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Blood & Blood Components

Welcome to the National Blood Services Blood & Blood Components area.

Blood Components Portfolio General Information and Clinical Guidelines (PDF)

This document provides details of therapeutic blood components currently supplied to Hospitals. In addition to a comprehensive matrix of the constituents of each component, it covers information on component specifications, component identification barcodes, quality standards, quality monitoring, storage and handling, clinical indications and contraindications, specialist requirements, dosage, administration, recognition of adverse effects and a Material Safety Data Sheet.

NB In version 3 we have ensured that all component names indicate that the product has been leucocyte depleted.

 
Red Cells for Large Volume Transfusion in Neonates or Infants under 12 Months of Age

Please find links below to the product specification sheet and barcodes related to this component.

Red Cells in Additive Solution, Leucocyte depleted for large volume transfusion to neonates and infants (PDF)
NHSBT Blood Component Barcodes (PDF)

 
Methelyne Blue Cryoprecipitate Information for Hospitals

Please find links below to the product specification sheet (with barcodes) and information sheets related to this component.

Methylene Blue Cryoprecipitate Information for hospitals (PDF)
Notes to accompany MB Cryoprecipitate product specification sheet (PDF)
MB cryoprecipitate product specification sheet with barcodes (PDF)

 
X-Ray Irradiation

Welcome to the National Blood Services Blood & Blood Components X- Ray Irradiation area.

The NBS is currently planning, over a period of time, to replace our current Irradiators with X- Ray irradiators. We have produced a poster highlighting this change which can be viewed at the link below.

X-Ray Irradiation poster (PDF)

 
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