Clinical Transfusion Resources

The Australian Blood Matters has developed audit tools and facilitated many audits addressing topical issues, including audits of blood use, acute transfusion reaction management, consent for blood transfusion, policy, procedure and administrative practices, and anaemia assessment.

Australia and New Zealand transfusion medicine guidelines, position papers and consensus statements

2023 edition

The Blood Matters Program is a Victorian Government program run in collaboration with the Australian Red Cross Lifeblood (formerly Blood Service) that aims to support and enhance best practice in patient blood management (PBM), and the stewardship of blood and blood products, for improved patient outcomes in Victorian health services.

Award winning transfusion practice and patient blood management education online. Free to access, requires registration.

A series of handbooks, written by the Ontario Regional Blood Coordinating Network (ORBCON), Canada.

BSH site with a wide range of guidelines, position papers and good practice papers on clinical and laboratory aspects of transfusion, haematology and haemostasis.

Canadian Blood Services’ Clinical Guide to Transfusion is a valued resource for health-care professionals in Canada.