Within the project there are three workgroups which will each develop a section of the Optimal Blood Use Manual. The three workgroups are:

Workgroup 1: Patients receive safe & compatible blood

Workgroup Leader: Dr Dragoslav Domanovic, Blood Transfusion Centre of Slovenia
Dr Christof Jungbauer, Austrian Red Cross Blood Transfusion Services
Dr Magdalena Letowska, Insitute of Haematology & Transfusion Medicine, Poland
Dr Jiri Masopust, Masaryk Regional Hospital, Czech Republic
Dr Christian Seidl, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe University, Germany

Workgroup 2: Providing a comparison of blood use for similar patient groups

Workgroup Leader: Dr Georges Andreu, INTS France
Dr Genevieve Gondrexon, Establissement Francais du Sang Lorraine Champagne
Dr Riin Kullaste, North Estonia Regional Hospital Blood Centre
Dr Kjell Titlestad, Odense University Hospital, Denmark
Dr Petr Turek, Thomayer Teaching Hospital, Czech Republic

Workgroup 3: Developing a training system for those hospital staff who are critical to optimal use

Joint Workgroup Leaders: Dr Fatima Nascimento and Dr Laura Castro, Portugese Blood Institute
Dr Vincenzo De Angelis, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria
Liz Pirie, Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service
Dr Simon Stanworth, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Lenka Walterova, Liberec Regional Hospital, Czech Republic
Dr Guenther Wittauer, Asutrian Red Cross Blood Transfusion Services