| AABB | American Association of Blood Banks later, Association for Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies |
| AACB | Australian Association of Clinical Biochemists |
| AGM | Annual General Meeting |
| AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| AIHA | Autoimmune Haemolytic Anaemia |
| AIM | Australian Institute of Management |
| AIMS | Australian Institute of Medical Scientists |
| AMA | Australian Medical Association |
| ANU | Australian National University |
| ANZ | Australia & New Zealand |
| ANZAA | Australian & New Zealand Apheresis Association |
| ANZICS | Australia & New Zealand Intensive Care Society |
| ANZSBT | Australian and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion |
| APSTH | Asia Pacific Society of Thrombosis & Haemostasis |
| ARC | Australian Red Cross |
| ARC | Australian Research Council |
| ARCBS | Australian Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service |
| ASA | Australian Society of Anaesthetists |
| ASBT | Australian Society of Blood Transfusion, later, Australasian Society of Blood Transfusion |
| ASH | American Society of Hematology |
| ASM | Annual Scientific Meeting |
| ASTH | Australian Society of Thrombosis & Haemostasis |
| ASX | Australian Stock Exchange |
| BCSH | British Committee for Standards in Haematology |
| BMT | Bone marrow Transplant |
| BTS | Blood Transfusion Service |
| CABG | Coronary Artery Bypass Graft |
| CAT | Column Agglutination Technology |
| CDC | Centre for Disease Control |
| CNZM | Companion of New Zealand Order of Merit |
| COVID | Coronavirus Disease |
| CPIC | Clinical Practice Improvement Committee |
| CRF | Chronic Renal Failure |
| CRISPR | Clustered Regularly InterspacedShort Palindromic Repeats |
| CSL | Commonwealth Serum Laboratories |
| CT | Computed Tomography |
| ESC | Education Sub-Committee |
| FDA | Food and Drugs Administration (USA) |
| FFP | Fresh Frozen Plasma |
| FMAIT | Foeto-Maternal Alloimmune Thrombocytopaenia |
| HBV | Hepatitis B Virus |
| HCV | Hepatitis C virus (formerly non-A, non-B hepatitis) |
| HIV | Human immunodeficiency virus |
| HIV-AIDS | Human immunodeficiency virus – acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
| HLA | Human Leukocyte Antigen |
| HPV | Human Papilloma Virus |
| HQ | Headquarters |
| HSA | Haematology Society of Australia |
| ICU | Intensive Care Unit |
| IMVS | Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science |
| ISBT | International Society of Blood Transfusion |
| ISH | International Society of Haematology |
| ISH – APD | ISH Asia Pacific Division |
| ITP | Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura |
| IVF | In Vitro Fertilisation |
| IVIG | Intravenous Immunoglobulin |
| LAV | Lymphadenopathy Associated Virus |
| LISS | Low Ionic Strength Saline |
| MCH | Mean Cell Haemoglobin |
| MCHC | Mean Cell Haemoglobin Concentration |
| MCV | Mean Cell Volume |
| MJA | Medical Journal of Australia |
| MSBOS | Maximum Surgical Blood Order Schedule |
| NATA | National Association of Testing Authorities |
| NBA | National Blood Authority |
| NEJM | New England Journal of Medicine |
| NHMRC | National Health and Medical Research Council |
| NPAAC | National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council |
| NZ | New Zealand |
| NZBS | New Zealand Blood Service |
| NZSH | New Zealand Society of Haematology |
| ONZM | Officer of New Zealand Order of Merit |
| PBM | Patient Blood Management |
| PET | Positron Emission Tomography |
| PNG | Papua New Guinea |
| QC | Quality Control |
| QUPP | Quality Use of Pathology Products |
| R&D | Research & Development |
| RAAF | Royal Australian Air Force |
| RAAMC | Royal Australian Army Medical Corps |
| RACMA | Royal Australian College of Medical Administrators |
| RACP | Royal Australian College of Physicians |
| RAH | Royal Adelaide Hospital |
| RCPA | Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia |
| RCT | Randomised Clinical Trial |
| rEPO | recombinant Erythropoetin |
| RMIT | Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology |
| RPAH | Royal Prince Alfred Hospital |
| SE | South-East |
| SPOT | Specialist Transfusion Practitioners |
| SPRCA | Solid Phase Red Cell Adherence |
| SSC | Scientific Sub-Committee |
| TA-GVHD | Transfusion Associated Graft Versus Host Disease |
| TGA | Therapeutic Goods Administration |
| TRALI | Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury |
| TRIM | Transfusion Induced Immune Modulation |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UNSW | University of New South Wales |
| USA/US | United States of America |
| UWA | University of Western Australia |
| vCJD | variant Creutzfeldt Jacob disease |
| WAA | World Apheresis Association |
| WHO | World Health Organisation |
| WWI | World War 1 |
| WWII | World War 2 |
