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4 Promote the application of technological adjuncts such as portable barcode readers and/or radio frequency identification scanners to reduce the scope for error NBA; HAC; Quality and Safety organisations; Research Bodies Implement the National Policy on Barcoding for Blood and Blood Products NBA to recommend strategies and develop case studies to support the implementation of the Barcoding Policy The Barcode Specifications (previously known as National Policy on Barcoding for Blood and Blood Products), samples and other standard and guide information have been published on the NBA website The NBA is developing case studies with states/territories and health service providers 5 Develop tools to encourage alignment of prescribing practice with clinical guidelines NBA; Blood Sector stakeholders NBA to collaborate with relevant stakeholders to develop a national reference set of to assist with transfusion practice and clinical decision support NBA is collaborating with stakeholders to promote and develop a national reference set of tools Data standards : Progress against the data standards recommendations of the Australian Haemovigilance Report 2015 Recommendations from 2015 report Who is responsible? Proposed strategy from 2015 report Outcomes 6 Review and redevelop the Australian National Haemovigilance Data Dictionary HAC; NBA NBA to revise the ANHDD based on the NBA standard data element template The HAC to review and endorse the revised data dictionary and definitions NBA to publish and distribute the Dictionary The revised ANHDD now called the Australian Haemovigilance Minimum Data Set (AHMDS) was reviewed by HAC in 2015 and published on the NBA website in 2016 7 Provide tools for health service providers on the application of the Australian National Haemovigilance Data Dictionary and reporting of haemovigilance data NBA; State and territory Quality and Safety Units; health service provider administrators NBA, assisted by states and territories, to develop and distribute tools to support health service providers for national haemovigilance reporting NBA to inform health service providers on the availability and use of tools The NBA has helped QLD Health and WA to develop haemovigilance data collection tools in line with the AHMDS The NBA is refining the tools for publication in 2016
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