Please see below
| AABB | Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies |
| ABOi | ABO-incompatible |
| ACE | Acknowledging continuing excellence in transfusion |
| ACS | Acute coronary syndrome |
| AF | Atrial fibrillation |
| AHTR | Acute haemolytic transfusion reaction |
| AML | Acute myeloid leukaemia |
| ANC | Antenatal clinic |
| ANP | Advanced nurse practitioner |
| anti-HBc | Hepatitis B core antibody |
| APH | Antepartum haemorrhage |
| BHNOG | Blood Health National Oversight Group |
| BMI | Body mass index |
| BMS | Biomedical scientist |
| BNP | Brain natriuretic peptide |
| BSH | British Society for Haematology |
| BSQR | Blood Safety and Quality Regulations |
| CAPA | Corrective and preventive action |
| CAS | Central Alerting System |
| CATPD | Component available for transfusion past de-reservation |
| CCE | Component collection error |
| cffDNA | Cell-free fetal deoxyribonucleic acid |
| CI | Confidence interval |
| CLE | Component labelling error |
| CMV | Cytomegalovirus |
| Cryo | Cryoprecipitate |
| CS | Cell salvage |
| CT | Computed tomography |
| CVA | Cerebrovascular accident |
| CXR | Chest X-ray |
| DAE | Donor adverse event |
| DAT | Direct antiglobulin test |
| DEE | Data entry error |
| DHTR | Delayed haemolytic transfusion reaction |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DOAC | Direct oral anticoagulant |
| DVT | Deep venous thrombosis |
| EBA | European Blood Alliance |
| EBMS | Electronic blood management system |
| EBT | Exchange blood transfusion |
| ECAT | Expired component available for transfusion |
| ED | Emergency department |
| EDQM | European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare |
| EI | Electronic issue |
| EIR | Emerging Infection Report |
| EPO | Erythropoietin |
| EPR | Electronic patient record |
| EQA | External quality assessment |
| FAHR | Febrile, allergic and hypotensive reactions |
| FBC | Full blood count |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| FFP | Fresh frozen plasma |
| FMH | Fetomaternal haemorrhage |
| FMU | Fetal maternal medicine unit |
| FR | Failed recall |
| G&S | Group and screen |
| GI | Gastrointestinal |
| GMP | Good manufacturing practice |
| GP | General practitioner |
| GPG | Good Practice Guide |
| H&I | Histocompatibility and immunogenetics |
| HAV | Hepatitis A virus |
| Hb | Haemoglobin |
| HbS | Haemoglobin S |
| HBV | Hepatitis B virus |
| HCPC | Health and Care Professions Council |
| HCV | Hepatitis C virus |
| HD | Handling damage |
| HDFN | Haemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn |
| HDU | High dependency unit |
| HEV | Hepatitis E virus |
| HFE | Human factors and ergonomics |
| HFIT | Human Factors Investigation Tool |
| HH | Hyperhaemolysis |
| HIV | Human immunodeficiency virus |
| HLA | Human leucocyte antigen |
| HPA | Human platelet antigen |
| HSCT | Haemopoietic stem cell transplant |
| HSE | Handling and storage errors |
| HSSIB | Health Services Safety Investigation Body |
| HTC | Hospital transfusion committee |
| HTLV | Human T-cell lymphotropic virus |
| HTR | Haemolytic transfusion reaction |
| IBCA | Incorrect blood component accepted |
| IBCI | Incorrect blood component issued |
| IBCO | Incorrect blood component ordered |
| IBCT | Incorrect blood component transfused |
| IBI | Infected Blood Inquiry |
| ICH | Intracranial haemorrhage |
| ICU | Intensive care unit |
| ID | Identification |
| Ig | Immunoglobulin |
| IgA | Immunoglobulin A |
| IHN | International Haemovigilance Network |
| INR | International normalised ratio |
| I-PASS | Illness severity, patient summary, action list, situation awareness and contingency planning, synthesis by receiver |
| IRC | International Revised Consensus |
| ISBT | International Society of Blood Transfusion |
| IT | Information technology |
| IUT | Intrauterine transfusion |
| IV | Intravenous |
| IVIg | Intravenous immunoglobulin |
| JPAC | Joint UK Blood Transfusion and Tissue Transplantation Services Professional Advisory Committee |
| LDF | Leucocyte depletion filter |
| LIMS | Laboratory information management system |
| MH | Major haemorrhage |
| MHP | Major haemorrhage protocol |
| MHRA | Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency |
| MI | Myocardial infarction |
| MINOCA | Myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries |
| MRI | Magnetic resonance imaging |
| NAT | Nucleic acid testing |
| NatPSA | National Patient Safety Alert |
| NBTC | National Blood Transfusion Committee |
| NCA | National Comparative Audit |
| NHS | National Health Service |
| NHSBT | National Health Service Blood and Transplant |
| NIBTS | Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service |
| NICE | National Institute for Health and Care Excellence |
| NITC | Northern Ireland Transfusion Committee |
| NM | Near miss |
| NOIDS | Notifications of Infectious Diseases |
| NPP | No previous pregnancy |
| NSTEMI | Non–ST elevation myocardial infarction |
| NT-proBNP | N-terminal-pro brain natriuretic peptide |
| OBI | Occult hepatitis B virus infection |
| ODP | Operating department practitioner |
| OPD | Outpatient department |
| PCC | Prothrombin complex concentrates |
| PE | Pulmonary embolism |
| PfM | Plasma for Medicine |
| PID | Patient identification |
| POCT | Point-of-care test |
| PP | Previous pregnancy |
| PSE | Potentially sensitising event |
| PTP | Post-transfusion purpura |
| PTT | Pre-transfusion testing |
| PTTE | Pre-transfusion testing error |
| PVB | Per vaginal bleed |
| QMS | Quality management system |
| RAADP | Routine antenatal anti-D immunoglobulin prophylaxis |
| RBRP | Right blood right patient |
| RC | Root cause |
| RCI | Red cell immunohaematology |
| RNA | Ribonucleic acid |
| ROTEM | Rotational thromboelastometry |
| SABRE | Serious Adverse Blood Reactions and Events |
| SaBTO | Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs |
| SACTTI | Standing Advisory Committee on Transfusion-Transmitted Infections |
| SAE | Serious adverse event |
| SAED | Serious adverse event of donation |
| SAR | Serious adverse reaction |
| SBAR | Situation, background, assessment, recommendation |
| SCD | Sickle cell disorder |
| SCID | Severe combined immunodeficiency |
| SCRIPT | SHOT UK Collaborative Reviewing and reforming Information Technology Processes in Transfusion |
| SD | Solvent detergent |
| SDC | Serious donor complication |
| SD-FFP | Solvent detergent-treated fresh frozen plasma |
| SNBTS | Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service |
| SOP | Standard operating procedure |
| SOT | Solid organ transplant |
| SPE | Sample processing error |
| Sp-ICE | Specialist Services Integrated Clinical Environment |
| SRNM | Specific requirements not met |
| SRR | Sample receipt and registration |
| TACO | Transfusion-associated circulatory overload |
| TAD | Transfusion-associated dyspnoea |
| TA-GvHD | Transfusion-associated graft-versus host disease |
| TIA | Transient ischaemic attack |
| TMER | Transfusion Medicine Epidemiology Review |
| TRALI | Transfusion-related acute lung injury |
| TTI | Transfusion-transmitted infection |
| UCT | Uncommon complications of transfusion |
| UI | Uninterpretable |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UKCSAG | United Kingdom Cell Salvage Action Group |
| UKHSA | United Kingdom Health Security Agency |
| UKNEQAS | United Kingdom National External Quality Assurance Scheme |
| UKTLC | United Kingdom Transfusion Laboratory Collaborative |
| UNSPEC | Unspecified |
| vCJD | Variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease |
| WBIT | Wrong blood in tube |
| WBS | Welsh Blood Service |
| WCI | Wrong component issued |
| WCT | Wrong component transfused |
| WNV | West Nile Virus |