Resources
Published on 10 July 2025
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Policies, documents and guidelines
Our transfusion practitioners work with a multidisciplinary team, including medical, lab and nursing staff, to develop and update policies and guidelines covering transfusion issues.
Policies, documents and guidelines developed
Examples of the policies we produce include:
- clinical transfusion policy
- special requirements guidelines
- major haemorrhage policy (both adult and paediatric practice)
- refusal of blood policy
- emergency blood management arrangements policy
You can find policies for your area on your local health board intranet site.
Policies, documents and guidelines available
- National Transfusion Record
- O Positive to O Negative fact sheet
- Emergency Blood Management Arrangements
Policies, documents and guidelines in development
- Clinical Transfusion Policy
Future developments
- Special Requirement guidelines
- Refusal of Blood policy