Australian Red Cross Blood Service

Primary roles of the HTC

• Provide an active forum to facilitate communication between those involved with transfusion

• Recommend or perform practice audits

• Monitor transfusion practice compared to institutional, national or international benchmarks

• Provide education to effect change in practice.

Membership of the HTC

Institutional representatives

• Clinicians: Surgery, medicine, paediatrics, haematology, oncology, orthopaedics, O&G, anaesthesia, emergency, ICU.

• Executive management

• Clinical risk management/Quality assurance

• Blood bank scientist in charge

• Nursing

• Other relevant departments (eg, pharmacy)

External representatives

• Australian Red Cross Blood Service (Blood Service) Transfusion Medicine member

• Invited or ad hoc members

• Health department.