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Category
Standard
ID
D22-40385
Type
Standard
Version
5
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
2022
Transfusion laboratories have a critical role in patient safety.

This document outlines practice standards that assure the safety, quality and efficacy of transfusion testing, associated transfusion laboratory practice, and non-transfusion related blood group immunohaematology testing. The requirements apply to:

- laboratories providing pretransfusion and antenatal and post-natal immunohaematology testing and issuing of blood and blood products

- patient and donor testing conducted by the Australian Red Cross Lifeblood.

Main sections:

- Clinical governance of transfusion laboratories

- Patient identification and labelling

- Transfusion laboratory records

- Pretransfusion testing of patients

- Immunohaematology testing of blood donors

- Automated immunohaematology instruments

- Antenatal and postnatal testing

- Cord blood and neonatal pretransfusion testing

- Selection of blood components

- Transfusion in special circumstances

- Autologous transfusion

- Transfusion reactions and transfusion related adverse events

- Storage, transport and inventory management of blood components and products

- Quality assurance and quality control
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