Blood Services Guidelines
Physician Guidelines
- Transfusion Options and Alternatives[1] First Edition, 2010
- Recommendations for Consent for Transfusion[2] Second Edition, 2008
- Babesiosis, Human Ehrlichiosis and Human Anaplasmosis: Potential Transfusion Complications[3] Third Edition, 2012
Use of Blood Components
- Guidelines for Transfusion of Red Blood Cells-Adults[4] Third Edition, 2012
- Guidelines for the Administration of Platelets[5] Third Edition, 2012
- Guidelines for the Administration of Plasma[6] Second Edition, 2004
- Guidelines for the Administration of Cryoprecipitate[7] Fourth Edition, 2012
- Guidelines for Transfusion of Pediatric Patients[8] Second Edition, 2016
Blood Administration
- Guidelines for Monitoring Transfusion Recipients[9] Fourth Edition, 2012
- Appendix A-Transfusion Reaction Response Guide[10] Second Edition, 2012
- Appendix B-Transfusion Reaction Fact Sheets[11] Second Edition, 2012
- Blood Component Administration by LPNs[12] Second Edition, 2007
- Elective Out-of-Hospital Transfusion: Recommended Criteria and Guidelines for Transfusion of Blood Components[13] Fourth Edition, 2024
Blood Conservation and Transfusion Alternatives
- Guidelines for Transfusion Options and Alternatives[14] First Edition, 2010 Supersedes Guidelines for Physician Options for Blood Conservation, 2002 and Considerations for Patients with Religious Objections to Transfusion, 2002
- Guidelines for Training Personnel to Perform Intraoperative Blood Recovery Procedures[15] Second Edition, 2010
Blood Bank/Transfusion Service Guidelines
- Possible Strategies for Reduction of Transfusion-related Errors[16] First Edition, 2000
- Responsibilities of Blood Bank Director, Blood Bank Medical Director and Director of Transfusion Services[17] Second Edition, 2012
- Guidelines for Transfusion Committees[18] Third Edition, 2006
- Guidelines for the Evaluation of Transfusion-associated Infections[19] Third Edition, 2007
- Guidelines for Irradiation of Blood and Blood Components[20] Fourth Edition, 2012
- Guidelines for Remote Blood Storage[21] First Edition, 2008