Hospital Toolkit for Emergency Blood Management
With the release of the Ontario Contingency Plan for the Management of Blood Shortages, version 4.0, this toolkit functions as an adjunct to assist Ontario hospitals in preparing for blood shortage and updating or developing their in-house contingency plan. The toolkit includes practical recommendations, as well as sample forms that hospitals can adapt to conform with their internal forms and policies.
Hospital Emergency Blood Management Committee (HEBMC) is a multidisciplinary committee and can be a separate hospital committee, or subcommittee of another hospital committee such as the Transfusion Committee in smaller hospitals. HEBMC should include hospital staff who order, issue and administer blood, as well as senior administration. Responsibilities include assisting in emergency planning for shortages of blood components and products and implementing the plan during a shortage.
This is a hospital wide plan that should be part of your corporate policies, and complement any strategies, processes or policies developed by the laboratory.
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