"Collaborating to actively shape
the future of
the blood sector"
About us
The Alliance of Blood Operators (ABO) was established in 2002 and is a network of not-for-profit blood operators with a global focus who recognize the benefits to the blood sector of collaboration and collective action.
ABO seeks to be a high performing international collaboration which drives local performance improvement, knowledge exchange and resolution of strategic issues for the benefit of the patients and health systems served by its members.
Our members
ABO is a network of six not-for-profit blood operators.
- American Red Cross
- Australian Red Cross Lifeblood
- Canadian Blood Services
- National Health Service Blood and Transplant
- Sanquin Blood Supply Foundation
- Vitalant
Our work
ABO has a suite of capabilities (areas of mastery), which support our members and drive performance improvement by:
- Leveraging benchmarking and deep sector knowledge.
- Offering insights to critical blood sector challenges through partnership and innovation.
- Providing global thought leadership that can be translated into local operational reality.
- Delivering leading edge environmental horizon scanning.
ABOs Strategic Goals identified for focus in 2020-24 include:
- Re-imagining the donor experience
- Innovate and optimize the vein-to-vein blood suply chain
- Match products and services to evolving clinial needs
- Embrace data, digital and emerging technologies
Resources
Decisions about blood safety are made in the context of emerging risks, evolving technology, societal issues, and economic realities. These decisions are aimed at managing the risks of blood donation, blood transfusion, and beyond. The ABO developed a Risk-based Decision-making (RBDM) Framework for Blood Safety designed to :
- help you identify, assess, act on, and communicate risk in a manner suited to each situation;
- help organise and simplify the decision-making process by breaking it down into a series of logical and manageable steps;
- offer the flexibility to adapt it to your own regulatory structures, local conditions, and needs.
The interactive Framework and additional details can be accessed on the ABO Risk-based Decision-making website.
Contact us
ABO Secretariat
Email: abosecretariat@redcrossblood.org.au
Ph: +61 (8) 6213 5904
290 Wellington Street
Perth, Western Australia 6000