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
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24 November 2022
Sample sizes for RCI reference testing and 'urgent' requests for testing
RCI labs
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24 November 2022
20th Anniversary of the Systematic Review Initiative (SRI), 2002 - 2022
Future, present and past
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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
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24 November 2022
SHOT module in the new eLearning programme
consisting of three videos
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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
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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
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27 October 2022
Reducing our ad hoc delivery charge during the amber shortage period
We're refunding 25%
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27 October 2022
Demand Printed Labels (DPL) for sending samples must be approved by laboratories
Please allow a minimum of one month for approval
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27 October 2022
Assisting hospitals with inventory management practices during blood shortages
Information from the Blood Stocks Management Scheme team
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27 October 2022
New Blood Transfusion Training (BTT) elearning programme
Modules available 31 October and early November 2022