Blood Bank Staff:
Contact Blood Bank staff on extension 24015 or tel 09-307-2834

In an emergency or when the telephone system is down, you can use 027-807-4192.

Blood Bank is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week

Blood Bank is located on Level 2 in the Emergency Radiology Department. It is also accessible from the ambulance bay outside the Emergency Dept.

Transfusion Nurse Specialist:
Contact Soyoung Choi Maxwell (NZBS / Auckland DHB Transfusion Nurse Specialist) on extension 24138, telephone 027-557-7530 or Soyoung.ChoiMaxwell@nzblood.co.nz

Transfusion Medicine Specialist:
Office hours:

• Richard Charlewood (09-523-5733 or 0275 722 547 or richard.charlewood@nzblood.co.nz)
• Dhana Gounder (09-523-5733 or 0275 525 148 or dhana.gounder@nzblood.co.nz)
• Gavin Cho (09-523-5733 or 027 227 4009 or gavin.cho@nzblood.co.nz)

Out of hours: call Blood Bank on extension 24015 to speak with the Transfusion Medicine Specialist on call

Haematologists: Haematologists employed by Auckland DHB are available through an on call roster. To consult with the Haematologist call the telephone operator.

NZBS Transfusion Nurse Specialist group

Left to Right: Richard Charlewood (co-ordinator), Liz Thrift (MidCentral), Graeme Sykes (Counties Manukau), Fiona King (Capital & Coast), Susan Mercer (Canterbury), Suzi Rishworth (Southern), Esther Cramer-Hamelink (Northland), Jomyn Diedericks (Waitemata), Christopher Corkery (Waikato), Soyoung Choi Maxwell (Auckland)