Professional Associations and Helpful Websites
Clinical Practice Guidelines
Callum JL, Pinkerton PH, Lima A, et al.
Bloody Easy 4: Blood transfusions, blood alternatives and transfusion reactions.A guide to transfusion medicine. Fourth Edition. Ontario Regional Blood Coordinating Network; 2016.
Clark G., Charge S. (Eds).
Clinical Guide to Transfusion Medicine. 4th ed. Canadian Blood Services; 2016.
Joint United Kingdom (UK)
Blood Transfusion and Tissue Transplantation Services Professional Advisory Committee.
Guidelines.
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
Blood transfusion: NICE guideline
[NG24]. NICE; 2015.
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
Intravenous fluid therapy in adults in hospital: Quality standard [QS66]. NICE; 2014.
Norfolk D (Ed).
Handbook of Transfusion Medicine, 5th Ed. United Kingdom Blood Services. 2013.
Ontario Transfusion Quality Improvement Plan (OTQIP) Committee.
OTQIP guidance document for institutional implementation. Ontario Regional Blood Coordinating Network; 2016.
Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO).
Assessment and device selection for vascular access. Toronto, ON: RNAO; 2008.
Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario.
Care and maintenance to reduce vascular access complications. Toronto, ON: RNAO; 2008.
Additional Resources for Infusion, Transfusion and Injection Complication
Australian Red Cross Blood Service.
Febrile non-haemolytic transfusion reactions (FNHTR). Australian Red Cross Blood Service; 2016.
Brockmeyer J, Simon T, Seery J, Johnson E, Armstrong P. Cerebral air embolism following removal of central venous catheter.
Mil Med. 2009;174(8):878-881.
Drewett SR. Central venous catheter removal: procedures and rationale.
Br J Nurs. 2000;9(22): 2304-2315.DOI:10.12968/bjon.2000.9.22.5417.
Ingram P, Sinclair L, Edwards T. The safe removal of central venous catheters.
Nurs Stand. 2006; 20(49):42-46.DOI:10.7748/ns2006.08.20.49.42.c4483.
Linden JV, Wagner K, Voytovich AE, Sheehan J. Transfusion errors in New York State: an analysis of 10 years' experience.
Transfusion. 2000;40(10):1207-1213.
Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority.
Tubing misconnections: making the connection to patient safety.
Pa Patient Saf Advis. 2010;7(2):41-45.
Perrotta PL, Snyder EL. Non-infectious complications of transfusion therapy.
Blood Rev. 2001;15 (2):69-83.DOI:10.1054/blre.2001.0151.
Pineda AA, Vamvakas EC, Gorden LD, Winters JL, Moore SB. Trends in the incidence of delayed hemolytic transfusion reactions.
Transfusion. 1999;39(10):1097-1103. Erratum:
Transfusion. 2000;40(7):891.
Popovsky MA, Audet AM, Andrzejewski C Jr. Transfusion-associated circulatory overload in orthopedic surgery patients: a multi-institutional study.
Immunohematology. 1996;12(2):87-89.
Schroeder ML.
Transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease.
Brit J Haematol. 2002;117(2): 275-287.