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  • Clinical guide
      • Chapter 1 - Vein to vein: A summary of the blood system in Canada
      • Chapter 2 - Blood components
      • Chapter 3 - Albumin
      • Chapter 4 - Immunoglobulin products
      • Chapter 5 - Concentrates for hemostatic disorders and hereditary angioedema
      • Chapter 6 - Donor selection, donor testing and pathogen reduction
      • Chapter 7 - Fractionated blood products and associated pathogen safety
      • Chapter 8 - Pre-transfusion testing
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      • Chapter 11 - Massive hemorrhage and emergency transfusion
      • Chapter 12 - Hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn and perinatal immune thrombocytopenia
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      • Chapter 14 - Therapeutic apheresis
      • Chapter 15 - Irradiated, washed and CMV seronegative blood components
      • Chapter 16 - Preoperative autologous donation
      • Chapter 17 - Hemostatic disorders and hereditary angioedema
      • Chapter 18 - Platelet transfusion, alloimmunization and management of platelet refractoriness
      • Chapter 19 - Pathogen-reduced platelets
      • Chapter 20 - Granulocyte transfusion therapy
  • Best practices
      • Breakthroughs in blood: Advancing practice through research
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  • Publications
      • Paying it forward: Why we need YOU to give blood
      • National plan for the management of shortages of labile blood components
      • Phenotype matching and storage age of blood for sickle cell patients: A review and recommendations for transfusion practice
      • Anaphylactic transfusion reactions and IgA deficiency
      • Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI)
      • Emergency framework for rationing of blood for massively bleeding patients during a red phase blood shortage
      • Blood bag spiking procedure
      • Platelet product quality remains high after seven days of storage
      • A survey of Canadian MLTs’ views on continuing education in transfusion science
      • A Guide to Reporting Adverse Transfusion Reactions
      • Alternative methods of blood donor skin disinfection
      • Blood: the basics
      • COVID-19
        • COVID-19 FAQ: Information for health professionals on safety of transfused blood collected from COVID-19-vaccinated donors
        • COVID-19: FAQ for health professionals working with blood products
        • FAQ: SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in immunoglobulin products
      • Exploring the frontiers of IVIG-associated hemolysis
      • FAQ: Canadian Blood Services platelet bacterial screening
      • FAQ: Delisting of directed donations at Canadian Blood Services
      • FAQ: Donor high titre isohemagglutinin (anti-A/anti-B) testing at Canadian Blood Services
      • FAQ: Information for health professionals on apheresis platelet psoralen-treated (APPT) and untreated apheresis platelet in PAS-E
      • FAQ: Information for health professionals on pathogen-reduced platelets
      • FAQ: Information for health professionals ordering granulocyte concentrates
      • FAQ: Solvent detergent (S/D) treated plasma (Octaplasma)
        • Octaplasma: One-page clinical summary
      • FAQ: Whole blood, leukocytes reduced, at Canadian Blood Services
      • Impact of COVID-19 on blood donation in Canada
      • Solvent detergent (S/D) treated plasma (Octaplasma)
      • Striking the balance: protecting data privacy in research
      • Summary of adverse transfusion reactions 2019-2024
      • Surveillance report
      • The importance of iron for whole blood donors: a Canadian perspective
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