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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27 June 2019
Change to OBOS wording from 'Platelets in PAS' to 'Platelets in PAS (washed)'
From 16 July 2019
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27 June 2019
Register for the Blood Stocks Management Scheme Roadshows 2019
Registration is now open
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27 June 2019
Washed red cell haematocrit
Our work to reduce the mean haematocrit of washed red cells
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27 June 2019
Updated hospital profiles on VANESA, Blood Stocks Management Scheme
Following the BSMS Inventory Practice Survey performed earlier this year
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27 June 2019
Bedside check animation now available via e-LfH
A second platform for this video
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27 June 2019
Updated RCI User Guide INF66
Details of the changes in version 9
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27 June 2019
Guidance for transfusing platelets across blood groups
This has been updated
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27 June 2019
Updated Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics Services user guide
This is now available
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24 May 2019
Washed red cell haematocrit
Washed Red Cell component currently has a higher mean haematocrit (0.68) than standard Red Cells in Additive (0.58)
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24 May 2019
Online Blood Ordering System (OBOS): version 8.2.3 release on 10 June 2019
Details of updates in this release