Strategies are used to effectively manage the availability and safety of blood and blood products.
The clinical use of blood and blood products is appropriate, and strategies are used to reduce the risks associated with transfusion.
Organisation-wide governance and quality improvement systems are used to ensure safe and high-quality care of patients’ own blood, and to ensure that blood product requirements are met.
Leaders of a health service organisation describe, implement and monitor systems to ensure the safe, appropriate, efficient and effective care of patients’ own blood, as well as other blood and blood products. The workforce uses the blood product safety systems.
Availability of blood
Storing, distributing and tracing blood and blood products
Reporting adverse blood management events
Reporting adverse blood management events
Prescribing and administering blood and blood products
Documenting blood management information
Optimising and conserving patients' own blood
Partnering with consumers
Applying quality improvement systems
Integrating clinical governance