Updated NICE Guidance on Tranexamic Acid (TXA)

Monday, 20th July 2026 (
4 months 3 weeks ago
)

NICE - National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has today updated its blood transfusion guideline, simplifying when TXA should be offered during surgery - removing the need to estimate blood loss and focussing instead on any procedure with a bleeding risk.

🔗 View the updated NICE NG24 recommendations here: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/NG24

For resources to support appropriate use of blood components, including Tranexamic acid, see resources from our colleagues in NHSBT's PBM Team: PBM toolkit - Hospitals and Science - NHSBT

Other Regions

Transfusion Training Survey Results Published

(11 months 3 weeks ago)

The Transfusion Training survey was a collaboration between NHSBT and the Royal College of Pathologist Specialty Advisory Committee, and has now been published in Transfusion Medicine: http://doi.org/10.1111/tme.13146

 

Education

Survey of Audits and Benchmarking in Transfusion Report

(6 months 3 weeks ago)

Lead: Stuart Lord

National Transfusion Practitioners Network

Transfusion Practitioner-Animation

(3 months 2 weeks ago)

During the development of the Transfusion Practitioner (TP) Framework, it became clear that we needed a stronger way to communicate both the impact of the TP role and what it involves.

National Transfusion Practitioners Network