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 May 2021
Vaccine Associated Thrombosis and Thrombocytopenia (VATT) / Vaccine Induced Prothrombotic Immune Thrombocytopenia (VIPIT) reports
The auto-generated comments will be removed from 5pm, 8 June

28 April 2021
Introduction of a platelet-activation assay for the investigation of Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT)
From 1 April 2021

28 April 2021
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28 April 2021
Revised FFP & cryo factsheets in line with 2020 Indication Codes
Updated information for healthcare professionals

28 April 2021
Book to attend an Advanced Transfusion Masterclass virtual session
'Rh beyond the basics'

28 April 2021
Latest version of our form to request credits is available
With an additional column

25 March 2021
Therapeutic Apheresis Services (TAS) patient feedback
for 2020

25 March 2021
Ministers to lift the ban on UK plasma for fractionation
following a review by the MHRA and the Commission on Human Medicines

25 March 2021
New dates for Transfusion Science training; new training laboratory at Barnsley Blood Centre
2021 dates

25 March 2021
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