Appropriate Blood Use

This area provides access to information to support the appropriate use of blood and blood related products in Australia with links to:

• standards and guidelines applicable to Australian healthcare setting;
• initiatives and tools to achieve best practice in transfusion medicine;
• international Haemovigilance initiatives and reports and;
• sites of organisations relevant to transfusion medicine.

It also provides a description of the initiatives currently being undertaken by the National Blood Authority within its Blood Sector Clinical Development Program:

• Criteria for the Clinical Use of IVIg in Australia - Review
• Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Use of Blood Components - Review
• Patient Blood Management
• Haemovigilance and data

Criteria for the Clinical Use of Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIg)

RFT 01/2012 - Review of the authorisation and clinical governance framework for intravenous immunoglobulin

AHMC Stewardship Statement

Blood Supply to Australians Oversea

New supply arrangements for IVIg