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
28 January 2022
Updated definitions of SHOT reporting categories
For 2022
28 January 2022
SHOT Silver Jubilee
At the heart of haemovigilance in the UK for 25 years
28 January 2022
Sp-ICE Notification
Scottish Blood Transfusion Service and Welsh Blood Transfusion Service
28 January 2022
Accepting applications – MSc Applied Transfusion and Transplantation Science and CPD module
To start in September 2022
28 January 2022
Book now for Transfusion Science courses
Spaces are available
21 December 2021
Updated H&I laboratories test request forms
The main change is an update to the genetic consent guidance
21 December 2021
Annual SHOT Symposium 2022 'Transfusion Safety: Past, Present and Future'
6 - 8 July, Brighton
21 December 2021
Please contact Hospital Services after amending or cancelling an order in OBOS
for non-stock, specialist components or Ro units
21 December 2021
The LUST Project: Laboratory Urine Sickle Test
We are asking NHSBT, hospital laboratory or clinical staff aware a patient with Sickle Cell Disease is having a haemolytic transfusion reaction to request the clinical team send a urine sample as a matter of urgency BEFORE the haemoglobinuria clears
21 December 2021
Please complete outstanding SHOT reports
before the end of December 2021