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
27 June 2024
Transfusion-Transmitted Infections (TTI) Cumulative Data web page
now published on the SHOT website
27 June 2024
Scientific and Clinical Training and Education
for 2024 / 25
27 June 2024
RCI reports will be available from Sp-ICE from 1 April 2025
Hard copy reports will no longer be posted
27 June 2024
Removal of ABO result H&I reports
Removal of ABO result H&I reports
27 June 2024
Reminder that consent is required for blood group genotyping of Haemoglobinopathy patients
for us to process samples
27 June 2024
RCI turnaround times
affected by a cyber attack on some London hospitals on 3 June
27 June 2024
Divestment of Polyagglutination Test for T Activation
from 30 August 2024
30 May 2024
Contingency telephone and fax numbers for Hospital Services
are available on this website
30 May 2024
The solution to ensure correct levels of Factor XI (FXI) in Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP)
is being tested to ensure efficacy
30 May 2024
Our supplier of irradiation indicator labels will change from RadTag to rad-sure
on 1 September 2024