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