The Western Australia Patient Blood Management Program

Patient blood management (PBM) is a new standard of care in medicine and surgery to manage and conserve a patient’s own blood, reducing reliance on the donor blood supply.

About PBM

Patient information

For health professionals

News items and research updates

3 January 2012
Fremantle Hospital has been awarded a Research Translation Project grant for their project 'Primary care and tertiary care clinicians working with patients to ensure they are "Fit for Surgery"'.
30 December 2011
Trudi Gallagher becomes a member of the Patient Blood Management Committee (PBMC) coordinated by the National Blood Authority and chaired by Dr Simon Towler.
16 December 2011
Large randomised controlled trial finds no benefit from liberal transfusion threshold in elderly patients with cardiovascular disease/risk undergoing surgical repair for hip fracture

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