National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards

Blood and Blood Products

CEC Resources

• Blood Watch - Link
• Partnering with Patients - Link

NSW Health policies and guidelines are available from the NSW Health website - Link

Relevant policies and guidelines include:

• Blood - Management of Fresh Blood Components, PD2012_016
• Incident Management Policy, PD2014_004
• Consent to Medical Treatment - Patient Information, PD2005_406
• Management of Haemophilia and Related Bleeding Disorders, PD2013_027

NSW Health information bulletins

• National Policy - Access to Government Funded Immunoglobulin Products in Australia, IB2014_068 - Link

Other

National Patient Blood Management Guidelines - Link

National Patient Blood Management Guidelines include:

• NBA BloodNet system
• NBA National Inventory Management Framework
• NBA National Wastage Reduction Strategy
• NBA Managing Blood Product Inventory

• National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council - Requirement for Transfusion Laboratory Practice 2013 - Link
• Education available for health care workers involved in the clincial use of blood and blood products - Link
• National Association of Testing Authorities - Link
• National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council - Requirement for Transfusion Laboratory Practice 2008 - Link