TPG by American Red Cross

Transfusion patient care just got easier with the Red Cross TPG app.

The new American Red Cross TPG App is an easy-to-use resource that gives hospital staff immediate access to blood usage guidelines to help improve patient care. The TPG App is the mobile version of the Compendium of Transfusion Practice Guidelines, a review of blood usage guidelines published in English in peer-reviewed journals from the Red Cross. 


• Red blood cell blood component general information and utilization guidelines.

• Platelets blood component general information and utilization guidelines

• Plasma blood component general information and utilization guidelines

• Cryoprecipitated AHF blood component general information and utilization guidelines

• Blood component modifications

• Formulas: total blood volume, plasma volume, RBC volume, CCI and # of units to screen for antigen-negative units.

• Appendices

• References

Final development of TPG App generously provided by 3 SIDED CUBE.