Transfusion and patient blood management resources
Information about the BloodSafe Program and all associated resources is available on the BloodSafe webpage. Links for frequently used BloodSafe and national clinical resources are listed below.
Quick links
- Blood Book: Australian Blood Administration Handbook
- Bedside transfusion checklist (PDF 367KB)
- Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG) administration guidelines
- Transfusion consumer information
- Iron consumer information
- SA Health pathway — iron deficiency (requires login)
- National Blood Authority — including National PBM / Transfusion Guidelines
- NBA BloodSTAR: Immunoglobulin requests / authorisation and national criteria
- Australian Red Cross Lifeblood Clinical Transfusion website
For transfusion reaction management resources, please refer to your intranet for your Local Health Network procedure.
New and recently updated resources
- Immunoglobulin administration guidelines
- A guide to documenting pretransfusion checks in Sunrise EMR
- A checklist to assist with double independent checking prior to transfusion
- A video on pre-transfusion sample collection and labelling using Sunrise EMR
- A video on ordering pathology samples and preparing for collection
- A video on patient identity check and sample labelling
- A video on the introduction of Fibrinogen Concentrate across nominated regional sites in South Australia
- A video on reconstituting Fibrinogen Concentrate (RiaSTAP®)
- A how-to video on "Double Independent Check for Blood Products using Sunrise"
- IV iron prescribing checklist (PDF 293KB)
- IV iron preparations chart (PDF 660KB)
- Wrong Blood in Tube reflection tool (DOCX 414KB)
Transfusion
National Patient Blood Management / Transfusion Guidelines
- Critical Bleeding / Massive Transfusion (module 1)
- Perioperative (module 2)
- Medical (module 3)
- Critical Care (module 4)
- Obstetrics and Maternity (module 5)
- Neonatal and Paediatrics (module 6)
Special transfusion requirements — SA Health Guides
Consent and prescribing pocket / quick reference guides (QRG)
- Pocket guide to consent for transfusion (PDF 46KB)
- QRG on red cell transfusion — Surgical / perioperative patients (PDF 331 KB)
- QRG on red cell transfusion — Medical patients (PDF 622KB)
Consumer transfusion information (including translations)
- Information (in English) about having a blood transfusion (PDF 256KB)
- Information (translations) about having a blood transfusion
- Children receiving a blood transfusion: A parent's guide (PDF 256KB)
- Babies receiving a blood transfusion (Lifeblood)
- Yarning about blood: Consent information for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients
- Australian Red Cross Lifeblood Consumer Information Website — My Transfusion
Administration
- Blood Book: Australian Blood Administration Handbook
- Bedside transfusion checklist (includes new pack label) (PDF 367KB)
- Quick reference guide to new blood component label (PDF 821KB)
- Fast facts about new blood component label (PDF 1.41MB)
Immunoglobulins
BloodSafe IVIg administration guides:
- Flebogamma 5% (PDF 51KB)
- Flebogamma 10% (PDF 51KB)
- Intragam 10% (PDF 212KB)
- Gamunex 10% (PDF 95KB)
- Kiovig 10% (PDF 56KB)
- Octagam 10% (PDF 56KB)
- Privigen 10% and Privigen AU 10% (PDF 51KB)
Authorisation and National Criteria
Consumer information
- Immunoglobulin infusions information for adults and children (PDF 198KB)
- Immunoglobulin (IVIg) treatment pre-consent information (PDF 110KB)
Iron deficiency
Clinical
- Iron deficiency management checklist (PDF 224KB)
- BloodSafe eLearning Australia Iron Deficiency Anaemia app
- Oral iron preparations chart (PDF 826KB)
- IV iron preparations chart (PDF 660KB)
- IV iron prescribing checklist (PDF 293KB)
- SA Health Pathway — Iron deficiency (requires login)