July

15
Issue
#14

EMPiRE
Page 1

The SALVO Newsletter

Study to assess cell-salvage in obstetrics

SALVO recruitment: 1 Year to go!

TSC Update

Now that weve been given another year to recruit the

remaining 797 patients to the study, many of you have already
taken the opportunity to re-advertise SALVO amongst your
colleagues. This is a great time to get additional staff trained
up and create a renewed buzz for the study, now that well be
able to bring it to completion as planned.

The trial steering committee met recently and reviewed our

progress, including the safety updates. We recently reported
on a related Serious Adverse Event (reaction to salvaged
blood transfusion) that was assessed to be related to the use
of the Leukocyte Depletion Filter. We do not at this point
advise for or against the use of the filter, and the committee
agrees that its use remains the local decision.

Emergency use cell salvage

How to correctly document the set-up of cell salvage on the
Intra-Operative Form?

After a succesful retransfusion: The theatre team at Royal London

Swab washing at Royal London

Following on from the
Whiston teams report in the
May Newsletter, Sarah and
her colleagues gave washing
swabs in 2 litres of saline a go
I dont think well be going
back! was the verdict. The
higher volume of saline helped
to remove more cells from the
swabs see picture right.

Machine is triggered to process

after 2L saline swab wash

Contact Details
Doris Lanz, Senior Trial Coordinator
Malika Barakat, Admin & Data Assistant
Email: salvo@qmul.ac.uk | Twitter: @kt_network #SALVOStudy

If your patient was randomised to normal care, you would

normally tick Not set up, or emergency use (if the use of
cell salvage becomes clinically indicated during surgery.
Some sites have their machines in dry set-up for such
situations). If cell salvage is fully set-up upfront and used for
those randomised to normal care, this would be ticked as set
up on the form; obviously this would be non-compliance with
the randomisation and well all try to keep such deviations to
a minimum!
Remember that if your patient was randomised to cell salvage,
you would normally tick either Set up or unavailable/out of
order. Emergency use does not apply here.

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

Friday 3rd July 10.00 11.00

Friday 7th August 10.00 11.00

Phone: 020 7882 5636 Ext.6694

Womens Health Research Unit,
Centre for Primary Care & Public Health
Blizard Institute, Yvonne Carter Building, 58 Turner Street, London, E1 2AB

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15
Issue
#14
Page 2

The SALVO Newsletter

Study to assess cell-salvage in obstetrics

Recruitment Update
As of 30th June, our total recruitment to SALVO is 2253; we recruited 95 participants last month, which is another record in
emergency recruitment well done everyone!

June Top Recruiters: Barts Health and Sunderland share the top spot this month with an unprecedented 15 (!) non-elective
patients randomised! Well done also to runners-up Swansea.

Salvo Sites

June 2015
recruitment

Monthly
recruitment rate
since 1.4.2014

Total
recruitment
since 1.4.2014

Sunderland Royal Hospital

15

8.3

126

Barts Health, London

15

6.2

94

Whiston Hospital

5.8

23

James Cook University Hospital

5.1

77

Singleton Hospital, Swansea

11

5.0

76

Royal United Hospital, Bath

4.9

74

Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield

4.5

68

Hinchingbrooke Hospital

4.0

60

Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle

3.4

52

Royal Stoke University Hospital

3.4

52

Simpsons Centre, Edinburgh

3.2

49

West Middlesex University Hospital

2.8

43

St Michael's Hospital, Bristol

1.5

22

Croydon University Hospital

1.4

21

Leicester University Hospitals

1.3

20

Queen's Hospital Romford

1.3

20

Birmingham Heartlands Hospital

1.1

17

Nottingham University Hospitals

1.0

15

Derriford Hospital, Plymouth

0.8

12

Torbay Hospital

0.8

12

Northwick Park Hospital

0.5

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

0.3

Birmingham Women's Hospital

0.0

Contact Details
Doris Lanz, Senior Trial Coordinator
Malika Barakat, Admin & Data Assistant
Email: salvo@qmul.ac.uk | Twitter: @kt_network #SALVOStudy

Phone: 020 7882 5636 Ext.6694

Womens Health Research Unit,
Centre for Primary Care & Public Health
Blizard Institute, Yvonne Carter Building, 58 Turner Street, London, E1 2AB