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Best practices

Original resources are developed to facilitate the adoption of best practices among transfusion medicine. We encourage you to use and download these resources. As they are updated regularly, please check back often to ensure you have the most current version.

  • Blood utilization best practices
  • Uniform labelling
  • Risk-Based Decision-Making framework
  • Testing and management of fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia
  • Visual assessment guide
  • International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines (ICTMG)
  • Serological best practices
  • Blood utilization best practices
  • Visual assessment guide
  • Uniform labelling
  • International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines (ICTMG)
  • Risk-Based Decision-Making framework
  • Serological best practices
  • Testing and management of fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia

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