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 06-2023	Title Red Book Updates, Batch 1 (PDF only, 1.43MB)	Update date 13 February 2023	Guidelines affected Red book
Change notification number 01-2023	Title France (PDF only, 502KB)	Update date 31 January 2023	Guidelines affected Geographical index
Change notification number 02-2023	Title Dental Treatment and Xenotransplantation (PDF only, 312KB)	Update date 31 January 2023	Guidelines affected Whole blood
Change notification number 03-2023	Title Donor Weight (PDF only, 227KB)	Update date 31 January 2023	Guidelines affected Whole blood
Change notification number 04-2023	Title Mpox (PDF only, 301KB)	Update date 31 January 2023	Guidelines affected Whole blood
Change notification number 05-2023	Title Uganda (PDF only, 185KB)	Update date 31 January 2023	Guidelines affected Geographical index
Change notification number 51-2022	Title Coronavirus Infection (COVID-19) (PDF only, 217KB)	Update date 13 December 2022	Guidelines affected Tissue (deceased)Tissue (live)Bone marrowCord blood
Change notification number 52-2022	Title Infectious Diseases, Contact with (PDF only, 240KB)	Update date 13 December 2022	Guidelines affected Tissue (deceased)Tissue (live)Bone marrowCord blood
Change notification number 56-2022	Title Air Crew Air Traffic Control (PDF only, 162KB)	Update date 18 October 2022	Guidelines affected Whole blood
Change notification number 57-2022	Title Thrombosis and Thrombophilia (PDF only, 110KB)	Update date 18 October 2022	Guidelines affected Whole blood
Change notification number 58-2022	Title Liver Disease (PDF only, 234KB)	Update date 18 October 2022	Guidelines affected Whole blood
Change notification number 59-2022	Title Platelet Count (PDF only, 167KB)	Update date 18 October 2022	Guidelines affected Whole blood
Change notification number 60-2022	Title France (Dengue Risk) (PDF only, 203KB)	Update date 21 September 2022	Guidelines affected Geographical index
Change notification number 43-2022	Title Addiction and Drug Abuse (PDF only, 96KB)	Update date 30 August 2022	Guidelines affected Whole blood
Change notification number 44-2022	Title Sleep Apnoea (PDF only, 141KB)	Update date 30 August 2022	Guidelines affected Whole blood
Change notification number 45-2022	Title Surgery (PDF only, 124KB)	Update date 30 August 2022	Guidelines affected Whole blood
Change notification number 46-2022	Title Coronavirus Infection (PDF only, 217KB)	Update date 30 August 2022	Guidelines affected Whole blood
Change notification number 47-2022	Title Eswatini (PDF only, 83KB)	Update date 30 August 2022	Guidelines affected Geographical index
Change notification number 48-2022	Title Hepatitis of Unknown Cause (PDF only, 105KB)	Update date 30 August 2022	Guidelines affected Whole blood
Change notification number 49-2022	Title Table of Immunisations (PDF only, 174KB)	Update date 30 August 2022	Guidelines affected Whole blood
Change notification number 50-2022	Title West Nile Virus (PDF only, 155KB)	Update date 30 August 2022	Guidelines affected Bone marrow
Change notification number 53-2022	Title Basal Cell Carcinoma, Eye Disease (PDF only, 146KB)	Update date 30 August 2022	Guidelines affected Tissue (deceased)
Change notification number 54-2022	Title Steroid Therapy (PDF only, 136KB)	Update date 30 August 2022	Guidelines affected Tissue (deceased)
Change notification number 55-2022	Title Table of Immunisations (PDF only, 156KB)	Update date 30 August 2022	Guidelines affected Tissue (deceased)Tissue (live)Bone marrowCord blood
Change notification number 42-2022	Title Thailand (PDF only, 194KB)	Update date 21 July 2022	Guidelines affected Geographical index