There are a number of guidelines published by both the British Committee for Standards in Haematology and the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain & Ireland.

Guidelines published by the British Committee for Standards in Haematology:

Guidelines for the clinical use of red cell transfusions (2001)

Guidelines for the use of platelet transfusions (2003)

Guidelines for the use of fresh frozen plasma (2004)

Amendments & Corrections to the ‘Guidelines for the use of fresh frozen plasma, cryoprecipitate and cryosupernatant’ (2005)

Guidelines for the administration of blood and blood components (1999)

Transfusion Guidelines for Neonates and Older Children (2004)

Amendments & Corrections to the ‘Transfusion guidelines for neonates and older children (2005)

Guidelines on the Management of Massive Blood Loss (2006)

Guidelines for policies on Alternatives to Allogeneic Blood Transfusion (2006)

Website: http://www.bcshguidelines.com/

Guidelines published by the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain & Ireland:

Blood Transfusion and the Anaesthetist - Red cell transfusion (2001)

Blood Transfusion and the Anaesthetist – Blood Component Therapy (2005)

Website: http://www.aagbi.org/publications/guidelines.htm

Guidelines published by the British Orthopaedic Association

Blood Conservation in Elective Orthopaedic Surgery (2005)
(A copy of which can be downloaded here)

Website: www.boa.ac.uk

National Blood Transfusion Committee (England) indication codes

This short document draws together available transfusion guidelines to help clinicians decide when transfusion is appropriate, and to minimise unnecessary transfusion
The document can be dowloaded as a pdf