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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Revised neonatal and paediatric bookmarks
Revised in line with the BSH Guidelines
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Cancelled face to face practical training / Under the Microscope: Practical Introduction to Transfusion Science course
Changes following the announcement of the latest national lockdown
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Transfusion aide memoire: essentials for bedside transfusions for health care professionals
From the NBTC Emergency Planning Working Group, SHOT and RCPath
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Instructions for referring suspected COVID-19 samples to RCI for testing
A reminder of the instructions sent to hospitals in April 2020
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Handling of Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP) and Cryoprecipitate
Due to an increase in damaged FFP and Cryoprecipitate, please handle with care.
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Under the Microscope: Specialist Transfusion Science Practitioner course
This course has been redesigned
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Customer satisfaction survey 2020 - 2021 results from the first survey
This is the first survey with hospitals since September 2019 due to COVID-19
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New MSc in Applied Transfusion and Transplantation Science, September 2021
The only postgraduate master's degree in transfusion and transplantation in England
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Updated SaBTO recommendations for patient consent for blood transfusion
New guidance is now available
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Updated Patient Blood Management pre-operative anaemia web page
With a wealth of new information