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
Update on outstanding National Comparative Audit reports
January 2020
The HEV tick box will be disabled on OBOS by 27 January 2020
It is no longer needed
Please load the new neonatal platelet component specifications onto your LIMS
This needs to be done before 14 January 2020
Thank you to our customers for reading our Update
On behalf of NHSBT
Helping you to validate our transport boxes on receipt of your component orders
A visual guide to identifying the boxes
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
Specialist stock orders in OBOS are not being completed due to a technical issue
Our advice is to clear the cache in your browser
Please give us your feedback on the IBGRL website
It has an updated homepage, new pages, and our latest user guides
Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) plasma announcement on the treatment of patients with TTP
Advice for our clinical colleagues following this announcement
Please order our Consent for transfusion sticker pad while we have stock
We have a good stock of this pad.