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
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
30 May 2024
New Fresenius Kabi T2110 pack for pooled granulocytes from June 2024
replaces the Terumo platelet storage bag
25 April 2024
RCI reports will be available from Sp-ICE only, from 1 April 2025
Hard copy reports will no longer be posted