Transfusion medicine
Transfusion medicine handbook
The Transfusion Medicine Handbook is designed to assist hospital staff and other health professionals in modern Transfusion Medicine Practice.
Transfusion Medicine Handbook
Foreword
This Handbook is designed to assist hospital staff and other health professionals in modern transfusion medicine practice, particularly those who are prescribing and administering blood components and fractionated products. In addition to information about the medicines and services made available by NZBS, it provides a framework for the clinical indications for the use of, the procedures for administration and the management of adverse reactions to blood components and fractionated products in patients.
Some aspects of these guidelines are covered in more detail in the NZBS Clinical Compendium, Medsafe medicine data sheets, monographs, hospital clinical policies and other departmental manuals. Additional clinical information for healthcare professionals and patients is also available on the NZBS website (www.nzblood.co.nz). If information in these should not accord with the principles outlined in this document, the differences should be referred in writing to New Zealand Blood Service, attention Editor Transfusion Medicine Handbook:
Editor Transfusion Medicine Handbook
New Zealand Blood Service
71 Great South Road, Epsom
Private Bag 92071
Auckland 1142
or
Email: editorTMH@nzblood.co.nz
The assistance of Transfusion Medicine Specialists, Medical Officers, and Transfusion Nurse Specialists in the review of these guidelines is gratefully acknowledged.
The contents of the handbook will be continuously updated as required on a chapter-by-chapter basis. The handbook will only be delivered in an electronic format. Comments and suggestions for improvements in future chapter revisions are invited and should be addressed to the Editor Transfusion Medicine Handbook
If assistance is required for the management of transfusion support for patients in particular clinical circumstances, further information and advice can always be obtained from NZBS Transfusion Medicine Specialists and Medical Officers. Contact your local Blood Bank for after-hours on-call contact details.
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Last updated: April 2023. Previously part of 111G122 – Transfusion Medicine Handbook 3rd Edition
NZBS Reference: 111G01601