ABDR |
Australian Bleeding Disorders Registry |
ACSQHC |
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care |
ACT |
Australian Capital Territory |
AED |
Automated External Defibrillator |
AHCDO |
Australian Haemophilia Centre Directors' Organisation |
AHMAC |
Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council |
AHPPC |
Australian Health Protection Principal Committee |
ANAO |
Australian National Audit Office |
ANZCA |
Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists |
ANZICS |
Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society |
ANZSBT |
Australia and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion |
APHA |
Australian Private Hospitals Association |
APS |
Australian Public Service |
APSC |
Australian Public Service Commission |
Blood Service |
Australian Red Cross Blood Service |
CAFA |
CSL Australian Fractionation Agreement |
CDNA |
Communicable Disease Network Australia |
COAG |
Council of Australian Governments |
CUA |
Credit Union Australia |
DoH |
Department of Health |
EA |
Enterprise Agreement |
EAP |
Employee Assistance Programme |
FEIBA |
factor eight inhibitor bypass agent |
FFP/FP |
fresh frozen plasma/frozen plasma |
FTE |
full-time equivalent |
FVIII |
factor eight |
FIX |
factor nine |
FX |
factor ten |
GST |
goods and services tax |
GUI |
Graphical User Interface |
HAA |
annual scientific meeting of the HAA—Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand—HSANZ, the Australian & New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion—ANZSBT, and the Australasian Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis—ASTH |
HAC |
Haemovigilance Advisory Committee |
HFA |
Haemophilia Foundation Australia |
HSMA |
Health and Safety Management Arrangement |
HTC |
Haemophilia Treatment Centre |
ICT |
Information Communications Technology |
Ig |
immunoglobulin |
IPS |
Information Publication Scheme |
IU |
International Units |
IVIg |
Intravenous Immunoglobulin |
JBC |
Jurisdictional Blood Committee |
KPI |
key performance indicator |
kWh |
kilowatt hour |
LIS |
Laboratory Information System |
MSAC |
Medical Services Advisory Committee |
MTR |
Massive Transfusion Registry |
MyABDR |
MyABDR is a secure app for smartphones and web site for people with bleeding disorders or parents/caregivers to record home treatments and bleeds |
NBA |
National Blood Authority |
NBSCP |
National Blood Supply Contingency Plan |
NHMRC |
National Health and Medical Research Council |
NIg |
Normal immunoglobulin |
NIMF |
National Inventory Management Framework |
NMF |
National Managed Fund |
NSP&B |
National Supply Plan and Budget |
NSQHS |
National Safety and Quality Health Service |
OBFM |
Output Based Funding Model |
OHP |
Office of Health Protection |
PBM |
patient blood management |
RACS |
Royal Australian College of Surgeons |
Red Cross |
The Australian Red Cross Society |
rFVIIa |
recombinant factor seven (A) |
rFVIII |
recombinant factor eight |
rFIX |
recombinant factor nine |
SCIg |
subcutaneous immunoglobulin |
SES |
Senior Executive Service |
TOIL |
time off in lieu |
TORC |
Transfusion Outcomes Research Collaborative |
vWD |
von Willeband disease |
WB |
whole blood |
WHS |
Work Health and Safety |