Irradiated blood components
The South Australian Blood Management Council endorses the use of the ANZSBT Guidelines for Prevention of Transfusion-Associated Graft-Versus-Host Disease (TA-GVHD) 2nd Edition, January 2024 to inform health service practice and procedures.
The updated ANZSBT guidelines replace the SA Health ‘Clinical Guidance on the Use of Irradiated Blood Components’ (2019) and the associated Quick Reference Guide (QRG). Summary documents on the ANZSBT guidelines have been prepared to help health services with this update:
- Clinical Update - Irradiated blood components (2024) (PDF 131KB) provides an update on the use of irradiation (or cold storage >= 21 days for red cells) in the prevention of TA-GVHD.
- Irradiated blood components – QuickReference Guide (QRG) with summary tables (2024) (PDF 376KB) is intended for SA Health Services to endorse or use as a template to adapt for local policies. SA Health Services can contact Blood, Organ and Tissue Programs for a word version for local adaptation and endorsement.