References - Blood Transfusion
References are listed alphabetically.
"National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards"
A copy of the Blood and Blood Products Standard is available here.
"other Australian hospitals"
Australian Council on Healthcare Standards Clinical Indicator Program. Hospital Wide Clinical Indicator 6.1. Australian Hospital rate taken from general aggregate rate in the most recent 6 month period.
The clinical indicator is the rate of adverse transfusion events. This has been reversed to instead show the percentage of transfusions with NO adverse event.
http://www.achs.org.au/
"resources for patients about blood transfusion"