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
Programme for the National Comparative Audit of Blood Transfusion remains suspended due to COVID-19
An update
LearnBloodTransfusion updated to remove unsupported Flash content
Official support for Adobe Flash software withdrawn on 31 December 2020
Revised neonatal and paediatric bookmarks
Revised in line with the BSH Guidelines
Cancelled face to face practical training / Under the Microscope: Practical Introduction to Transfusion Science course
Changes following the announcement of the latest national lockdown
Transfusion aide memoire: essentials for bedside transfusions for health care professionals
From the NBTC Emergency Planning Working Group, SHOT and RCPath
Instructions for referring suspected COVID-19 samples to RCI for testing
A reminder of the instructions sent to hospitals in April 2020
Handling of Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP) and Cryoprecipitate
Due to an increase in damaged FFP and Cryoprecipitate, please handle with care.
Under the Microscope: Specialist Transfusion Science Practitioner course
This course has been redesigned
Customer satisfaction survey 2020 - 2021 results from the first survey
This is the first survey with hospitals since September 2019 due to COVID-19
New MSc in Applied Transfusion and Transplantation Science, September 2021
The only postgraduate master's degree in transfusion and transplantation in England