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Donating after Travelling
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Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD)
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Who needs blood?
Where does the blood go?
Facts about blood donations in New Zealand
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The donation process
What you need to know before donating
What to expect when you donate
Tips for improving your blood donation experience
Donor health questionnaire
Why the questions, and leaflets to read, are important each time you donate.
Personal Identification required for Blood Donations
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Different ways to donate
Apheresis Donations
Allogeneic (Whole Blood) Donation
Autologous Donations
Directed Donations
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Waikato, Tauranga
Palmerston North
Hawke's Bay
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North Shore Donor Centre
Epsom Donor Centre
Manukau Donor Centre
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Hamilton Donor Centre
Tauranga Donor Centre
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Palmerston North
Palmerston North Donor Centre and Blood Drives
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Hawke's Bay
Hastings Mobile Blood Drive Toitoi Event Centre
Napier Mobile Blood Drive Sailing Club
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Wellington
Wellington Donor Centre
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Canterbury, Nelson
Christchurch Donor Centre
Nelson Mobile Blood Drive
Back
Otago, Southland
Dunedin Donor Centre
Back
About Blood
What are blood groups?
Inheritance of blood groups
Managing blood donations
Blood components
Back
Managing blood donations
Logistics of managing blood donations
The Nurses' role in managing blood donations
The importance of booking appointments
Back
Blood components
Red blood cells
White blood cells
Platelets
Plasma
Back
Volunteer
Volunteer for NZ Blood Service
How do I become a volunteer
International Volunteer Day
Volunteer registration
Back
Donating Bone Marrow
How do you donate bone marrow?
Joining the NZ Bone Marrow Donor Registry
Back
Smartphone App
NZ Blood Donor App FAQ'S
Back
Resources and links
Resources for teachers
Resources for students
Information posters
Publicity Consent Form
Back
Clinical information
Transfusion medicine
Technical services
Haemovigilance programme
Back
Transfusion medicine
Adverse reaction reporting and management
Clinical newsletter
Transfusion medicine handbook
Information for Health Professionals
Health professionals medicine datasheets & monographs
Information for patients and recipients
Links
Clinical compendium
Refrigeration Guidelines
Back
Information for Health Professionals
Clinical guidelines and policies
Request forms
Serum Eye Drops
Blood products: distribution, supply and dispensing
Therapeutic venesection and haemochromatosis
Therapeutic apheresis
Directed donation
Information leaflets for health professionals
Blood Resource Info for DHBs
Surgical Bone Instructions
Back
Health professionals medicine datasheets & monographs
Red cell components
Platelet components
Frozen plasma components
White cell components
Coagulation factors
Immunoglobulins
Albumin products
Other products
Back
Information for patients and recipients
'Your Guide To Blood Transfusion' leaflets
General information for patients
Consent forms
Paediatric patient information leaflets
EVOGAM - Patient Training Guide
Prescription collection information
What Happens to your Cranial Bone Flap
Information for Patients Receiving Surgical Bone Grafts
Return of donated tissue
Back
Clinical compendium
Clinical policies and procedures
Clinical guidelines
Commercial blood product datasheets
NZBS blood component datasheets
NZBS clinical leaflets
Miscellaneous
Back
Technical services
Reference Laboratory
Blood Banks
National Tissue Typing Laboratory
Back
Reference Laboratory
Services provided
Investigations undertaken
Sample requirements
Turnaround time and reporting
Delivery address for samples
Request for investigation by Reference Laboratory
Key personnel
Contact us - Reference Laboratory
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Haemovigilance annual report
Contact us - Haemovigilance Office
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