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Clinical guidelines

Clinical guidelines
Guidelines for Management of Adverse Transfusion Reactions (111I015) (pdf, 179 KB)
Use of Rh-D Immunoglobulin During Pregnancy and the Post Partum Period (111G130) (pdf, 113 KB)
Fibrin Glue (111I027) (pdf, 111 KB)
Criteria for Therapeutic Venesection (111I025) (pdf, 63 KB)
Haemachromatosis Information (111I026) (pdf, 49 KB)
Referral for Therapeutic Venesections (111F027) (pdf, 101 KB)
Guidelines for the Use of Therapeutic Plasma Exchange (TPE) in Renal Disease (111G081) (pdf, 57 KB)
Guidelines for the Management of Patients Refractory to Platelets (111G002) (pdf, 46 KB)
Post Exposure Prophylaxis for Measles (111G001) (pdf, 132 KB)
Guideline for Red Cell Genotyping in the Red Cell Reference Laboratory (111G004) (pdf, 161 KB)

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