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

 

24 November 2022

Sample sizes for RCI reference testing and 'urgent' requests for testing

RCI labs

24 November 2022

20th Anniversary of the Systematic Review Initiative (SRI), 2002 - 2022

Future, present and past

24 November 2022

Sending fetal RHD screening samples over the December and January bank holidays

For your action to ensure your samples are processed and not rejected

24 November 2022

SHOT module in the new eLearning programme

consisting of three videos

27 October 2022

Please start to provide your daily laboratory stock levels for platelets, FFP and cryoprecipitate in VANESA now

in addition to your red blood cells stock levels

27 October 2022

Booking is now open for Transfusion Science and Transfusion Medicine courses taking place up to the end of March 2023

NHS discounted and HEE funded places are available

27 October 2022

Reducing our ad hoc delivery charge during the amber shortage period

We're refunding 25%

27 October 2022

Demand Printed Labels (DPL) for sending samples must be approved by laboratories

Please allow a minimum of one month for approval

27 October 2022

Assisting hospitals with inventory management practices during blood shortages

Information from the Blood Stocks Management Scheme team

27 October 2022

New Blood Transfusion Training (BTT) elearning programme

Modules available 31 October and early November 2022