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
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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