Transfusion resources
Infected Blood Inquiry (IBI)
The IBI is an independent public statutory Inquiry established to examine the circumstances in which men, women and children treated by National Health Services (NHS) in the United Kingdom were given infected blood and infected blood products, in particular during the 1970s and 1980s.
This information is to support hospitals dealing with queries from patients and gives key details from the Inquiry:
- Fact sheet for service users and patients (PDF 176KB)
- FAQ for transfusion teams (PDF 296KB)
- NHS Blood and Transplant public facing website
- IBI reports on the IBI website
Hospital Transfusion Committees
- Guidelines for the Blood Transfusion Services in the UK (JPAC website)
- Indication codes for transfusion: an audit tool 2020