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
29 July 2022
Transport boxes - maximum number of Phase Change Materials (PCM) and surplus boxes
Health and safety concern
24 June 2022
Non-medical authorisation of blood components
Updated framework
23 June 2022
Register now for the International Haemovigilance Network - SHOT Symposium 6 - 8 July 2022
Connect, share and promote transfusion safety
23 June 2022
Clinical and scientific course dates
For July and August 2022
23 June 2022
Revised ‘Iron in your diet’ patient information leaflet
Available 20 June 2022
26 May 2022
Use a second RCI request form to support verbal requests for additional crossmatches
From 24 May
26 May 2022
Interested in the MSc in Applied Transfusion and Transplantation?
Apply to study in September 2022
26 May 2022
Clinical and scientific course dates for June 2022
Book now to attend
26 May 2022
We have now updated our hospital component recall documents
The process and recall reasons
26 May 2022
RCI management of Intra-uterine Transfusions (IUT) and neonatal transfusions
Changes to our processes from 13 June 2022