EMPiRE

TSC Meeting
Goodbye Felipe,
welcome Sarah!
Substantial Amendment
We recently said a sad farewell to Felipe
and wish him all the best in his fantastic new
role as Consultant Midwife at Whipps Cross
Hospital. Thank you, Felipe, for your valuable
contributions to the success of SALVO. We are
sure that you will continue to promote SALVO
at BartsHealth!
We are delighted to introduce Sarah Weist, who
started as our new Senior Research Midwife at
the Royal London this week- welcome Sarah!
Sarah is not new to SALVO - she was previously
the SALVO research
midwife based at Queens
Hospital in Romford and
so is in a great position to
offer advice and support
where required.
-> Sarah Weist, Salvo Senior
Research Midwife
As you know we are hoping to approach women
in the early stages of labour (0-4cm) who have
not received trial information antenatally.
The amendment is being reviewed by the trial
Sponsor - we will update you on
the outcome of this.
Have you seen our newly
designed Patient Information
Sheet? This is currently being
reviewed also as part of the
amendment just mentioned.
Sep
14
Issue
#4
The SALVO Newsletter
Study to assess cell-salvage in obstetrics
Collaborators Meeting
Dont forget our Collaborators Meeting on
Friday 3rd October which will take place at
Barts Hospital, Smithfeld, London. It will be
starting with lunch at 12:30pm followed by an
afternoon of interesting talks until 4pm. We
are pleased to say a colleague from the WHO
will be joining us to give a talk on caesarean
section rates! Please let us know if you plan
on attending, if you havent done so already.
We can fund travel for two members of staff
from each team and encourage all Principal
Investigators to attend. See you there!
Thank you for your work involved in ensuring
we are up to date with our data in preparation
for our Trial Steering Committee Meeting which
is taking place on Monday 15th September. We
will update you on the outcomes of this meeting.
Dates for your Diaries
Site Teleconference - Friday 12th September
10:00 - 11:00
Collaborators Meeting - Friday 3rd October
12:30pm - 4pm (London)
Join us on Twitter
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updates on progress with
SALVO (using #salvostudy)
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@KT_Network
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Sep
14
Issue
#4
The SALVO Newsletter
Study to assess cell-salvage in obstetrics
As on 31st August our total recruitment to SALVO was 1558! We have fallen a little behind on our overall
target but now that the Summer holiday season is behind us we expect recruitment will pick up again. Despite
many being on leave throughout August we still managed to recruit 48 participants- well done.
August Recruiter of the Month - Well done to our team at Sunderland who recruited 14 patients!!!
Recruitment Update
Salvo Sites
August
Recruitment
Monthly
Recruitment Rate
(since 1.4.14)
Total
Recruitment
(since 1.4.14)
Sunderland Royal Hospital 14 6.1 31
Royal United Hospital, Bath 4 4.7 24
Royal London Hospital 0 4.5 23
James Cook University Hospital 4 3.8 19
Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffeld 1 3.2 16
Singleton Hospital, Swansea 1 2.8 14
Simpson Centre, Edinburgh 7 2.6 13
Croydon University Hospital 1 2.4 12
Royal Victoria Infrmary, Newcastle 3 2.4 12
St Michael's Hospital, Bristol 0 2.4 12
West Middlesex University Hospital 3 2.2 11
University Hospital of North Staffordshire 3 1.8 9
Queen's Hospital Romford 1 1.6 8
Torbay Hospital 2 1.6 8
Hinchingbrooke Hospital 0 1.4 7
Leicester University Hospitals 2 1.2 6
Derriford Hospital, Plymouth 1 1.0 5
Northwick Park Hospital 0 0.6 3
Nottingham University Hospitals 0 0.6 3
Whipps Cross University Hospital 1 0.6 3
Birmingham Heartlands Hospital 0 0.2 1
Birmingham Women's Hospital 0 0.0 0
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