Topic teaching: Transfusion essentials in hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT)
Presented by Dr. Matthew Seftel Medical Officer Canadian Blood Services Learning objectives Review overall trends in HCT activity Summarize evidence about transfusion thresholds in HCT Discuss selected transfusion-related complications after HCT References N/A Note: The session is a self-approved
Oct 11 8:00 am | Pittsburgh, PA
HEmostatic REsuscitation and Trauma Induced Coagulopathy (HERETIC) Symposium
On October 11 and 12, 2022, the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Military Medicine Research and the Trauma and Transfusion Medicine Research Center, along with McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine and in collaboration with the THOR Network, will present the inaugural HEmostatic
Research answers questions about infusion pumps’ effect on red blood cells
A study involving Canadian Blood Services researchers Narges Hadjesfandiari, research associate, and Dana Devine, chief scientist, located at the Centre for Blood Research in Vancouver, is helping to answer questions about the effect of infusion pumps on red blood cells (RBC) and make it easier to evaluate the safety of these pumps for this use. Published in Transfusion, the Journal of AABB, this research is now summarized in a new Canadian Blood Services Research Unit. Infusion pumps are mechanical devices commonly used in transfusion medicine that were originally designed to administer fluid
August 4, 2022
Nov 23 9:30 am | Virtual
Advances in Transfusion Medicine Symposium
This virtual meeting will be held over two half days on November 23 and 24, 2022 and has been organised on behalf of the Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath) in collaboration with the Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT) UK-Haemovigilance Scheme in London, England. The meeting brings together
Sep 5 6:00 pm | Virtual
Improved care and wellbeing of donors
The National Blood Authority Australia (NBA) in collaboration with the Australian and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion (ANZSBT), International Haemovigilance Network (IHN) and ISBT invites you to this series of 4 webinars where scientists, haematologists, transfusion nurses, regulatory
Aug 31 6:00 pm | Virtual
Improving safety and quality through data
The National Blood Authority Australia (NBA) in collaboration with the Australian and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion (ANZSBT), International Haemovigilance Network (IHN) and ISBT invites you to this series of 4 webinars where scientists, haematologists, transfusion nurses, regulatory
Aug 25 4:00 am | Virtual
Improving patient safety and quality through consumer engagement
The National Blood Authority Australia (NBA) in collaboration with the Australian and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion (ANZSBT), International Haemovigilance Network (IHN) and ISBT invites you to this series of 4 webinars where scientists, haematologists, transfusion nurses, regulatory
Aug 18 4:00 am | Virtual
Sharing international haemovigilance experiences
The National Blood Authority Australia (NBA) in collaboration with the Australian and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion (ANZSBT), International Haemovigilance Network (IHN) and ISBT invites you to this series of 4 webinars where scientists, haematologists, transfusion nurses, regulatory
Aug 3 1:00 pm | Vancouver/Virtual
The many faces of filamin A in platelets: From signaling to survival
The Summer Seminar Series (June – Aug) are reserved for the CBR Members to present the breadth and depth of their research. Postdoctoral Fellows, Research Associates and Senior Graduate Students are welcome and encouraged to present. Presented by Dr. Kalyan Golla Enoli De Silva Steven Jiang Felix
Donation policy and studies group at CSTM 2022
Was this your first time attending CSTM 2022? I joined Canadian Blood Services in the middle of the pandemic. The opportunity to attend CSTM 2022 was not only my first time attending a CSTM meeting, but also my first time meeting in person with my direct supervisor, Sheila O’Brien, and other colleagues that I have worked with over the past 18 months. What research did you present at the meeting? I presented two poster presentations and one oral presentation at the conference. The oral presentation was called ‘Examining Medication use in Canadian Blood Donors’ and was based on a project
