Transfusion medicine

Canadian Blood Services supports best practices in transfusion medicine through the development of educational resources. Written by subject-matter experts from across Canada, our transfusion medicine resources support clinical practice and help health-care professionals stay current in an ever-changing field.

If you are a health-care professional working in transfusion medicine and have a comment or suggestions for new resources, please get in touch.

Aditi Khandelwal
Hematologist

Hemostatic disorders and hereditary angioedema

Chapter 17 of the Clinical Guide to Transfusion provides information about management and treatment of hemostatic disorders and hereditary angioedema in Canada.

Concentrates for hemostatic disorders and hereditary angioedema

Chapter 5 of the Clinical Guide to Transfusion provides detailed information about concentrates for treatment of hemostatic disorders and hereditary angioedema in Canada.

FAQ: Canadian Blood Services platelet bacterial screening

This FAQ will help hospital customers better understand the current reporting of positive bacterial testing results and its implications for both the hospital customer and Canadian Blood Services.

Professional Education has a new look!

We’re excited to share our redesigned Professional Education website. Although the look is new, the content remains the same. We hope the new design will make it easier to find and use the content you’re looking for—but if you notice anything that could be improved, please send us your feedback. We’d love to hear from you.

Upcoming events

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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

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Oct 11
12:00 pm | Toronto/Virtual

Topic teaching: Pre-hospital Programmes - CAN-PATT

Presented by Dr. Jan Trojanowski I/ Provincial Medical Director, Interfacility Transport & Critical Care BC Emergency Health Services, Provincial Health Services Authority, Vancouver Learning objectives TBA References TBA Note: The session is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as

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Oct 14
9:00 am | Hamilton/Virtual

McMaster Update in Thromboembolism

McMaster University, Continuing Professional Development Office is pleased to present this hybrid CPD conference. The target audience for this event includes subspecialists, general internists, hospitalists, community physicians, primary care practitioners, residents, physician assistants, nurse

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Recent R.E.D. blogs

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“Squeeze-ability” of a red blood cell: The deformability of red blood cells is a useful biomarker for storage quality

Red blood cell transfusions are a crucial and often life-saving treatment for patients living with anemia, sickle cell disease and other conditions. This post describes recent research from the Centre for Blood Research exploring a novel way to assess the quality of stored red blood cells.

Post date: October 6, 2022

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BEST presidency a full-circle moment for chief scientist Dr. Dana Devine

Canadian Blood Services chief scientist, Dr. Dana Devine, attended her first meeting with the Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST) Collaborative in 2002. This September, she’ll commence a four-year term as President of the international research organization.

Post date: September 8, 2022

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UBC 3MT finalist calls for more science communication

Nicolas Pereyra, a graduate student at the Centre for Blood Research, placed third in the University of British Columbia’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. Read on the learn about the research he presented and his perspectives on the value of good science communication.

Post date: August 30, 2022

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