Publications & Guidelines

Annual Reports

The annual report of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service is published approximately six months after the year end. It is made available on the website in PDF format in English and Irish. You can see the annual reports here.

Strategic Plans

Read the current Strategic Plan here.

PDFs

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Many of the documents in this section are large files and may take a minute or two to view or download.

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