| ABDR |
Australian Bleeding Disorders Registry |
| ACSQHC |
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care |
| ACT |
Australian Capital Territory |
| AHCDO |
Australian Haemophilia Centre Directors' Organisation |
| AHMAC |
Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council |
| AHPRA |
Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency |
| ANAO |
Australian National Audit Office |
| ANZAN |
Australian & New Zealand Association of Neurologists |
| ANZSBT |
Australian and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion |
| Anti-D |
Rh D Immunoglobulin |
| APS |
Australian Public Service |
| APSC |
Australian Public Service Commission |
| ARCBS |
Australian Red Cross Blood Service |
| ASCIA |
Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy |
| ASX |
Australian Stock Exchange |
| Blood Service |
Australian Red Cross Blood Service |
| BloodNET |
BloodNET 3 - Australia's online blood ordering and inventory management system |
| BloodSafe eLearning |
transfusion practice and patient blood management education online system |
| BloodSTAR |
BloodSTAR 5 - blood system for tracking authorisations and reviews |
| BCP |
Business Continuity Plan |
| BEA |
BloodSafe eLearning Australia |
| BURG |
BloodNet user reference group |
| CE |
Chief Executive |
| COAG |
Council of Australian Governments |
| CPC |
Clinical Principal Committee |
| CSL Behring |
CSL Behring (Australia) Pty Ltd |
| CUA |
Credit Union Australia |
| DAPI |
discards as a percentage of net issues |
| EA |
Enterprise Agreement |
| EAP |
Employee Assistance Program |
| EHL |
extended half-life |
| ERG |
expert reference group |
| FAA |
Funding and Administrative Agreement |
| FEIBA |
factor VIII anti-inhibitor |
| FFP/FP |
fresh frozen plasma/frozen plasma |
| FIX |
factor nine |
| FIXa |
factor nine a |
| FTE |
full-time equivalent |
| FVIII |
factor eight |
| GST |
goods and services tax |
| HAA |
annual scientific meeting of the HAA–Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand–HSANZ, the Australian & New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion–ANZSBT, and the Australasian Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis–ASTH (now Blood) |
| HAC |
Haemophilia Advisory Committee |
| HFA |
Haemophilia Foundation Australia |
| HFNSW |
Haemophilia Foundation New South Wales |
| HTC |
Haemophilia Treatment Centre |
| ICT |
Information Communications Technology |
| ICU |
intensive care unit |
| Ig |
immunoglobulin |
| IPS |
Information Publication Scheme |
| IU |
International Units |
| IVIg |
Intravenous Immunoglobulin |
| JBC |
Jurisdictional Blood Committee |
| KPI |
key performance indicator |
| kWh |
kilowatt hour |
| LHD |
Local Health District (NSW) |
| LIS |
Laboratory Information System |
| NSW MoH |
Ministry of Health (NSW) |
| MSAC |
Medical Services Advisory Committee |
| MyABDR |
MyABDR is a secure app for smartphones and web site for people with bleeding disorders or parents/caregivers to record home treatments and bleeds |
| NaFAA |
National Fractionation Agreement for Australia |
| NBA |
National Blood Authority |
| NBSCP |
National Blood Supply Contingency Plan |
| NIg |
Normal immunoglobulin |
| NIGAC |
National Immunoglobulin Governance Advisory Committee |
| NIMF |
National Inventory Management Framework |
| NMF |
National Managed Fund |
| NSP&B |
National Supply Plan and Budget |
| NSQHS |
National Safety and Quality Health Service |
| NSRS |
national service requirements and standards |
| OBFM |
Output Based Funding Model |
| PBM |
patient blood management |
| PGPA Ac |
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act |
| RCPA |
Royal College of Pathologists of Australia |
| R&D |
research and development |
| rFIX |
recombinant factor nine |
| rFVIIa |
recombinant factor seven (A) |
| rFVIII |
recombinant factor eight |
| RMA |
Rural Medicine Australia |
| SCIg |
subcutaneous immunoglobulin |
| SES |
Senior Executive Service |
| SME |
small and medium enterprises |
| SPF |
staff participation forum |
| STIR |
Serious Transfusion Incident Reporting |
| SWG |
specialist working group |
