The Update

News for hospitals and the transfusion community produced by Hospital Customer Services.

Print versions of each month's Update are available in the archive

Request for RCI improvement review

We would appreciate your feedback by 30 June 2026

Please check your LIMS will display our new code in the Electronic Despatch Note (EDN)

by referring to the list of LIMS suppliers here

The Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT) newsletter for May

is now available

Revised guidance for emergency preparedness in hospital transfusion teams

is now available

'The missing evidence: anaemia, postpartum bleeding and maternal death'

WOMAN-2 study now published

New neonatal platelet component to launch

in June 2026

The 2026 to 2027 pricing for components, transport and Diagnostic Services

is not yet confirmed

Practical Transfusion Medicine - 7th edition

Has been published

RCI diagnostic samples

Please only send clinically urgent samples out of hours

Refer correct sample volumes

For RCI diagnostic testing

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