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
29 October 2020
Please update your LIMS with the Barnsley centre codes before 6 November
So you can book in components
29 October 2020
Guidance now available for the Appropriate Specification of Emergency Red Cells
Available on the transfusion guidelines website
29 October 2020
New information to support the NBTC red cell and platelet shortage plans
For hospital transfusion teams
29 October 2020
Revised NBTC Indication Codes for Transfusion are now available
Available on the transfusion guidelines website
29 October 2020
Changes to platelets in platelet additive solution, washed
SSP is being replaced by InterSol supplied by Fresenius Kabi
29 October 2020
Preliminary findings of a survey of blood component use in COVID-19 patients
An interim report
25 September 2020
We are no longer producing anti-D education resources
Anti-D immunoglobulin is a medicinal blood product which we do not produce or supply
25 September 2020
Building our COVID-19 convalescent plasma stocks
Supporting clinical trials
25 September 2020
The Patient Blood Management (PBM) toolkit is now available
Supporting the implementation of PBM strategies in clinical practice
25 September 2020
COVID-19 convalescent plasma should only be given to clinical trial patients
If convalescent plasma is transfused in error it is a SHOT-reportable incident