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
24 February 2022
Transfusion Science and Medicine Training
Animations
24 February 2022
Revised H&I test request forms now available to download or order
Please withdraw and destroy ALL previous versions of the forms.
14 February 2022
Access to learnbloodtransfusion (LBT) elearning data
NHSBT supported access to the learnPro platform will cease on 1 April 2022
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
28 October 2019
Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) plasma announcement on the treatment of patients with TTP
Advice for our clinical colleagues following this announcement
03 May 2019
National Blood Transfusion Committee (NBTC) updated Platelet Shortage Plan
The platelet shortage plan operates similarly to the red cell shortage plan with three phases dependent on NHSBT stock levels - Green, Amber and Red