Updates

The following table lists all updates to the Guidelines for the Blood Transfusion and Tissue Transplantation Services in the UK (Red Book) and its constituent Donor Selection Guidelines (DSGs).

For updates specific to each set of guidelines, see the relevant Updates page:

• Geographical Disease Risk Index
• Whole blood and components
• Tissue (deceased donors)
• Tissue (live donors)
• Bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cells
• Cord blood
• 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. For changes pending publication, see Upcoming changes to the guidelines.

The implementation of these guideline changes is the responsibility of each UKBTS and may vary accordingly.

Change number	Title	Updated	Guidelines affected
Change notification number 14-2016	Title Tropical Viruses (PDF only, 104KB)	Update date 28 January 2016	Guidelines affected Whole bloodTissue (deceased)Tissue (live)Bone marrow
Change notification number 15-2016	Title Viral Haemorrhagic Fever (PDF only, 30KB)	Update date 28 January 2016	Guidelines affected Whole bloodTissue (deceased)Tissue (live)Bone marrowCord blood
Change notification number 01-2016	Title Glycogen Storage Disease (PDF only, 32KB)	Update date 18 January 2016	Guidelines affected Whole blood
Change notification number 02-2016	Title Hepatitis A (PDF only, 37KB)	Update date 18 January 2016	Guidelines affected Whole blood
Change notification number 03-2016	Title Hepatitis E (PDF only, 39KB)	Update date 18 January 2016	Guidelines affected Whole blood
Change notification number 04-2016	Title Table of Immunisations (PDF only, 35KB)	Update date 18 January 2016	Guidelines affected Whole bloodTissue (deceased)Tissue (live)Bone marrowCord blood
Change notification number 05-2016	Title Body Piercing and Memorial Tattoos (PDF only, 29KB)	Update date 18 January 2016	Guidelines affected Whole blood
Change notification number 06-2016	Title Kidney and Bladder Disease (PDF only, 30KB)	Update date 18 January 2016	Guidelines affected Whole blood
Change notification number 07-2016	Title Tropical Viruses (PDF only, 34KB)	Update date 18 January 2016	Guidelines affected Cord blood
Change notification number 08-2016	Title Tropical Viruses (PDF only, 33KB)	Update date 18 January 2016	Guidelines affected Bone marrow
Change notification number 09-2016	Title West Nile Virus (PDF only, 36KB)	Update date 18 January 2016	Guidelines affected Whole bloodTissue (deceased)Tissue (live)Bone marrow
Change notification number 10-2016	Title New edition of the GDRI (PDF only, 102KB)	Update date 18 January 2016	Guidelines affected Geographical index
Change notification number 30-2015	Title Red Cells, Washed, Leucocyte Depleted (PDF only, 37KB)	Update date 14 December 2015	Guidelines affected Red book
Change notification number 29-2015	Title Hepatitis E (PDF only, 34KB)	Update date 2 December 2015	Guidelines affected Red book
Change notification number 25-2015	Title Alopecia and Autoimmune Disease (PDF only, 33KB)	Update date 6 October 2015	Guidelines affected Whole blood
Change notification number 26-2015	Title Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Severe Exercise Intolerance Disease (PDF only, 29KB)	Update date 6 October 2015	Guidelines affected Whole blood
Change notification number 27-2015	Title GDRI Preliminaries (PDF only, 40KB)	Update date 29 September 2015	Guidelines affected Geographical index
Change notification number 28-2015	Title Malaria (PDF only, 676KB)	Update date 29 September 2015	Guidelines affected Geographical index
Change notification number 24-2015	Title Saudi Arabia (PDF only, 30KB)	Update date 14 September 2015	Guidelines affected Geographical index
Change notification number 18-2015	Title Interuptions to platelet agitation (PDF only, 38KB)	Update date 9 September 2015	Guidelines affected Red book
Change notification number 19-2015	Title Platelets in Additive Solution and Plasma, Leucocyte Depleted (PDF only, 39KB)	Update date 9 September 2015	Guidelines affected Red book
Change notification number 20-2015	Title Specific gravity of blood components (PDF only, 30KB)	Update date 9 September 2015	Guidelines affected Red book
Change notification number 21-2015	Title Leucodepletion of blood components concessionary release (PDF only, 32KB)	Update date 9 September 2015	Guidelines affected Red book
Change notification number 22-2015	Title Concessionary release limits for selected components (PDF only, 34KB)	Update date 9 September 2015	Guidelines affected Red book
Change notification number 23-2015	Title Chapter 9 (PDF only, 156KB)	Update date 9 September 2015	Guidelines affected Red book