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 June 2024
Divestment of Polyagglutination Test for T Activation
from 30 August 2024
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30 May 2024
Contingency telephone and fax numbers for Hospital Services
are available on this website
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30 May 2024
The solution to ensure correct levels of Factor XI (FXI) in Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP)
is being tested to ensure efficacy
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30 May 2024
Our supplier of irradiation indicator labels will change from RadTag to rad-sure
on 1 September 2024
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30 May 2024
New transfusion resource "Blood Essentials"
This replaces "A Drop of Knowledge" and "A Wealth of Knowledge"
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30 May 2024
Book for the Blood Stocks Management education day, 3 dates remain for 2024
An Introduction to Smarter Inventory Management
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30 May 2024
Please use our new Blood Stocks Management Scheme (BSMS) data interpretation guide
to help you interpret your monthly Component Report
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30 May 2024
New Fresenius Kabi T2110 pack for pooled granulocytes from June 2024
replaces the Terumo platelet storage bag
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25 April 2024
RCI reports will be available from Sp-ICE only, from 1 April 2025
Hard copy reports will no longer be posted
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25 April 2024
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