TraQ Program of the BC PBCO

Index

General

Tinmouth A, MacDougall M, Fergusson D, Amin M, Graham ID, Hebert PC, Kumanan Wilson K. Reducing the amount of blood transfused. A systematic review of behavioral interventions to change physicians- transfusion practices. Arch Intern Med 2005 Apr 25;165(8):845-52.

Australia / New Zealand

Australia

Australian Guidelines & Standards (Links to many guidelines)

NBA: Patient Blood Management Guidelines

ANZSBT Guidelines

• Blood Grouping and Antibody Screening in the Antenatal and Perinatal Setting - Revised March 2004
• Gamma Irradiation of Blood Components - May 2003
• Laboratory Assessment of Fetomaternal Haemorrhage - Nov 2002
• Autologous Blood Collection - Apr 2002
• Irradiated Blood Products; and Leucocyte Depletion of Blood & Blood Components - Oct 1996
• Pre-operative Autologous Blood Collection- Jul 1996

Guidelines for the Administration of Blood Components, ed. 1 (Oct. 2004) ANZSBT & Royal College of Nursing Australia

European

• Rossaint R, et al. Management of bleeding following major trauma: an updated European guideline. Critical Care 2010, 14:R52.

International Society for Blood Transfusion

Guidelines for Validation of Automated Systems in Blood Establishments | Version December 2009

Guidelines for the Use of RFID Technology in Transfusion Medicine | Version 1.0, April 2010

United Kingdom

BCSH Guidelines - update: Tinegate H, Birchall J, Gray A, Haggas R, Massey E, Norfolk D, et al. Guideline on the investigation and management of acute transfusion reactions Prepared by the BCSH Blood Transfusion Task Force. Br J Haematol 2012 Oct;159(2):143-53. Epub 2012 Aug 29. | Full test guideline

BCSH Guidelines: Blood Transfusion

UK blood transfusion and tissue transplantation guidelines

Guidelines for the Blood Transfusion Services in the UK

Recommended minimum standards for hospital transfusion laboratories. Updated Sept. 2010 (UK Transfusion Laboratory Collaborative)

Perioperative blood transfusion for elective surgery – A national clinical guideline (Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network-Oct. 2001; updated Aug. 2004)

Cell salvage blood (intra-operative), administration in a non theatre setting (UCL Institute of Child Health)

Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain & Ireland

Blood Transfusion and the Anaesthetist - Blood Component Therapy (2005)

Blood Transfusion and the Anaesthetists - Intra-operative Cell Salvage (2009) AAGBI Safety Guideline

Blood Transfusion and the Anaesthetist - Red Cell Transfusion 2 (2008)

Management of Anaesthesia for Jehovah's Witnesses (2005)

USA

A compendium of transfusion practice guidelines, ed. 1, 2010 (American Red Cross)

American Society of Hematology Guidelines

Clinical practice guideline: red blood cell transfusion in adult trauma and critical care. Napolitano LM,et al; American College of Critical Care Medicine of the Society of Critical Care Medicine; Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Practice Management Workgroup (Crit Care Med. 2009 Dec;37(12):3124–57)

Use of Red Blood Cell Transfusion Reviewed in Trauma, Critical Care (30 Dec. 2009, Medscape)

Guidelines for transfusion therapy of Infants from birth to four months of age (Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research, New York State Department of Health)

Management of hyperbilirubinemia in the newborn infant 35 or more weeks of gestation (summary) American Academy of Pediatrics 1994 Oct (revised 2004 Jul)

Platelet transfusion for patients with cancer (summary) American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2000 Nov 3.

Practice guidelines for prenatal and perinatal immunohematology, revisited. - Transfusion 2001 Nov; 41(11): 1445–52.

Prevention of Rh D alloimmunization - American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 1999 May (reviewed 2004)