Dirty equipment at the blood lab

A biomedical scientist who failed to keep lab equipment clean in a blunder that had ‘very serious implications’ for patients has been struck off. Hema Shah was responsible for the supervision of biomedical staff working in the blood transfusion laboratory at the Christie Pathology Partnership in Manchester. She was referred to the Health and Care Professions Council in July 2014 over concerns about the standard of her work and was suspended for six months in August 2016. The HCPC heard…