The Update
News for hospitals and the transfusion community produced by Commercial and Customer Services.
PDFs are available in the archive
National Blood Transfusion Committee (NBTC) updated Platelet Shortage Plan
The platelet shortage plan operates similarly to the red cell shortage plan with three phases dependent on NHSBT stock levels - Green, Amber and Red
NHSBT partners with Sheffield teaching hospitals to expand stem cell and bone marrow collection centre services for donors from DKMS (Delete Blood Cancer) from 1 April 2019
Providing services for DKMS will establish NHSBT as the only NHS provider to all three stem cell and bone marrow registries operating in England.
Invitation for TLMs to participate in the NCA's re-audit of the medical use of blood
The project group welcome your input.
Final issue of Blood and Transplant Matters publication, March 2019
The publication has been a regular newsletter for hospitals.
Changes to HLA selected platelets out of hours service from 13 May 2019
Following consultation a reduced service has been agreed.
Please complete our Blood Stocks Management Scheme Inventory Practice Survey asap
To ensure that you can appropriately benchmark yourselves.
O D negative K positive and K negative red cells; when is it safe to transfuse?
We need to ensure that O D negative K negative red cells are available for those patients that need this phenotype.
Please work with your RCI lab to manage your referrals
Our on call service is available outside core hours to investigate those samples that require results and/or crossmatched red cells that are clinically urgent and cannot wait until the next working day.
Importing low-risk vCJD risk plasma from Poland
To ensure sufficiency of supply of MB FFP and MB Cryoprecipitate, we have secured an agreement to import low-risk vCJD plasma from Poland.
Low demand patient information leaflets
Once current stocks of these are depleted, some will no longer be available to order as hard copies, however they are available for you to download.