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
28 January 2021
LearnBloodTransfusion updated to remove unsupported Flash content
Official support for Adobe Flash software withdrawn on 31 December 2020
28 January 2021
Revised neonatal and paediatric bookmarks
Revised in line with the BSH Guidelines
28 January 2021
Cancelled face to face practical training / Under the Microscope: Practical Introduction to Transfusion Science course
Changes following the announcement of the latest national lockdown
28 January 2021
Transfusion aide memoire: essentials for bedside transfusions for health care professionals
From the NBTC Emergency Planning Working Group, SHOT and RCPath
19 January 2021
Instructions for referring suspected COVID-19 samples to RCI for testing
A reminder of the instructions sent to hospitals in April 2020
22 December 2020
Handling of Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP) and Cryoprecipitate
Due to an increase in damaged FFP and Cryoprecipitate, please handle with care.
21 December 2020
Under the Microscope: Specialist Transfusion Science Practitioner course
This course has been redesigned
18 December 2020
Customer satisfaction survey 2020 - 2021 results from the first survey
This is the first survey with hospitals since September 2019 due to COVID-19
18 December 2020
New MSc in Applied Transfusion and Transplantation Science, September 2021
The only postgraduate master's degree in transfusion and transplantation in England
18 December 2020
Updated SaBTO recommendations for patient consent for blood transfusion
New guidance is now available