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 May 2021
Vaccine Associated Thrombosis and Thrombocytopenia (VATT) / Vaccine Induced Prothrombotic Immune Thrombocytopenia (VIPIT) reports
The auto-generated comments will be removed from 5pm, 8 June
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28 April 2021
Introduction of a platelet-activation assay for the investigation of Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT)
From 1 April 2021
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28 April 2021
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28 April 2021
Revised FFP & cryo factsheets in line with 2020 Indication Codes
Updated information for healthcare professionals
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28 April 2021
Book to attend an Advanced Transfusion Masterclass virtual session
'Rh beyond the basics'
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28 April 2021
Latest version of our form to request credits is available
With an additional column
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25 March 2021
Therapeutic Apheresis Services (TAS) patient feedback
for 2020
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25 March 2021
Ministers to lift the ban on UK plasma for fractionation
following a review by the MHRA and the Commission on Human Medicines
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25 March 2021
New dates for Transfusion Science training; new training laboratory at Barnsley Blood Centre
2021 dates
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25 March 2021
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