• 1960

    Cardiac surgeron Denton Cooley pioneers what in time becomes the PBM approach

  • 1988

    James Isbister calls for a paradigm shift in transfusion medicine

  • 1990

    First blood conservation program in Australia established at Fremantle Kaleeya Hospital, one of only three in the world

  • 2000

    Australasian Association for Blood Conservation formed. Over 200 programs worldwide by this time

  • 2000

    Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council endorse a review of alternatives to allogeneic blood

  • 2001

    Sir Ninian Stephen report on blood banking and plasma product sector

  • 2002

    WA PBM hosts the WHO PBM Implementation Group Workshop at the University of Western Australia

  • 2002

    WA PBM group convenes with other influential international groups to publish "A Global Definition of Patient Blood Management"

  • 2005

    James Isbister proposes the term patient blood management

  • 2008

    Commencement of world’s first health-system-wide PBM Program in WA

  • 2008

    National Blood Authority commences project management of developing six evidence-based PBM Guidelines modules

  • 2010

    World Health Assembly adopts resolution WHA63.12 recommending PBM to all member states

  • 2010

    PBM Guidelines Module 1: Critical Bleeding/Massive Transfusion released

  • 2011

    PBM Guidelines Module 2: Perioperative released

  • 2012

    PBM Guidelines Module 3: Medical released

  • 2012

    PBM Guidelines Module 4: Critical Care released

  • 2014

    PBM Guidelines Module 5: Obstetrics and Maternity released

  • 2015

    ACQSHC lists PBM as a national priority and commences the National Patient Blood Management Collaborative

  • 2016

    PBM Guidelines Module 6: Neonatal and Paediatrics released

  • 2017

    Results of WA PBM Program published in Transfusion

  • 2017

    European Commission released two PBM guides for the European Union based on the WA PBM model

  • 2018

    Meeting at CTEC regarding forming a WA PBM Group. Steering Committee formed

  • 2019

    Accreditation assessment commences for new NSQHS Standard 7 Blood Management Standard

  • 2019

    First systematic review and metaanalysis of studies investigating outcomes of PBM programs published in Annals of Surgery

  • 2019

    Representatives of WA PBM Group Steering Committee met with CMO

  • 2022

    WA PBM hosts the WHO PBM Implementation Group Workshop at the University of Western Australia

  • 2022

    WA PBM group convenes with other influential international groups to publish "A Global Definition of Patient Blood Management"