Recent Updates

Medical management to optimize donor organ potential

Modified on:

Apr 21, 2020

Journal Publications

Brochure for Families and Substitute Decision Makers

Modified on:

Apr 20, 2020

To accompany the 2020 Canadian clinical practice guideline for the medical management of deceased organ donors, Canadian Blood Services has created a knowledge translation tool specific to families and substitute decision makers.

Medical management of deceased organ donors

Prise en charge médicale des donneurs d'organes après le décès

Donor Management Evidence Bulletins

Modified on:

Apr 6, 2020

Evidence bulletins are an attractive, user-friendly, evidence-based knowledge translation tool. Each bulletin is a one-page, letter-size card addressing one specific intervention in the management of deceased donors, highlighting:

Order Sets

Modified on:

Apr 6, 2020

These order sets for deceased organ donor management are based on the Canadian clinical practice guideline published in 2020. Hospitals, intensive care units, and provincial organ donation organizations may adopt or adapt these as standing orders to optimize organ function during medical management of neurologically deceased organ donors.

Standing Orders for the Medical Management of Neurologically Deceased Donors - Pediatrics

COVID-19: A statement from the Canadian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Community

Modified on:

Apr 2, 2020

April 1, 2020 - In the evolving COVID-19 pandemic, administrative and medical leads of the organ donation and transplantation community across Canada are meeting regularly to collaboratively develop recommendations that can be used by provincial organ donation organizations and regional transplant and donation programs to guide the administration of organ and tissue donation and transplantation services.

A Guide to Reporting Adverse Transfusion Events

Modified on:

Mar 30, 2020

Author: Matthew Yan, MD, FRCPC
Publication date: January 2020
Primary target audience: health-care professionals working in hospitals in Canada, excluding Quebec

Organ Donation and Transplantation Expert Advisory Committee (ODTEAC)

Modified on:

Mar 27, 2020

ODTEAC provides expert advice on donation and transplantation system activities for ongoing advancement and implementation of national initiatives in partnership with Canadian Blood Services.

Members	Organization
CHAIR
Dr. Norman Kneteman	University of Alberta Hospital, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta

Interprovincial organ sharing programs

Modified on:

Mar 14, 2020

Canadian Blood Services works with the Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation (OTDT) community to improve national system performance. We do this through the development of leading practices, professional education, public awareness and data analysis and reporting. We also manage clinical programs that support interprovincial sharing of organs.

HLA Education

Modified on:

Mar 4, 2020

Welcome

Welcome to the National Human Leukocyte Antigen Advisory Committee's (NHLAAC) home page. This site has been developed for furthering the education of HLA professionals across Canada. With the goal of increasing collaborative knowledge sharing, this site is home to HLA related reference materials, research papers, presentations, and work instructions; as well as helpful links to HLA calculators, tools, and other online resources.

National OTDT data sets and reports

Modified on:

Feb 10, 2020

Data Sets

National OTDT Data Working Groups have been created to establish standardized data sets that will allow alignment of information collected and reported across the country. These reports represent the first step in building a comprehensive national data set for organ and tissue donation and transplantation.

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