Curated links and resources for health professionals

We offer a range of comprehensive resources about blood products and transfusion practice.

Medical - Critical care

National Blood Authority Patient Blood Management Guideline for adults with critical bleeding 

National Blood Authority National Statements (including emergency use group O red cells)

BloodSafe eLearning Australia

Bloodstar login portal  

Clinical transfusion program 2025

Medical - Haematology

2025 Haematology registrar workshop 

Transfusion Online Learning

Health professional blood processing virtual tour  

Clinical transfusion program 2025

TransfusEd newsletter subscription

National Blood Authority Patient Blood Management Guidelines  

National Blood Authority National statements 

BloodSafe elearning Australia

BloodStar login portal

Comparison chart for IVIg and SCIg

HLA compatible platelet request and clinical information form

Blood component information

Adverse Transfusion reactions   

Red cell compatability calculator  

iTransfuse App

Updated recommendations for warfarin reversal in the setting of four-factor prothrombin complex concentrate 

Medical - Obstetric and gynaecology

NBA Guideline for the prophylactic use of Rh D immunoglobulin in pregnancy care

Oral iron choices for maternity 

FNAIT investigation form

Medical - General practitioners

Iron deficiency

Oral iron choices for maternity

High ferritin app

NBA Guideline for the prophylactic use of Rh D immunoglobulin in pregnancy care

Fetal blood groups (including NIPT for RhD) 

Medical - Junior medical officers

Blood prescribing checklist 

Red cell transfusion

Prescribing red cells threshold table 

Platelet transfusion

Fresh frozen plasma transfusion

Acute transfusion reactions poster

Acute transfusion reaction lanyard card

Blood compatibility lanyard card

Blood prescribing lanyard card

Warfarin reversal lanyard card

Oral iron choices adult 

Oral iron choices maternity 

 iTransfuse app 

Patient and recipients

Virtual tour

Guidelines

Updated recommendations for warfarin reversal in the setting of four-factor prothrombin complex concentrate  

Gastroenterological Society of Australasia (GESA) Clinical Update for General Practitioners and Physicians Iron Deficiency Updated 2022

Identification and management of preoperative anaemia in adults: A British Society for Haematology Guideline update (2024)

BSH position paper on European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) guideline: ‘Transfusion strategies in non-bleeding critically ill adults’ (2025)

Gastroenterological Society of Australasia (GESA) Clinical Update for General Practitioners and Physicians Haemochromatosis Updated 2021

Nursing

Transfusion Practitioner microcredentials  

TransfusEd subscription

Lifeblood resource library

Blood Administration Handbook

National Blood Authority Patient Blood Management Guidelines

BloodSafe eLearning Australia

Blood component administration checklist

Blood component compatibility

Acute transfusion reactions poster

Acute transfusion reactions lanyard card

ANZSBT Guidelines

ANZSBT/RCNA Guidelines for the administration of blood products

Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care Blood Management Standard

Scientific

Red cell reference referral form 

Fetal blood groups (including NIPT for RhD) 

TransfusEd subscription

National Blood Authority

National Blood Authority Patient Blood Management Guidelines 

National Blood Authority Guideline for the prophylactic use of Rh D immunoglobulin in pregnancy care

National Blood Authority National statements

BloodSafe eLearning Australia  

ANZSBT guidelines

Blood component information  

Midwives

Iron optimisation in maternity  

Oral iron choices for maternity

NBA Guideline for the prophylactic use of Rh D immunoglobulin in pregnancy care

Fetal blood groups (including NIPT for RhD) 

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