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
27 June 2024
Removal of ABO result H&I reports
Removal of ABO result H&I reports
27 June 2024
Reminder that consent is required for blood group genotyping of Haemoglobinopathy patients
for us to process samples
27 June 2024
RCI turnaround times
affected by a cyber attack on some London hospitals on 3 June
27 June 2024
Divestment of Polyagglutination Test for T Activation
from 30 August 2024
30 May 2024
Contingency telephone and fax numbers for Hospital Services
are available on this website
30 May 2024
The solution to ensure correct levels of Factor XI (FXI) in Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP)
is being tested to ensure efficacy
30 May 2024
Our supplier of irradiation indicator labels will change from RadTag to rad-sure
on 1 September 2024
30 May 2024
New transfusion resource "Blood Essentials"
This replaces "A Drop of Knowledge" and "A Wealth of Knowledge"
30 May 2024
Book for the Blood Stocks Management education day, 3 dates remain for 2024
An Introduction to Smarter Inventory Management
30 May 2024
Please use our new Blood Stocks Management Scheme (BSMS) data interpretation guide
to help you interpret your monthly Component Report