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South Australian Blood Management Council The inaugural meeting of the South Australian Blood Management Council was held on the 22 November 2011, with Associate Professor Peter Bardy appointed as Chair of the peak advisory body on blood sector matters in South Australia. The Council brings together leaders in clinical transfusion practice and blood management. For more information, please contact the Blood, Organ and Tissue Programs Unit, SA Health on (08) 8463 6197.

Patient Blood Management Guidelines The National Blood Authority is developing six patient blood management modules in conjunction with the National Health and Medical Research Council.  Released guidelines are:

  1. Module 1 - Critical Bleeding / Massive Transfusion 
  2. Module 2 - Perioperative  
  3. Module 3 - Medical

Blood and Blood Products Standard The Australian Commission On Safety And Quality In Health Care: National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards - Standard 7 Blood and Blood Products is now available, along with workbooks and implementation guides. 

  BloodSafe 

BloodSafe is a blood transfusion safety and quality improvement collaboration between SA Health, the Australian Red Cross Blood Service, public and private hospitals and their transfusion service providers.

Sponsored by the South Australian Department for Health and Ageing, the BloodSafe mission is to coordinate a safety and quality framework for all steps of blood transfusion practice to improve patient outcomes and ensure sufficiency of blood supply.

The BloodSafe website provides a range of tools and resources for health professionals and the general public including:
  For clinicians 
  For consumers 
For information on strategic direction and policy in regard to the use of blood and blood products as well as new developments across the blood sector, please visit the Blood, Organ and Tissue Programs Unit located within the Public Health and Clinical Services Division of SA Health.