FAQs for Hospitals - Blood requirements for solid organ transplant donors who will undergo Normothermic Regional Perfusion (NRP) prior to transplantation

Thursday, 16th July 2026 (
13 hours 6 minutes ago
)

NBTC and NHSBT have collaborated to create an FAQ document for Transfusion Laboratory colleagues about the blood requirements for solid organ transplant donors who will undergo Normothermic Regional Perfusion (NRP) prior to transplantation. 

Normothermic Regional Perfusion FAQs

This FAQ document is to support hospital colleagues following a letter from NHSBT's Associate Medical Director for retrieval in May 2026.

With thanks to Julie Staves, Tracey Tomlinson, Chris Phillips, Andy Charlton, Lise Estcourt, Dora Foukaneli and Marina Karakantza in supporting the creation and cascade of this document.

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