Australian Red Cross Blood Service.

Also known as
Australian Red Cross Society. Blood Service.
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In 1929, Dr Lucy Bryce founded the first Australian blood service on the lines of the British Red Cross Society in London. By 1931 the Blood Transfusion Service, based in the Victorian Division of the Red Cross, was the recognized medium for metropolitan hospitals to obtain donors. The following year, it was operating around the clock. In 1938, the first Red Cross Blood Bank was established at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, with a number of its medical consultants,from the onset, being women.

Shortly before World War II, the Australian Red Cross Blood Service was extended by the formation of an Emergency Transfusion Service, used by the Australian Imperial Forces and Royal Australian Air Force and the State Emergency Council. In 1941, the Australian Red Cross Society organised a National Transfusion Service for military and civil defence, based on the Victorian model. Since the mid-1950s, Australian governments have reimbursed the Australian Red Cross society for over 90% of its spending on blood transfusion with the remainder coming from Red Cross appeals and donations when possible. This infusion of government funds led to the establishment of a Suburban Mobile Unit, a Branch at the Royal Women's Hospital and a chain of Regional Blood Banks throughout Victoria. By the mid-1960s, the National Blood Transfusion service extended to every part of the Australian Commonwealth. In 1996, its management structure changed, and it has been known as the Australian Red Cross Blood Service since. In 2004, it exists as a largely independent operating division of the Australian Red Cross with its own Board of Management and a Chief Executive Officer who reports to the Board. The Australian Red Cross Blood Service is the sole agency in Australia to collect blood from voluntary donors, provide quality blood products to hospitals and other health institutions for the benefit of the community. The work of the Australian Red Cross Blood Service is linked to the Australian Red Cross mission of protecting life and health.

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Australian Women's Register

  1. Strategy 2005
    Australian Red Cross
    [c2002]
    Published: Australian Red Cross
  2. The More things change…The Australian Red Cross 1914-1989
    Minogue, Noreen
    [1989]
    Published: Australian Red Cross Society
  3. 50 years service to humanity
    Australian Red Cross Society
    [[1964]]
    Published: Australian Red Cross Society
  4. Australian Red Cross Research and Information Service: Records and publications of the Australian Red Cross Blood Service
    Series NO20
  5. Australian Red Cross Research and Information Service: Publications - annual Reports of the Australian Red Cross Divisions and Blood Service
    Series NO 26
  6. Australian Red Cross Research and Information Service: Minutes, Australian Red Cross National Council
    Minutes and other records of the Australian Red Cross NationalCouncil and National Executive meetings
    Series NO14
  7. Australian Red Cross Research and Information Service: Annual Reports of the Australian Red Cross, National Office
    Publications - Annual Reports of the Australian Red Cross, National Office
    Series NO13

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  1. Research & development report / Australian Red Cross Blood Service
    Australian Red Cross Blood Service
    [ Periodical : 1990-2011 ]
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  2. Innovation report / Australian Red Cross Blood Service
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  3. Life (Australian Red Cross Blood Service)
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    [ Periodical : 2006-2008 ]
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  4. Annual report for the financial year ... / Australian Red Cross Blood Service
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    [ Article : 1997-2011 ]
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  5. Australian Red Cross Blood Service Research and Development Report
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  6. Towards > 2010 strategic plan / Australian Red Cross Blood Service
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    [ Book : 2006 ]
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  7. Our profile / Australian Red Cross Blood Service
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    [ Book : 2004 ]
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  9. Australian Red Cross Blood Service Annual Report
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  10. Australian stories : in the year of the blood donor
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  1. Research & development report / Australian Red Cross Blood Service
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  2. Innovation report / Australian Red Cross Blood Service
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  3. Life (Australian Red Cross Blood Service)
    Australian Red Cross Blood Service
    [ Periodical : 2006-2008 ]
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  4. Annual report for the financial year ... / Australian Red Cross Blood Service
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  5. Towards > 2010 strategic plan / Australian Red Cross Blood Service
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    [ Book : 2006 ]
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  6. Our profile / Australian Red Cross Blood Service
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    [ Book : 2004 ]
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  7. Lymphocytes and monocyte CD4 differ in structure and protein association
    Health & Medicine Week
    [ Article : 2006 ]
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  8. Health Informatics - Information Management in Blood Transfusion
    Buring, Margaret
    HIC 2000: Proceedings
    [ Article : 2000 ]
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  9. Mapping stakeholder perceptions for a third sector organization
    Fletcher, Anne; Guthrie, James; Steane, Peter; Roos, Goran; Pike, Stephen; Macquarie University. Macquarie Graduate School of Management
    [ Article : 2003 ]
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  10. The safety of plasma-derived products in Australia
    Guirguis, Andrew; Wood, Erica
    Australian Prescriber
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