Updated component recommendations

Thursday, 23rd April 2026 (
1 year 7 months ago
)

The following NBTC documents have been reviewed by the national Transfusion Laboratory Managers Group and are now available in the NBTC Recommendations section 

Appropriate Specification for Emergency Red Cells - 2024

The appropriate use of group O D negative red cells - 2024

Transfusion Laboratory Managers

Other Regions

(4 months ago)

We have been made aware of a technical issue affecting the blood transfusion shared care communication form. The shared‑care blood transfusion communication form was developed and is owned by the National Blood Transfusion Committee (NBTC) Shared Care Working Group with input from SHOT.

(11 months 2 weeks ago)

We celebrated the first birthday of the Transfusion Training Hub in April 2025. Created to be a “one stop shop” for transfusion education resources, it is now the most popular feature on the NBTC website with over 32,000 visits during its first year, will yours be the next? 

Education
(7 months 1 week ago)

We are hosting some further drop-in sessions following the launch of RCI Assist to provide an opportunity to ask any questions or get a live demo. The sessions are 60 minutes. Please feel free to join the full session, or pop in and out at your convenience.