Abbreviations and acronyms

AAPP	Australian Association of Pathology Practices
ABDR	Australian Bleeding Disorders Registry
ABO	The human red cell ABO blood group system
ABS	Australian Bureau of Statistics
ACHI	Australian Classification of Health Interventions
ACSQHC	Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
ACT	Australian Capital Territory
AHCDO	Australian Haemophilia Centre Directors' Organisation
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
ANZCA	Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
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
BCSH	British Committee for Standards in Haematology
BeST	Better Safer Transfusion Program
BMAC	Blood Matters Advisory Committee
BP	Blood pressure
CCF	Congestive cardiac failure
CEC	Clinical Excellence Commission, New South Wales
CIMS	Clinical Incident Monitoring System
CMV	Cytomegalovirus
CNC	Clinical Nurse Consultant
CXR	Chest x-ray
DAT	Direct Antiglobulin Test
DHTR	Delayed haemolytic transfusion reaction
DIC	Disseminated intravascular coagulation
DM	Data Manager
EAACI	European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
EHN	European Haemovigilance Network (now IHN)
EIMS	Electronic Incident Management System
EPAS	Enterprise Patient Administration System
EQuIP	Evaluation and Quality Improvement Program
FDA	Food and Drug Administration, US
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
HHS	Hospital and Health Service
HIT	Healthcare Incident Type
HIV	Human immunodeficiency virus
HLA	Human leucocyte antigen
HNA	Human neutrophil alloantigens
HPWG	Haemovigilance Project Working Group
HR	Heart rate
HTC	Hospital Transfusion Committee
HTLV	Human T-cell lymphotropic virus
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
IOR	Incident outcome rating
ISBT	International Society for Blood Transfusion
ISTARE	International Surveillance of Transfusion-Associated Reactions and Events
JBC	Jurisdictional Blood Committee
JMO	Junior Medical Officer
LHN	Local Hospital Network
MB‑FFP	Methylene blue treated fresh frozen plasma
MET	Medical Emergency Team
NBA	National Blood Authority
NCOPP	National Coalition of Public Pathology
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
NTG	Northern Territory Government
NTTC	Northern Territory Transfusion Committee
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co‑operation and Development
PBM	Patient Blood Management
PR	Pulse rate
PRIME	Queensland Health incident reporting system
PTP	Post transfusion purpura
Q&S	Quality and Safety
QBMP	Queensland Blood Management Program
QiiT	Queensland Incidents in Transfusion
QLD	Queensland
RACS	Royal Australian College of Surgeons
RBC	Red blood cell
RCA	Root cause analysis
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
TACO	Transfusion-associated circulatory overload
TA‑GVHD	Transfusion-associated graft versus host disease
TGA	Therapeutic Goods Administration
TIRG	Transfusion Incident Review Group
TNC	Transfusion Nurse Consultant
TPE	Therapeutic plasma exchange
TRALI	Transfusion-related acute lung injury
TRIP	Transfusion Reaction in Patients
TTI	Transfusion transmitted infection
TTISS	Transfusion Transmitted Injuries Surveillance System
TTP	Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
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