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
30 May 2024
New transfusion resource "Blood Essentials"
This replaces "A Drop of Knowledge" and "A Wealth of Knowledge"
30 May 2024
Book for the Blood Stocks Management education day, 3 dates remain for 2024
An Introduction to Smarter Inventory Management
30 May 2024
Please use our new Blood Stocks Management Scheme (BSMS) data interpretation guide
to help you interpret your monthly Component Report
30 May 2024
New Fresenius Kabi T2110 pack for pooled granulocytes from June 2024
replaces the Terumo platelet storage bag
25 April 2024
RCI reports will be available from Sp-ICE only, from 1 April 2025
Hard copy reports will no longer be posted
25 April 2024
Do you use your personal email address for OBOS?
Please check and change to your work email to keep your account active
25 April 2024
SHOT resources to support the TACO National Patient Safety Alert issued by MHRA
on 4 April 2024
25 April 2024
Register to attend the SHOT Symposium 2024
by 21 June, or by 31 May for the early bird rate
25 April 2024
New Transfusion Training Hub
now available on the NBTC website
28 March 2024
RCI Analysers
Move to Grifols