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Serious Transfusion Incidents Reporting System

Transfusion Interest Group (TIG) forum

Transfusion nurses - contact details

Post Graduate Certificate in Transfusion Practice

What's new

Clinical audit of fresh frozen plasma use in Victorian, Tasmanian, and ACT hospitals 2008

Statewide comparative audit of blood transfusion, Victoria and Tasmania 2007

Clinical audit of platelet use in Victorian and Tasmanian hospitals 2007

2008 Blood Matters Transfusion Governance survey

Transfusion audits in 2007-08

Related sites

ARCBS - Information about blood and blood products, from donation to transfusion and beyond

NHMRC Clinical Practice Guidelines for the use of blood components

Guidelines for the Administration of Blood Components - (ANZSBT/RCNA)

Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne website: 'Blood transfusion'

Blood Matters

The Blood Matters – better safer transfusion program is a Victorian state government program for improving the quality and safety of hospital transfusion care to patients. The work of the Blood Matters program is supported by the Blood Matters Advisory Committee, Secretariat, working groups and through collaboration with the Australian Red Cross Blood Service (ARCBS). Further information is available from the Transfusion Medicine Services website.

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.