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 January 2020
Red Cell Immunohaematology accreditation status available on the Hospitals and Science website
For Hospital Blood Bank managers during their inspections
24 January 2020
Update on outstanding National Comparative Audit reports
January 2020
24 January 2020
The HEV tick box will be disabled on OBOS by 27 January 2020
It is no longer needed
18 December 2019
Please load the new neonatal platelet component specifications onto your LIMS
This needs to be done before 14 January 2020
18 December 2019
Thank you to our customers for reading our Update
On behalf of NHSBT
27 November 2019
Helping you to validate our transport boxes on receipt of your component orders
A visual guide to identifying the boxes
27 November 2019
The HEV tick box will be disabled from OBOS by 8 December 2019
Why are we doing this and what you need to be aware of
27 November 2019
Specialist stock orders in OBOS are not being completed due to a technical issue
Our advice is to clear the cache in your browser
27 November 2019
Please give us your feedback on the IBGRL website
It has an updated homepage, new pages, and our latest user guides
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