Transport containers
Identifying our transport boxes
Please use our visual guide to help you to distinguish between the 3 types of boxes we use.
Short journey transport containers (for hospital use)
These provide a delivery option for inter and intra hospital deliveries. They have been validated by NHSBT for red cells and platelets (not frozen components) so there is no need for you to validate.
Please contact your Customer Service Manager who will arrange a delivery, including phase change material (PCM), to your site.
Example manual handling risk assessment
Opening and closing handling instructions
How to pack a container; capacity and transportation time limits
Labels for hospitals to print
Discard of old clinimed containers with NHSBT logo
Safety data sheets for the PCM:
Validation reports:
Red blood cells extended travel time, July 2017
Platelets extended travel time, April 2017
Change control closing report, March 2015