Developing a Corporate Hospital Emergency Blood Management Plan (HEBMP)
Generic Hospital Emergency Blood Management Plan
| Revised: 8 May 2026The HEBMP should be developed by the hospital’s emergency blood management committee (HEBMC) or equivalent, in conjunction with other key hospital stakeholders, such as risk/emergency management and leadership.
Triage of Massively Bleeding Patients – Corporate Hospital Policy
This is a hospital wide policy that should be part of your HEBMP, and complement any strategies, processes or policies developed by the hospital for other situations where triaging may […]
Blood Shortages – Documentation Logs
| Revised: 8 May 2026These tools are provided as templates for hospitals to incorporate into their HEBMP to ensure documentation of decisions regarding reduction, deferral/cancellation of blood order requests resulting from a blood shortage and a patient triage tracking log.
Calculating Target Inventory Levels by Phases of a Blood Shortage
| Revised: 8 May 2026This tool will assist hospitals in determining the level of on hand inventory for different blood components for each phase of inventory level (Green, Green Phase Advisory, Amber, Red). Includes guidance on platelet inventory management in shortage.
NAC Guidelines for RBC and Platelet Transfusions During Shortages
The following is visual aid taken from Table 6 the National Plan for Management of Shortages of Labile Blood Components