This post was written by Canadian Blood Services senior scientist, Dr. Sandra Ramirez-Arcos, on behalf of the microbiology lab, affectionately known as the Micro Lab, located at Canadian Blood Services’ head office in Ottawa. Current members of the Micro Lab include senior development assistants Yuntong Kou and Dilini Kumaran (who is also a PhD candidate), development assistant Adriana Zapata, post-doctoral fellow Sylvia Ighem-Chi, and PhD candidate Carina Paredes. Although a rare occurrence, bacterial contamination of blood components continues to be a significant post-transfusion infectious

This blog was written with the assistance of Canadian Blood Services senior scientist, Dr. Alan Lazarus. In transfusion science, groundbreaking discoveries continually reshape our understanding of the human body's intricate mechanisms. One such revelation has emerged from a recent scientific article titled "Trogocytosis drives red blood cell antigen loss in association with antibody-mediated immune suppression" authored by Dr. Yoelys Cruz-Leal, a postdoctoral fellow working with Canadian Blood Services senior scientist Dr. Alan Lazarus, along with doctoral student Peter A. A. Norris and