Ministry of health clinical practice guidelines: clinical blood transfusion.
Journal Title: Singapore Medical Journal - Year 2011, Vol 52, Issue 3
Abstract
The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) and the Ministry of Health (MOH) publish clinical practice guidelines on Clinical Blood Transfusion to provide doctors and patients in Singapore with evidence-based guidance for blood transfusion. This article reproduces the introduction and executive summary (with recommendations from the guidelines) from the HSA-MOH clinical practice guidelines on Clinical Blood Transfusion, for the information of readers of the Singapore Medical Journal. Chapters and page numbers mentioned in the reproduced extract refer to the full text of the guidelines, which are available from the Ministry of Health website (http://www.moh.gov.sg/mohcorp/publications.aspx?id=25700). The recommendations should be used with reference to the full text of the guidelines. Following this article are multiple choice questions based on the full text of the guidelines.
Authors and Affiliations
B C M Koh, L L Chong, L G Goh, P Iau, L H Lee, L C Lim, H J Ng, A Sia, H H Tan, L K Tan, K H Tay, L T D Teo, W C Ting, T T Yong
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