Educational modules on clinical use of blood

Book excerpt: The Educational modules on clinical use of blood is to provide accessible learning materials that will assist prescribers of blood and other staff involved in clinical transfusion to make appropriate clinical decisions on transfusion and contribute to wider efforts to optimize clinical practice of transfusion. The target audience for this material includes medical staff and students across a range of clinical areas, nurses and midwives. It may also be useful for staff, including laboratory scientists or technicians who work in blood transfusion laboratories preparing or testing blood for transfusion, or managing inventories of blood products, or other settings where information about how blood is used may be relevant.