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Blood Matters program contacts

This page lists contact details for Blood Matters staff, and for Victorian and interstate transfusion nurses, trainers, safety officers and quality officers.

The Subcutaneous immunoglobulin (SCIg) community of practice contacts are included on the email contact list.

For group network emails please use the email list under Health service and SCIg contacts.

Health service blood management and SCIg contacts

A list of names and email addresses of the relevant health service contacts for the Blood Management Standard and subcutaneous immunoglobulin programs.

Blood Matters network contact email list
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Blood Matters Program team

Contact details for the Blood Matters Program team;

ContactEmailContact phone
Clare Hennessy, Program Managerclhennessy@redcrossblood.org.auPhone: 03 9694 0102
Mobile: 0433 758 660
Chris Akers, Transfusion Nursecakers@redcrossblood.org.auPhone: 03 9694 3523
Mobile: 0417 388 996
Kaylene Bastin, Patient Blood Management Education Coordinatorkbastin@redcrossblood.org.auPhone: 03 9694 3515
Mobile: 0417 144 483
Bridget Glazebrook, Data and Information Management Officerbglazebrook@redcrossblood.org.auPhone: 03 9694 0261
Peter Beard, Data and Information Management Officerpbeard@redcrossblood.org.auPhone: 03 9694 0261
Raewyn French, Blood Matters Scientistrfrench@redcrossblood.org.auPhone: 03 9694 3524
Anne Graham, Nurse Consultantangraham@redcrossblood.org.au

Phone: 03 9694 0126

Mobile: 0432 632 489

Lifeblood transfusion nurse contacts

Tamla Tait and Tatum Nitsis
Australian Red Cross Lifeblood (formerly Blood Service) Vic/Tas
Phone: 03 9694 0201 or 03 9694 0171
Email: ttait@redcrossblood.org.au or TatRobinson@redcrossblood.org.au

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