The government is now operating in accordance with the Guidance on Caretaker Conventions, pending the outcome of the 2025 federal election.
Blood and blood components including haematopoietic progenitor cells and plasma-derived medical products are regulated as prescription medicines under the Therapeutic Goods (Manufacturing Principles) Determination.
- blood means whole blood collected from a single human donor and processed either for transfusion or further manufacturing
- blood components means therapeutic components of blood (red cells, white cells, platelets, plasma) that can be prepared by centrifugation, filtration and freezing, but not including haematopoietic progenitor cells
- plasma derived products (or that contain plasma derived products)
- recombinant products
- haematopoietic progenitor cells (HPC) used for haematopoietic reconstitution:
- HPC means self-renewing or multi-potent stem cells, or both, capable of maturation into haematopoietic lineages, lineage-restricted pluripotent progenitor cells, or committed progenitor cells.
- Includes HPC derived from cord blood.