round of applause to close runners-up Sunderland and James Cook.

Recruitment Update

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Salvo SitesJuly 2015

recruitment

Monthly recruitment rate

since 1.4.2014

Total recruitment

since 1.4.2014

Sunderland Royal Hospital 12 8.5 138

Barts Health, London 6 6.2 100

Whiston Hospital 5 5.6 28

James Cook University Hospital 12 5.5 89

Singleton Hospital, Swansea 8 5.2 84

Royal United Hospital, Bath 1 4.6 75

Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield 4 4.4 72

Hinchingbrooke Hospital 8 4.2 68

Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle 8 3.7 60

Royal Stoke University Hospital 5 3.5 57

Simpsons Centre, Edinburgh 1 3.1 50

West Middlesex University Hospital 4 2.9 47

Queen's Hospital Romford 13 2.0 33

St Michael's Hospital, Bristol 0 1.4 22

Birmingham Heartlands Hospital 4 1.3 21

Croydon University Hospital 0 1.3 21

Leicester University Hospitals 0 1.2 20

Derriford Hospital, Plymouth 0 0.7 12

Torbay Hospital 0 0.7 12

Northwick Park Hospital 1 0.6 9

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital 1 0.5 2

Contact Details Doris Lanz, Senior Trial Coordinator Malika Barakat, Admin & Data Assistant Email: salvo@qmul.ac.uk | Twitter: @kt_network #SALVOStudy 58 Turner Street, London, E1 2AB

Phone: 020 7882 5636 Ext.6694Women’s Health Research Unit,Centre for Primary Care & Public HealthBlizard Institute, Yvonne Carter Building,

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