Hi Rashmi, Part of my job is teaching on the NBS courses so I can give you an idea of the people we get & why... Last week we ran our Practical Intro to Transfusion Science (5 days theory & prac). Quite a few were multi-disciplinary. It seems that some managers are happy to send staff on this course & then expect them to be competent (& ready for solo-working!). One person had been told to do the advanced course but he insisted himself that he needed to start with the basics. In my opinion, based on recent attendees, is that transfusion training in the workplace is random, intermittent, lacking in underpinning knowledge, not followed up, not given enough time, & leaves the BMS feeling either (as you mention) that there's 'nothing' to it or completely terrified of transfusion. Everytime I talk about BCSH guidelines it's quite clear that they are not being used in the lab as source material for training - not one of the 9 attendees had heard of them! And yet they carry out pre-transfusion testing... We always encourage the attendees to go back to work 'armed' with questions about why their policies are set the why they are. A couple of new 'policies' I heard about this week at one hospital: If anti-Kpa cannot be excluded they are told to select K- units as these 'won't be Kp(a+)' - their blood bank manager has decided this! If anti-Cw cannot be excluded they are told to give C- units (regardless of patient Rh phenotype). My real worry is that transfusion knowledge is disappearing at an alarming rate & no one appears to be too bothered. Is time & money so tight that we can no longer teach our staff the basics? The one thing that does give me hope is the majority of attendees at the end of the week realise how much they don't know & go away wanting to learn more. Also, this goes for all BMSs not just the multi type. What do you think can be done to help improve this situation? Robina