Blood Transfusion Services

Blood Transfusion services are provided by the New Zealand Blood Service. In Christchurch they have two sites: the Blood Donor Centre processing and accreditation facilities at 87 Riccarton Road, and the Blood Bank (Crossmatching) on the Lower Ground Floor of Christchurch Hospital.

Blood Bank 80310 - 24 hours.
Transfusion Medicine Specialist - contact via the Blood Bank.
NZBS on-call team - contact via the Blood Bank at any time.

See also: CDHB transfusion guidelines (search for "transfusion" on the CDHB intranet); NZBS clinical information (online at http://www.nzblood.co.nz/Clinical-information/Transfusion-medicine); Haematology Department Protocols and Guidelines (online at http://redbook.streamliners.co.nz).


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Document Owner:	Blue Book Editorial Committee (see Who's Who)
Issue Date:	December 2013
Next Review:	December 2015
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