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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29 October 2020
Guidance now available for the Appropriate Specification of Emergency Red Cells
Available on the transfusion guidelines website
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29 October 2020
New information to support the NBTC red cell and platelet shortage plans
For hospital transfusion teams
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29 October 2020
Revised NBTC Indication Codes for Transfusion are now available
Available on the transfusion guidelines website
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29 October 2020
Changes to platelets in platelet additive solution, washed
SSP is being replaced by InterSol supplied by Fresenius Kabi
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29 October 2020
Preliminary findings of a survey of blood component use in COVID-19 patients
An interim report
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25 September 2020
We are no longer producing anti-D education resources
Anti-D immunoglobulin is a medicinal blood product which we do not produce or supply
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25 September 2020
Building our COVID-19 convalescent plasma stocks
Supporting clinical trials
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25 September 2020
The Patient Blood Management (PBM) toolkit is now available
Supporting the implementation of PBM strategies in clinical practice
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25 September 2020
COVID-19 convalescent plasma should only be given to clinical trial patients
If convalescent plasma is transfused in error it is a SHOT-reportable incident
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25 September 2020
Guidance on the non-agitation of platelets
The permitted periods of interruptions of non-agitation