About NAC
NAC provides medical and technical advice on the utilization management of blood and blood products to the provincial and territorial (PT) Ministries of Health and Canadian Blood Services (CBS) by:
- Providing advice on technical issues of blood supply, including matters directly affecting the practice of transfusion medicine in hospitals;
- Sharing information about blood and blood product utilization and utilization management efforts, and plays a supportive role in the development of guidelines for product use;
- Provides professional leadership in assisting the PT Ministries of Health in identifying (through the initiation of pharmacoeconomic studies and other methods), designing and implementing cost -effective blood utilization management initiatives for the optimization of patient care within their own jurisdictions; and
- Assists Canadian Blood Services in its product selection process
NAC reports to the PT/CBS Blood Liaison Committee.
