Blood Matters

The Blood Matters – better safer transfusion program (formerly BeST) is a Victorian state government program for improving the quality of hospital transfusion care to patients. The work of the Blood Matters program is supported by the Blood Matters Advisory Committee, Secretariat and working groups.

Blood Matters Program material now available

The Serious Transfusion Incidents Reporting System (STIR) is a central reporting system for serious adverse events with transfusion of blood or blood components including near-miss incidents.

Transfusion Interest Group (TIG) Forum
This Discussion Forum aims to provide an avenue for Transfusion practitioners to privately discuss current issues and clinical views in transfusion to inform and support transfusion practice improvements.

Transfusion tools - These tools have been provided by various organizations and project groups for the purpose of sharing knowledge of transfusion practice improvement strategies.

Documents for provision of transfusion information for consumers have been developed and can be found on the consumer information page.

Posters picturing different blood products (Red blood cells, platelets, fresh frozen plasma, albumin and Intragam P) with explanation of storage requirements now available at the storage page.