This Bloodsafe eLearning Australia course will help you to identify and apply the principles of patient blood management and safe clinical transfusion practice to the care of premature and term neonates.

On completion of this course you should be able to:

• outline the haematological differences between preterm and term neonates at birth
• demonstrate how to optimise red cell mass and minimise blood loss in neonates
• explain the causes of anaemia and apply this to optimise tolerance of anaemia
• identify when transfusion is appropriate and practice within the guidelines.