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Unit of Study MEDC2002 - Transfusion Science (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    No

  • Enrolment information

    Please note this unit has assessments scheduled in Week 7 which will require attendance on-campus. This unit contains Work Integrated Learning (WIL) that require students to meet mandatory fit to practice obligations prior to attending. Failure to comply by the fit to practice deadline will result in the cancellation of your WIL and you will not be permitted to continue in this unit. Full details are available at www.scu.edu.au/health/work-integrated-learning.

Unit description

Provides students with the knowledge and practical skills required for blood banking and the discipline of blood transfusion. Laboratory sessions focus on skills in blood grouping, compatibility testing, and antibody investigations for autoimmune haemolytic anaemias, antenatal and postnatal screening, and transfusion reactions. Students will consolidate and further develop professional behaviours and competencies, as well as integrate theory and practical skills.

Unit content

1. Foundations of blood banking and transfusion practices

2. Major blood group systems and their clinical significance in blood transfusions

3. Blood donor selection and screening, component preparation and compatibility testing

4. Factors that influence blood transfusions including transfusion reactions

5. Haemolytic disease of the foetus and newborn and autoimmune haemolytic anaemias

6. Automation and quality management used in blood banking and transfusion practices

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Gold Coast
Term2
Term2

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

effectively communicate the physiological factors of major blood group systems that determine their clinical significance in blood transfusions, pregnancy and immune disorders

evaluate donor screening, blood product preparation and the regulation of transfusion practices in Australia

accurately perform pre-transfusion testing and quality control procedures to select blood products for safe transfusion

investigate clinical transfusion cases to determine appropriate transfusion therapies to improve clinical outcomes

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