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
28 November 2024
Testing for blood group genotyping of Haemoglobinopathy patients
has started
28 November 2024
November update on RCI reports being available from Sp-ICE only, from 2 June 2025
The toolkit is now available
25 October 2024
Updated NBTC Red Cell Shortage Plan
Please review the shortage plan
25 October 2024
Updated NBTC transfusion indication codes
are now available
25 October 2024
NBTC Transfusion Laboratory Managers' Advisory Group and NHSBT Audit
to understand where O D negative red cells go
25 October 2024
Samples for genotyping of haemoglobinopathy patients
should be sent to Molecular Diagnostics (Filton).
26 September 2024
Book now to attend the Advanced Transfusion Masterclass
for December this year and March 2025
26 September 2024
Non Medical Authorisation of Blood Components (NMA) course
Dates for 2025 / 2026
26 September 2024
Therapeutic Apheresis Services (TAS) 2024 User Satisfaction Survey Results
and action plan for 2024 to 2025
22 August 2024
Do not use more than 4 Phase Change Materials (PCMs) in transport boxes
This is the maximum number to use