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National Clinical Guideline Centre (UK). Blood Transfusion. London: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE); 2015 Nov. (NICE Guideline, No. 24.)
| Acronym or abbreviation | Description |
|---|---|
| ACT | Activated clotting time |
| APTT | Activated partial thromboplastin time |
| ATR | Acute transfusion reactions |
| BCSH | British Committee for Standards in Haematology |
| CABG | Coronary artery bypass grafting |
| CDS | Clinical Decision Support |
| CPOE | Computerised physician order entry system |
| DIC | Disseminated intravascular coagulation |
| DVT | Deep vein thrombosis |
| EIS | Electronic identification system |
| Electronic UPI | Unique patient identification |
| EPO | Erythropoietin |
| ERBI | Electronic Remote Blood Issue |
| FID | Functional Iron Deficiency |
| FFP | Fresh Frozen Plasma |
| GIMEMA | Italian Group for Haematological Diseases in Adults |
| Hb | Haemoglobin |
| HSCT | Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation |
| ICS | Intra-operative cell salvage |
| ICU | Intensive Care Unit |
| INR | International normalised ratio |
| I-TRAC | Transfusion, blood tracking system |
| MBFFP | Methylene blue Fresh Frozen Plasma |
| NHSBT | National Health Service Blood and Transplant |
| OAT | Oral anticoagulant therapy |
| PCC | Prothrombin Complex Concentrates |
| PCS | Post-operative cell salvage |
| PROMMTT | Prospective Observational Multicentre Major Trauma Transfusion |
| RBC | Red blood cell |
| RFID | Radiofrequency identification |
| SAVR | Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement |
| SCT | Stem Cell Transplantation |
| SHOT | Serious Hazards of Transfusion |
| TACO | Transfusion associated circulatory overload |
| TKA | Total Knee Arthroplasty |
| TRALI | Transfusion related acute lung injury |
| TXA | Tranexamic acid |
| Uniplas | Universal Fresh Frozen Plasma |
| UTI | Urinary Tract Infection |
| vCJD | Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease |
| VENO | Veno occlusive disease |
| WHO | World Health Organisation |
| CRASH-2 | Clinical Randomisation of an Antifibrinolytic in Significant Haemorrhage |
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