User Guides

User guides for NHSBT services

This page provides links to user guides from some NHSBT services most commonly used by hospitals. The guides contain information about the services including instructions how to use them.

• RCI Assist is a support tool to guide hospital laboratory staff to either refer a sample to RCI or process the sample in-house. The user guide is available in the documents section on the RCI Assist webpage
• Microbiology Services Laboratory (MSL) Bacteriology
• Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (H&I) (PDF 1141KBB)
• Red Cell Immunohaematology (RCI) (PDF 839KB)
• OBOS (Online Blood Ordering System)
• Sp-ICE (Specialist Services Integrated Clinical Environment) reporting
• User guides for red cell reference service, fetal RHD screening service and Molecular Diagnostic services are on the IBGRL website