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

Change to HLA typing reports from 8 June, 5pm

To simplify the display of results

Vaccine Associated Thrombosis and Thrombocytopenia (VATT) / Vaccine Induced Prothrombotic Immune Thrombocytopenia (VIPIT) reports

The auto-generated comments will be removed from 5pm, 8 June

Introduction of a platelet-activation assay for the investigation of Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT)

From 1 April 2021

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Revised FFP & cryo factsheets in line with 2020 Indication Codes

Updated information for healthcare professionals

Book to attend an Advanced Transfusion Masterclass virtual session

'Rh beyond the basics'

Latest version of our form to request credits is available

With an additional column

Therapeutic Apheresis Services (TAS) patient feedback

for 2020

Ministers to lift the ban on UK plasma for fractionation

following a review by the MHRA and the Commission on Human Medicines

New dates for Transfusion Science training; new training laboratory at Barnsley Blood Centre

2021 dates