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

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

22 August 2024
The supplier of irradiation indicator labels is changing from RadTag to rad-sure
on 1 September 2024

22 August 2024
Book to attend Transfusion Science courses
Spaces are available

22 August 2024
High-titre (HT) status in the Electronic Despatch Note (EDN)
will be available from 23 September 2024