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 17-2015	Title Homosexual and Bisexual Individuals and Sex Change (PDF only, 53KB)	Update date 3 August 2015	Guidelines affected Tissue (live)
Change notification number 16-2015	Title Age (PDF only, 33KB)	Update date 8 July 2015	Guidelines affected Tissue (deceased)
Change notification number 12-2015	Title Complementary Therapy (PDF only, 35KB)	Update date 8 June 2015	Guidelines affected Whole bloodTissue (deceased)Tissue (live)Bone marrowCord blood
Change notification number 10-2015	Title Central Nervous System Disease (PDF only, 208KB)	Update date 5 May 2015	Guidelines affected Whole blood
Change notification number 11-2015	Title Communication Difficulties (PDF only, 114KB)	Update date 5 May 2015	Guidelines affected Whole blood
Change notification number 13-2015	Title Namibia (PDF only, 127KB)	Update date 5 May 2015	Guidelines affected Geographical index
Change notification number 14-2015	Title Chikungunya in the Pacific (PDF only, 200KB)	Update date 5 May 2015	Guidelines affected Geographical index
Change notification number 15-2015	Title Injectable Tanning Agents (PDF only, 185KB)	Update date 5 May 2015	Guidelines affected Whole bloodTissue (deceased)Tissue (live)Bone marrowCord blood
Change notification number 07-2015	Title Communication Difficulties (PDF only, 59KB)	Update date 25 February 2015	Guidelines affected Tissue (deceased)Tissue (live)Bone marrowCord blood
Change notification number 08-2015	Title Complementary Therapy (PDF only, 35KB)	Update date 25 February 2015	Guidelines affected Tissue (deceased)Tissue (live)Bone marrowCord blood
Change notification number 09-2015	Title Infertility (PDF only, 36KB)	Update date 25 February 2015	Guidelines affected Tissue (deceased)Tissue (live)Bone marrowCord blood
Change notification number 02-2015	Title Asthma (PDF only, 29KB)	Update date 2 February 2015	Guidelines affected Whole blood
Change notification number 03-2015	Title Kidney and Bladder Disease (PDF only, 32KB)	Update date 2 February 2015	Guidelines affected Whole blood
Change notification number 04-2015	Title Malignancy (PDF only, 32KB)	Update date 2 February 2015	Guidelines affected Whole blood
Change notification number 05-2015	Title Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (PDF only, 33KB)	Update date 2 February 2015	Guidelines affected Whole blood
Change notification number 06-2015	Title Malaria maps (PDF only, 377KB)	Update date 2 February 2015	Guidelines affected Geographical index
Change notification number 01-2015	Title Identification of Haemoglobin S negative units (PDF only, 50KB)	Update date 20 January 2015	Guidelines affected Red book
Change notification number 44-2014	Title Hepatitis of Unknown Cause (PDF only, 33KB)	Update date 19 November 2014	Guidelines affected Whole blood
Change notification number 45-2014	Title Tuberculosis (PDF only, 29KB)	Update date 19 November 2014	Guidelines affected Whole blood
Change notification number 46-2014	Title Mental Health Problems (PDF only, 30KB)	Update date 19 November 2014	Guidelines affected Whole blood
Change notification number 47-2014	Title Respiratory Disease (PDF only, 30KB)	Update date 19 November 2014	Guidelines affected Whole blood
Change notification number 48-2014	Title Thrombosis (PDF only, 32KB)	Update date 19 November 2014	Guidelines affected Whole blood
Change notification number 43-2014	Title Viral Haemorrhagic Fever (PDF only, 33KB)	Update date 20 October 2014	Guidelines affected Whole bloodGeographical index
Change notification number 42-2014	Title Russia (PDF only, 29KB)	Update date 14 October 2014	Guidelines affected Geographical index
Change notification number 41-2014	Title Chikungunya Virus (PDF only, 35KB)	Update date 19 August 2014	Guidelines affected Geographical index