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Australian Government
Australian Red Cross Blood Service (ARCBS)
Australian Red Cross Blood Service is the national organisation responsible for the provision of quality blood products, tissues and related services Australia-wide. We collect, screen, process and distribute the blood generously donated. We operate on the principle that blood donated by voluntary donors should be freely available to all who need it.
Australian Department of Health and Ageing
We seek to provide better health and healthier ageing for all Australians through a world-class health system.
National Blood Authority (NBA)
The National Blood Authority is an independent statutory agency established under the National Blood Authority Act 2003 to improve and enhance the management of the Australian blood banking and plasma product sector at a national level.
Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)
Regulating Australia's medicines, medical devices, blood, tissues and chemicals.
Standards / Guidelines
Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (APLAC)
Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (APLAC) groups accreditation bodies in the Asia Pacific region responsible for accrediting calibration, testing and inspection facilities.
International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC)
ILAC is an international cooperation of laboratory and inspection accreditation bodies.
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is a global network that identifi es what International Standards are required by business, government and society, develops them in partnership with the sectors that will put them to use, adopts them by transparent procedures based on national input and delivers them to be implemented worldwide.
International Society for Quality in Health Care Inc (ISQua)
ISQua, The International Society for Quality in Health Care, is a non-profit, independent organisation with members in over 70 countries. ISQua works to provide services to guide health professionals, providers, researchers, agencies, policy makers and consumers, to achieve excellence in healthcare delivery to all people, and to continuously improve the quality and safety of care.
National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA)
The National Association of Testing Authorities ( NATA ) is Australia's national laboratory accreditation authority, and the largest such system in the world. NATA accreditation recognises and promotes facilities competent in specific types of testing, measurement, inspection and calibration.
The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI)
The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) is a global, nonprofit, standards-developing organization that promotes the development and use of voluntary consensus standards and guidelines within the healthcare community. We are recognized worldwide for the application of our unique consensus process. CLSI is based on the principle that consensus is an efficient and cost-effective way to improve patient testing and services.
Institutes / Societies / Organisations
American Association of Blood Banks (AABB)
AABB is an international association of blood banks, including hospital and community blood centers, transfusion and transplantation services, and individuals involved in activities related to transfusion and transplantation medicine.
Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)
The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) works to safeguard the public's health by strengthening public health laboratories in the United States and across the world. In collaboration with members, APHL advances laboratory systems and practices, and promotes policies that support healthy communities.
Australasian Society for HIV Medicine Inc. (ASHM)
The Society is a key partner in the Australian response to HIV, hepatitis and related diseases. It works closely with government, advisory bodies, community agencies and other professional organizations. The Society conducts a broad Education Program in HIV and viral hepatitis for medical practitioners, health care providers and allied health workers and manages a program of continuing medical education in HIV and viral hepatitis.
Australian & New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion (ANZSBT)
Formerly the "Australasian Society of Blood Transfusion" (ASBT), the Society changed its name in late 2002. The Australian & New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion (ANZSBT) comprises members from diverse scientific, technical and medical backgrounds working within the areas of Blood Tranfusion and Transfusion Medicine within Australia and New Zealand.
Australian Institute of Medical Scientists (AIMS)
The Australian Institute of Medical Scientists (AIMS) is the professional association representing medical scientists working predominantly in hospital and private medical laboratories in Australia.
Australian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID)
The Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases is a Special Society of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. It was founded in 1976 and is dedicated to education, research and the advancement of the practice of Infectious Diseases.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is one of the 13 major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which is the principal agency in the United States government for protecting the health and safety of all Americans and for providing essential human services, especially for those people who are least able to help themselves. Several subsections are very relevant but can be difficult to locate.
Click to access the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention,
the Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal,
the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report MMWR
and the International Laboratory-related Resource and Activity Directory
Forum for European-Australian Science and Technology Cooperation (FEAST)
Forum for European-Australian Science and Technology Cooperation (FEAST) is the organisation established to highlight, promote, and facilitate research collaboration between the European and Australian research communities.
Harvard AIDS Initiative
Dedicated to promoting research, edication, and leadership to end the AIDS epidemic in Africa, Asia, and other resource-scarce settings.
Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) represents physicians, scientists and other health care professionals who specialize in infectious diseases. IDSA's purpose is to improve the health of individuals, communities, and society by promoting excellence in patient care, education, research, public health, and prevention relating to infectious diseases.
International Leptospirosis Society (ILS)
The International Leptospirosis Society (ILS) was formed in 1994 to promote knowledge on leptospirosis through the organisation of regional and global leptospirosis meetings. Leptospirosis is a worldwide zoonosis, heavily underestimated due to the diversity of clinical signs and symptoms and a lack of proper diagnostics. As a severe zoonosis leptospirosis is highly important in many areas as a primary cause of general infectious syndrome disease associated with renal and liver failure and also is very important in differential diagnosis of haemorrhagic fevers with renal syndrome. In regard with these facts WHO will publish general guidelines for leptospirosis. LeptoNet presented here should be considered as an extension to the guidelines.
International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT)
A scientific society, founded in 1935, bringing together almost 1400 professionals involved in blood transfusion medicine in more than 100 countries.
National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research (NCHECR)
The National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research is one of Australia's leading medical research centres and is recognised internationally as a leader in the field of research into HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID)
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) conducts and supports basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and ultimately prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases. For more than 50 years, NIAID research has led to new therapies, vaccines, diagnostic tests, and other technologies that have improved the health of millions of people in the United States and around the world.
Paul-Ehrlich-Institut (PEI)
PEI is the Federal Agency for Sera and Vaccines within the German Federal Ministry of Health. It is the authority for licensing (marketing authorization) and batch release of (immuno)biological drugs for human and veterinary use.
Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA)
The College is Australasia's leading medical diagnostic organisation and promotes the science and practice of Pathology. Pathology is the medical specialty concerned with the study of the nature and causes of diseases. As a consequence it touches every facet of medicine. In fact it has been said that 'Medicine IS Pathology".
RCPA Quality Assurance Programs P/L
The RCPA Serology QAP is a component part of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia Quality Assurance Programs Pty Limited and began operating as an independent program in 2001 (it had previously been part of the Microbiology QA Program) and is located at North Ryde, Sydney, NSW.
St. Vincent's Health
St. Vincent's Health provides acute medical and surgical services, aged care, diagnostics, rehabilitation, allied health, mental health, palliative care and residential care.
St.Vincent's Institute (SVI)
SVI is an independent research body, which is affiliated with St Vincent 's Health and The University of Melbourne. It hosts the National Serology Reference Laboratory and is a member of Bio 21, the Victorian Breast Cancer Research Consortium, St Vincent 's Diabetes Centre of Excellence and the Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes.
The Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR)
The Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) is the peak professional society representing Australian health and medical research.
The Australian Society for Microbiology (ASM)
The ASM is a not-for-profit organisation, formed in 1959 as a learned society devoted to furthering the science of microbiology.
The Burnet Institute
The Burnet Institute is Australia's largest communicable diseases research institute, investigating some of today's most serious viral infections such as HIV/AIDS, hepatitis and measles.
UNAIDS
UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, brings together the efforts and resources of ten UN system organizations to the global AIDS response.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Asia and the Pacific
Our mission is to empower people and organizations to achieve Sustainable Human Development in the Asia and Pacific region.
World Health Organization (WHO)
The World Health Organization is the United Nations specialized agency for health. It was established on 7 April 1948. WHO's objective, as set out in its Constitution, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health.
Laboratories
Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL)
CSL Limited is a global, specialty biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and markets products to treat and prevent serious human medical conditions. Innovation and new product development for unmet medical needs continue to drive CSL's growth.
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory (VIDRL)
The Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory (VIDRL) is the state's largest public health reference laboratory with core responsibilities in virology and mycobacteriology. VIDRL also provides expertise in bacteriology, parasitology, epidemiology and molecular detection technologies. VIDRL has state, national and international roles.
The Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Leptospirosis, Australia and Western Pacific Region
The reference laboratory is involved in many ongoing aspects of leptospiral research, surveillance and diagnosis in the human and veterinary fields.
Other
AEGIS
AEGiS is a search engine and news database which covers the 1980s to the present. It is updated daily
All the Virology on the WWW
All the Virology on the WWW seeks to be the best single site for Virology information on the Internet. We have collected all the virology related Web sites that might be of interest to our fellow virologists, and others interested in learning more about viruses.
Hoslink
A resource portal for Medical and Biomedical Professionals. The Hoslink site is intended to provide links to other sites with information related to Medical and Biomedical Professional activities. The Pathology pages have links to downloadable Pathology documents and Protocols as well as numerous links to other pathology web sites.
MedlinePlus
MedlinePlus will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MedlinePlus and give easy access to medical journal articles. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.
Microbes.info (The Microbiology Information Portal)
Microbes.info is an internet web site designed to bring useful and interesting microbiology informational resources to you. With literally billions of web pages out there in cyberspace, searching effectively and efficiently for any information is becoming increasingly difficult. Finding accurate and specific information on microbiology topics is much like "looking for a needle in a haystack". This web site attempts to reduce the clutter and the size of the haystack in an effort to help you filter through the information in an organized manner.
Health On the Net Foundation (HON)
Health On the Net Foundation is the leading organization promoting and guiding the deployment of useful and reliable online medical and health information, and its appropriate and efficient use.
Virology Down Under (VDU)
Virology Down Under (VDU) is a suite of pages providing information about all sorts of human viruses. RNA viruses, DNA viruses, big viruses and small viruses. VDU also explores what makes viruses tick.
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