We here in a Sydney Australia metro hospital have devised a 'Long-term Consent to Transfusion' that is used exclusively for the outpatient-type chronically transfused and for a defined medical condition. The special consent is signed and witnessed and scanned into the patient's electronic medical record and may be viewed at each presentation for transfusion of blood products. The consent is ongoing for as long as the patient turns up for (routine) transfusion. In the event that they require a transfusion for a different reason, then a new consent is to be obtained. For inpatients, the consent is valid for one single admission period.