ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

AAPP

Australian Association of Pathology Practices

ABO

The human red cell ABO blood group system

ABS

Australian Bureau of Statistics

ABDR

Australian Bleeding Disorders Registry

ABURG

Appropriate Blood Use Reference Group

AHCDO

Australian Haemophilia Centre Directors' Organisation

ACHI

Australian Classification of Health Interventions

ACHS

Australian Council on Health Care

ACSQHC

Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

ACT

Australian Capital Territory

AHMAC

Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council

AIHW

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

AIMS

Advanced Incident Management System

ALI

Acute lung injury

ANF

Australian Nursing Federation

ANHDD

Australian National Haemovigilance Data Dictionary

ANZSBT

Australian and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion

APHA

Australian Private Hospitals Association

ARCBS

Australian Red Cross Blood Service; Blood Service

ASBT

Australian Society of Blood Transfusion

ASTH

Australian Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

AUBRG

Appropriate Use of Blood Reference Group

BCSH

British Committee for Standards in Haematology

BeST

Better Safer Transfusion Program

BP

Blood pressure

CCF

Congestive cardiac failure

CEC

Clinical Excellence Commission, New South Wales

CIMS

Clinical Incident Monitoring System

CMV

Cytomegalovirus

CXR

Chest x-ray

DAT

Direct Antiglobulin Test

DHTR

Delayed haemolytic transfusion reaction

EAACI

European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

EIMS

Electronic Incident Management System

EHN

European Haemovigilance Network (now IHN)

EQuIP

Evaluation and Quality Improvement Program

FDA

US Food and Drug Administration

FFP

Fresh frozen plasma

FNHTR

Febrile non-haemolytic transfusion reaction

GI

Gastrointestinal

GP

General practitioner

HAC

Haemovigilance Advisory Committee

Hb

Haemoglobin

HCV

Hepatitis C Virus

HIT

Healthcare Incident Type

HIV

Human immunodeficiency virus

HPWG

Haemovigilance Project Working Group

HR

Heart rate

HTC

Hospital Transfusion Committee

HTR

Haemolytic transfusion reaction

IBCT

Incorrect blood component transfused

ICD-10-AM

International Classification of Diseases 10th revision Australian Modification

IHN

International Haemovigilance Network (previously EHN)

IIMS

Incident Information Management System

ISBT

International Society for Blood Transfusion

JBC

Jurisdictional Blood Committee

JMO

Junior Medical Officer

MB-FFP

Methylene blue treated fresh frozen plasma

MET

Medical Emergency Team

NBA

National Blood Authority

NCOPP

National Coalition of Public Pathology

NHDD

National Health Data Dictionary

NHMD

National Hospital Morbidity Database (AIHW)

NHMRC

National Health and Medical Research Council

NHSBT

National Health Service Blood and Transfusion

NPAAC

National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council

NSQHS

National Safety and Quality Health Service

NSW

New South Wales

NT

Northern Territory

NTTC

Northern Territory Transfusion Committee

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PBM

Patient Blood Management

PTP

Post transfusion purpura

PR

Pulse rate

PRIME

Queensland Health incident reporting system

QBMP

Queensland Blood Management Program

QiiT

Queensland Incidents in Transfusion

QLD

Queensland

RCA

Root cause analysis

RBC

Red blood cell

RCPA

Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia

RFID

Radio Frequency Identification

RR

Respiratory rate

SA

South Australia

SAC

Safety Assessment Code

SHOT

Serious Hazards of Transfusion (UK)

SLS

Safety Learning System

STIR

Serious Transfusion Incident Reporting

TAS

Tasmania

TGA

Therapeutic Goods Administration

TACO

Transfusion-associated circulatory overload

TA-GVHD

Transfusion-associated graft versus host disease

TIRG

Transfusion Incident Review Group

TNC

Transfusion Nurse Consultant

TPE

Therapeutic plasma exchange

TRALI

Transfusion-related acute lung injury

TTI

Transfusion transmitted infection

TTP

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

TTISS

Transfusion Transmitted Injuries Surveillance System

WA

Western Australia

WBIT

Wrong blood in tube

WHO

World Health Organization

VHIMS

Victorian Health Incident Management System

VIC

Victoria

UK

United Kingdom

USA

United States of America