BloodSafe

BloodSafe is a South Australian Department for Health and Wellbeing program focussed on blood transfusion safety and quality improvement. It operates as a collaborative between SA Health, Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, SA public and private hospitals and their transfusion service providers.

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. BloodSafe plays a key role in the overall blood sector governance arrangements in South Australia, overseen by the South Australian Blood Management Committee.

BloodSafe Transfusion Nurses

Each major public hospital in metropolitan Adelaide has a dedicated BloodSafe Transfusion Nurse funded under the BloodSafe Program. Rural health services and private hospitals also have a dedicated BloodSafe Transfusion Nurse. Contact details for these positions can be found below.

Blood Management Portfolio Nurse/Midwife Roles

Blood Management Portfolio Nurse / Midwife roles are used within South Australian health services to champion patient blood management processes and the safe transport, storage, use and administration of blood products within their local area / ward. Further information on these roles can be found in the role and responsibility template (PDF 211KB).

Clinical and consumer information

For clinical information on blood transfusion please visit our blood management web pages. For consumer information on blood transfusion please visit our transfusion and iron disorders web pages. For education on blood transfusion please visit BloodSafe eLearning Australia.

BloodSafe clinical lead contacts

Dr Kathryn Robinson, BloodSafe Medical Advisor
Telephone: (08) 8422 1278

Amanda Catherwood, Statewide Advanced Nurse Consultant
Telephone: (08) 8463 3411

Nicolle Ginman, Statewide Nurse Consultant, Immunoglobulin Programme
Telephone: 0435 963 374

Transfusion nurse contacts

Amanda Green
Lyell McEwin & Modbury Hospital
Telephone: 0409 116 207

Simone Nixey (acting) and Laura Grear
Flinders Medical Centre & Noarlunga Hospital
Telephone: (08) 8204 4734

Joanne Goodwin
Transfusion Nurse Consultant - SA Private Hospitals
Telephone: (08) 8112 1305

Emily Strempel (acting)
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Telephone: (08) 7101 4248

Steph O'Connor
Royal Adelaide Hospital
Telephone: (08) 7074 4783

Jodie Grech
Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Telephone: (08) 8161 8387

Kristen Bull
Regional Support Services
Telephone: 0438 023 720

BloodMove

Rick Tocchetti, BloodMove Medical Scientist
Telephone: (08) 8204 1443

Cathie Gore, BloodMove Medical Scientist
Telephone: (08) 8226 6113

SA Health contacts

Susan Ireland, Director, Blood, Organ and Tissue Programs Unit
Telephone: (08) 8463 6197

Blood, Organ and Tissue Programs Unit
Address: Citi Centre Building, Level 8, 11 Hindmarsh Square, Adelaide South Australia 5000
Postal: PO Box 287, Rundle Mall, SA 5000, Australia
Telephone: (08) 8463 6197
Email: HealthBloodOrganandTissuePrograms@sa.gov.au

BloodSafe eLearning Australia

Please visit the BloodSafe eLearning Australia Program website for contact details.

Australian Red Cross Lifeblood

Immunoglobulin (IVIg, SCIg) BloodSTAR clinical information and emergency authorisation
Telephone: 1300 707 755
Email: nationalbloodstar@redcrossblood.org.au

HLA-Matched/Compatible Platelet Requests
Telephone: 1300 669 054
Email: LCPTSA@redcrossblood.org.au

Medical Services Team for specialist advice and customer service
Refer to Lifeblood’s contact page for health professionals

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