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Title Updated
01 Introduction (PDF only, 354KB) 19 February 2014
02 Quality in blood and tissue establishments and hospital blood banks (PDF only, 475KB) 13 March 2014
03 Care and selection of whole blood and component donors (PDF only, 511KB) 17 February 2026
04 Premises and quality assurance at blood donor sessions (PDF only, 462KB) 28 February 2025
05 Collection of a blood or component donation (PDF only, 497KB) 7 October 2024
06 Evaluation and manufacture of blood components (PDF only, 505KB) 19 August 2026
07 Specifications for blood components (PDF only, 974KB) 19 August 2026
08 Evaluation of novel blood components, production processes and blood packs (PDF only, 879KB) 19 August 2026
09 Microbiology tests for donors and donations (PDF only, 1.11MB) 19 August 2026
10 Investigation of suspected transfusion-transmitted infection (PDF only, 349KB) 13 February 2023
11 Reagent manufacture (PDF only, 564KB) 13 September 2023
12 Donation testing (red cell immunohaematology) (PDF only, 381KB) 4 September 2023
13 Patient testing (red cell immunohaematology) (PDF only, 409KB) 4 September 2023
14 Guidelines for the use of DNA-PCR techniques in Blood Establishments (PDF only, 334KB) 4 September 2023
15 Molecular typing for red cell antigens (PDF only, 430KB) 4 September 2023
16 HLA typing and HLA serology (PDF only, 955KB) 4 September 2023
17 Granulocyte immunology (PDF only, 400KB) 4 September 2023
18 Platelet immunology (PDF only, 396KB) 4 September 2023
19 Tissue banking - general principles (PDF only, 369KB) 13 February 2023
20 Tissue banking - selection of donors (PDF only, 374KB) 13 February 2023
21 Tissue banking - tissue retrieval and processing (PDF only, 525KB) 13 February 2023
22 Haemopoietic progenitor cells (PDF only, 349KB) 18 October 2023
23 Specification for the uniform labelling of blood, components and donor samples (PDF only, 1.12MB) 17 February 2026
24 Specification for the uniform labelling of human tissue products using ISBT 128 (PDF only, 1.35MB) 25 May 2016
25 Standards for electronic data interchange within the UK Blood Services (PDF only, 409KB) 7 December 2015
26 Specification for blood pack base labels (PDF only, 510KB) 15 July 2023
27 Specification for labelling consumables used in therapeutic product production (PDF only, 407KB) 20 February 2014
A1 NIBSC standards available from MHRA (PDF only, 285KB) 23 May 2025
A2 ISBT 128 check character calculation (PDF only, 318KB) 29 May 2013
A3 Provisional component specifications (PDF only, 485KB) 19 August 2026
A4 Redundant component specifications (PDF only, 395KB) 7 August 2025
A5 Contingency component specifications (PDF only, 358KB) 17 February 2026
A6 Advanced medicinal therapy products (PDF only, 351KB) 13 February 2023
A7 Requirements for the timing of testing of haemopoietic progenitor cells (PDF only, 310KB) 4 September 2023