NZBS Clinical Newsletter - Blood Issues

This newsletter, published around 3 times a year, provides information on changes to transfusion in New Zealand of topical interest. Copies are delivered to hospitals via the local Blood Bank. Electronic back issues are available here.

NZBS Clinical Audit Reports

• Anti-D audit
• Anti-D and Kleihauer testing re-audit
• Bedside transfusion practice audit
• Bedside transfusion practice reaudit
• Benchmarking red cell use in CABG, hysterectomy, TURP and hip replacement audit
• Cryoprecipitate usage audit
• FFP usage audit
• IntragamP usage audit
• IntragamP usage re-audit
• IntragamP use and haemolysis
• Irradiated components audit
• Massive Transfusion Protocol (MTP) audit
• Overnight transfusion audit
• Overnight transfusion re-audit (and NZMJ article)
• Patients' perceptions audit
• Platelet usage audit
• Platelet survey
• Red cell usage audit
• Warfarin reversal audit

NZBS Clinical Compendium

NZBS's Clinical Compendium contains comprehensive detail regarding:

• Clinical policies and procedures
• Clinical guidelines.
• CSL Product datasheets.
• Commercial blood products datasheets.
• NZBS Component datasheets.
• NZBS Clinical leaflets

NZBS Website

www.nzblood.co.nz allows access to information regarding:

• Health professionals medicine datasheets
• Health professionals policies
• Adverse reaction reporting and management
• Annual Haemovigilance report
• Transfusion Medicine Handbook

Other Websites

• Australian and New Zealand Society for Blood Transfusion
• ANZSBT blood administration guidelines
• Australian Bloodsafe e-learning program - recommended - requires registration (to give you certificates)