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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27 September 2022
EDTA tube size for fetal RHD screening
From 1 November 2022
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27 September 2022
Please ensure staff are aware the preparation time for washed platelets is being extended to 8.5 hours
from 1 October 2022
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27 September 2022
Online Blood Ordering System (OBOS): version 8.5.5 release on 25 September 2022
Details of updates and fixes on the live and training systems
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27 September 2022
Please do not use adhesive labels on our Phase Change Materials (PCMs)
To avoid compromising cleanliness
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09 September 2022
Statement on HRM Queen Elizabeth II
From Peter Wyman, for and on behalf of NHS Blood and Transplant, 8 September
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25 August 2022
NHSBT drivers and FedEx couriers - receiving the same great service
What you should expect
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25 August 2022
NBTC Plasma Shortage Plan and EBMA Checklist
New shortage plan and updated checklist
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25 August 2022
Sp-ICE downtime 30 August between 3pm and 3.45pm
For a software upgrade version 7.1.8
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25 August 2022
Virtual Advanced Transfusion Masterclass 11 October 2022
Haemoglobinopathies and Transfusion Support
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29 July 2022
Referring, labelling and sending samples to RCI
Help us to prioritise genuinely urgent cases