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Victorian Government Health Information - Blood Matters.
Blood and Blood Products, Department of Health Victoria.
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References used for this fact sheet

• Blood transfusion: have all your questions been answered? (2011), Blood Matters – better safer transfusion program, Department of Health, Victoria Government. More information here.
• Patient Blood Management Guidelines, Module 1 - Critical bleeding/massive transfusion (2011), National Blood Authority, Australia. More information here.
• 'Blood transfusion', in The Merck Manual Home Edtion, eds Harold S. Kaplan, MD; Donna L. Skerrett, MD. Merck & Co. Inc., Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA. More information here.

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