General

Schramm WG ed. (1990) Blood safety in the European Community: an initiative for optimal use. ISBN 3-00-005705 European Commission

Schramm WG et al eds (2009) Report of European Symposium on Optimal Clinical Use of Blood Components April 24th-25th 2009, Wildbad Kreuth, Germany. In preparation

Directive 2002/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 setting standards of quality and safety for the collection, testing, processing, storage and distribution of human blood and blood components and amending Directive 2001/83/EC

Council of Europe (2008) Guide to the preparation, use and quality assurance of blood components, 14th edition, ISBN 978-92-871-6330-1. Council of Europe Publishing

Scottish Intercolegiate Guidelines Network (2001) Perioperative Blood Transfusion for Elective Surgery, 54, Edinburgh

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (2006)
‘The Guidelines Manual’, London, www.nice.org.uk

Smith, L.A. (2006) NHS Highland Clinical Governance Strategy and Risk Management, NHS Highland

Systematic reviews

Carless PA, Henry DA, Moxey AJ, O’Connell DL, Brown T, Fergusson DA. (2006) Cell salvage for minimising perioperative allogeneic blood transfusion Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Issue 4

Carson JL, Hill S, Carless P, Hebert P, Henry D. (2002) Transfusion triggers: a systematic review of the literature Transfusion Medicine Reviews Jul; 16,3,187-99

Hill SR, Carless PA, Henry DA, Carson JL, Hebert PC, McClelland DB, Henderson KM. (2000) Transfusion thresholds and other strategies for guiding allogeneic red blood cell transfusion Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Issue 1

Stanworth SJ, Hyde C, Brunskill S, Murphy M. (2005) Platelet transfusion prophylaxis for patients with haematological malignancies: where to now? British Journal of Haematology 131, 5, 588-95

Stanworth SJ, Hyde C, Heddle N, Rebulla P, Brunskill S, Murphy MF. (2004) Prophylactic platelet transfusion for haemorrhage after chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Issue 4

Stanworth SJ, Brunskill SJ Hyde CJ, McClelland DB, Murphy MF. (2004) Is fresh frozen plasma clinically effective? A systematic review of randomised controlled trials British Journal of Haematology 126, 1,139-52

Stanworth SJ, Brunskill SJ, Hyde CJ, Murphy MF, McClelland DBL. (2006) Appraisal of the evidence for the clinical use of FFP and plasma fractions Best Practice and Research Clinical Haematology, 19, 1, 67-82

Wilson J, Yao GL, Raftery J, Bohlius J, Brunskill S, Sandercock J, Bayliss S, Moss P, Stanworth S, Hyde C (2007) A systematic review and economic evaluation of epoetin alfa, epoetin beta and darbepoetin alfa in anaemia associated with cancer, especially that attributable to cancer treatment Health Technology Assessment Apr, 11, 13,1-220

Original papers

Auroy Y, Lienhart A, Péquignot F, Benhamou D. (2007) Complications related to blood transfusion in surgical patients: data from the French national survey on anesthesia-related deaths Transfusion Aug, 47 (2 Suppl): 184S-189S

Carson JL, Terrin ML, Magaziner J, Chaitman BR, Apple FS, Heck DA, Sanders D. (2006) FOCUS Investigators Transfusion trigger trial for functional outcomes in cardiovascular patients undergoing surgical hip fracture repair (FOCUS) Transfusion 46 (12): 2192-206

Hansen E., Knuechel, R., Altmeppen J., Taeger, K. (1999b) Blood irradiation for intraoperative autotransfusion in cancer surgery: demonstration of efficient elimination of contaminating tumor cells. Transfusion, 39, 608–614

Hébert PC, Wells G, Blajchman MA et al. (1999) With the Transfusion Requirements in Critical Care Investigators for the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group A multicentre, randomized controlled clinical trial of transfusion requirements in critical care New England Journal of Medicine 340: 409–17

Kirpalani H, Whyte RK, Andersen C, Asztalos EV, Heddle N, Blajchman MA, Peliowski A, Rios A, LaCorte M, Connelly R, Barrington K, Roberts RS. (2006) The Premature Infants in Need of Transfusion (PINT) study: a randomized, controlled trial of a restrictive (low) versus liberal (high) transfusion threshold for extremely low birth weight infants Journal of Pediatrics Sep; 149, 3, 301-307

Lienhart A, Auroy Y, Péquignot F, Benhamou D, Warszawski J, Bovet M, Jougla E. (2006) Survey of anesthesia-related mortality in France Anesthesiology Dec; 105(6): 1087-97.

Mangano DT, Miao Y, Vuylsteke A, Tudor IC, Juneja R, Filipescu D, Hoeft A, Fontes ML, Hillel Z, Ott E, Titov T, Dietzel C, Levin J; (2007) Investigators of The Multicenter Study of Perioperative Ischemia Research Group; Ischemia Research and Education Foundation Mortality associated with aprotinin during 5 years following coronary artery bypass graft surgery JAMA Feb 7, 297, 5, 471-9.

McLellan, S.A., Walsh, T.S. and McClelland, D.B.L. (2002) Should we demand fresh red blood cells for perioperative and critically ill patients? British Journal of Anaesthesia, 89, 537-540 (Editorial) Rao SV, Jollis JG, Harrington RA, Granger CB, Newby LK, Armstrong PW, Moliterno DJ, Lindblad L, Pieper K, Topol EJ, Stamler JS, Califf RM. (2004) Relationship of blood transfusion and clinical outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndromes JAMA 292:1555-62.

SAFE Study Investigators (2004) Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group; Australian Red Cross Blood Service; George Institute for International Health, Myburgh J, Cooper DJ, Finfer S, Bellomo R, Norton R, Bishop N, Kai Lo S, Vallance S. New England Journal of Medicine 350 2247-2246

Saline or albumin for fluid resuscitation in patients with traumatic brain injury New England Journal of Medicine 2007; 357,874-84

Sirchia, G., Giovanetti, A.M., Mc Clelland, B., Fracchia G.N. (eds.) (1994) Safe and good use of blood in surgery (SANGUIS) Use of blood products and artificial colloids in 43 European hospitals Report No. EUR 15398 EN, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Brussels/Luxembourg

Sanguis Study Group 91994) Use of blood products for elective surgery in 43 European hospitals Transfusion Medicine 4: 251–68.

The Premature Infants in Need of Transfusion (PINT) study: a randomized, controlled trial of a restrictive (low) versus liberal (high) transfusion threshold for extremely low birth weight infants. Journal of Pediatrics 2006 Sep; 149(3): 301-307

Thomas MJ. (1999) Infected and malignant fields are an absolute contraindication to intraoperative cell salvage: fact or fiction Transfusion Medicine 9, 269–278

Voak, Chapman and Phillips (2001) Quality of transfusion practice beyond the blood transfusion laboratory is essential to prevent ABO-incompatible death Transfusion 10, 2,95-96

Walsh TS, McArdle F, McLellan SA, Maciver C, Maginnis M, Prescott RJ, McClelland DB. (2004) Does the storage time of transfused red blood cells influence regional or global indexes of tissue oxygenation in anemic critically ill patients? Crit Care Med Feb; 32, 2,364-71.

Weiskopf RB, Feiner J, Hopf H, Lieberman J, Finlay HE, Quah C, Kramer JH, Bostrom A, Toy P. (2006) Fresh blood and aged stored blood are equally efficacious in immediately reversing anemia-induced brain oxygenation deficits in humans Anesthesiology May; 104, 5, 911