Updates

The following table lists all updates to the Guidelines for the Blood Transfusion and Tissue Transplantation Services in the UK (Red Book). The linked Change Notification documents were issued to the UK Blood and Tissue Services (UKBTS) to indicate upcoming changes.

Please note that the dates listed below indicate the formal publication of updated guidelines on the website. The implementation of these guideline changes is the responsibility of each UKBTS and may vary accordingly.

For changes pending publication, see Upcoming changes to the guidelines.

Change number	Title	Updated	Guidelines affected
Change notification number 04-2008	Title Platelets, Suspended in Additive Solution, Lecuocyte Depleted (PDF only, 79KB)	Update date 21 July 2008	Guidelines affected Red book
Change notification number 17-2007	Title Annex 1 (PDF only, 78KB)	Update date 22 November 2007	Guidelines affected Red book
Change notification number 16-2007	Title Post-thaw shelf life of Methylene Blue Treated Fresh Frozen Plasma (PDF only, 51KB)	Update date 12 November 2007	Guidelines affected Red book
Change notification number 04-2007	Title Methylene Blue Treated and Removed FFP Non-UK (PDF only, 81KB)	Update date 20 September 2007	Guidelines affected Red book
Change notification number 03-2007	Title vCJD wording on blood component labels (PDF only, 46KB)	Update date 17 May 2007	Guidelines affected Red book
Change notification number 16-2006	Title Platelets in Additive Solution and Plasma (PDF only, 61KB)	Update date 17 August 2006	Guidelines affected Red book
Change notification number 05-2006	Title Cryoprecipitate, Pooled, Leucocyte Depleted (PDF only, 62KB)	Update date 17 July 2006	Guidelines affected Red book
Change notification number 01-2006	Title Removal of the Red Book 6th Edition (PDF only, 52KB)	Update date 6 February 2006	Guidelines affected Red book