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 November 2019
Helping you to validate our transport boxes on receipt of your component orders
A visual guide to identifying the boxes
27 November 2019
The HEV tick box will be disabled from OBOS by 8 December 2019
Why are we doing this and what you need to be aware of
27 November 2019
Specialist stock orders in OBOS are not being completed due to a technical issue
Our advice is to clear the cache in your browser
27 November 2019
Please give us your feedback on the IBGRL website
It has an updated homepage, new pages, and our latest user guides
28 October 2019
Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) plasma announcement on the treatment of patients with TTP
Advice for our clinical colleagues following this announcement
28 October 2019
Please order our Consent for transfusion sticker pad while we have stock
We have a good stock of this pad.
27 September 2019
SHOT Annual Report 2018
The report is now published
27 September 2019
Book to attend the Blood Stocks Management Scheme Sheffield roadshow
Please book as soon as possible to avoid disappointment
27 September 2019
Online Blood Ordering System (OBOS): version 8.3.0 release on 27 October 2019 to the live system
Details of updates in this release
27 September 2019
Workspace server maintenance 4 October: platelet increment form unavailable
Please contact your platelet desk