| ABDR | Australian Bleeding Disorders Registry |
| AHMAC | Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council |
| AHMC | Australian Health Ministers Conference |
| ANZSBT | Australian and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion |
| ALS | Australian Laboratory Services Pty Ltd |
| AORNJ | Association of Peri-Operative Registered Nurses Journal |
| APS | Australian Public Service |
| ARCS | Australian Red Cross Society |
| ARCBS | Australian Red Cross Blood Service |
| AR-DRG | Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups |
| AWA | Australian Workplace Agreement |
| CA | Collective Agreement |
| CBD | central business district |
| CEO | chief executive officer |
| CFO | chief financial officer |
| CPI | consumer price index |
| CMV | cytomegalovirus |
| CTEPC | Clinical, Technical and Ethical Principal Committee |
| FEIBA | Factor Eight Inhibitor Bypass Agent |
| GST | goods and services tax |
| HIV | human immunodeficiency virus |
| ICD-10-AM | International Classification of Diseases—10th revision– Australian Modification |
| IDMS | Integrated Data Management System |
| IHN | International Haemovigilance Network |
| IT | information technology |
| IVF | in vitro fertilisation |
| IVIg | intravenous immunoglobulin |
| JBC | Jurisdictional Blood Committee |
| KPI | key performance indicator |
| MBS | Medical Benefits Scheme |
| NBA | National Blood Authority |
| NBSCP | National Blood Supply Contingency Plan |
| NHMRC | National Health and Medical Research Council |
| NHS | National Health Service (United Kingdom) |
| NIMS | National IVIg Management System |
| NPPSpa | Collaboration of National Plasma Product Supply Planners |
| NSPB | National Supply Plan and Budget |
| OCD | Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PBS | Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme |
| PFR | Plasma Fractionation Review |
| PPA | Plasma Products Agreement |
| ORBS | Ordering and Receipting Blood System (Queensland) |
| SMS | short message service |
| SNOMED-CT | Systemised nomenclature of medicine-clinical terms |
| STARS | Supply Tracking and Reporting System (ARCBS) |
| TGA | Therapeutic Goods Administration |
| TSEAC | Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee |
| vCJD | variant Creutzfeldt–Jacob disease |
| WHO | World Health Organization |