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Group AB cryoprecipitate hospital practices

Modified on:

Oct 21, 2020

Author: Rob Romans
Publication date: March 2019 

The primary target audience for this educational resource: Medical Laboratory Technologist (MLT) in the hospital laboratory, Prescribers of cryoprecipitates.

Platelet utilization and inventory management best practices

Modified on:

Oct 21, 2020

The short storage period for platelet units results in very challenging inventory management, and many platelet units are discarded.

Platelet clinical best practices

Modified on:

Oct 20, 2020

Author: Rob Romans, ART, BSc
Online publication date: August 2019

Background

In August 2018, the National Advisory Committee on Blood and Blood Products (NAC) endorsed the document “Guidance on Platelet Transfusion for Patients With Hypoproliferative Thrombocytopenia” published by the International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines (ICTMG).^{1, 2, 3}

ABO Subgroups

Modified on:

Oct 15, 2020

Authors: Youness Elkhalidy, MD, and Gwen Clarke, MD, FRCPC
Publication date: October 2020
Primary target audiences: Medical laboratory technologists (MLT) in a hospital laboratory, transfusion medicine physicians

The purpose of this document is to clarify the relevance of ABO subgroups for hospital blood banks selecting a red blood cell unit for transfusion and importance of working with Canadian Blood Services to investigate potential donors with an ABO subgroup.

A Guide to Reporting Adverse Transfusion Events

Modified on:

Oct 9, 2020

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

Day 1: Blood Component Indications & Administration

Modified on:

Oct 8, 2020

The content on this page is specific for 2020-2021 Transfusion Camp. Content for 2021-2022 will start being updated approximately one month ahead of the live event held in Toronto. See General Information Schedules and Locations document for live event dates.

Reminder:

Day 2: Complications: Compatibility, Acute & Long Term Transfusion Risks & Errors

Modified on:

Oct 8, 2020

The content on this page is specific for 2020-21 Transfusion Camp. Content for 2021-2022 will start being updated approximately one month ahead of the live event held in Toronto. See General Information Schedules and Locations document for live event dates.

Reminder:

Blood Administration

Modified on:

Oct 7, 2020

This chapter focuses on the principles of safe blood transfusion practices. The aim of this chapter is to develop and support the knowledge of health-care professionals involved in prescribing and administering blood components and products.

Pre-transfusion Testing

Modified on:

Oct 5, 2020

Pre-transfusion testing ensures compatibility between the transfusion patient and the blood component(s) (red blood cells, platelets, plasma) intended for transfusion. This process includes accurate and thorough completion of the requisition, accurate patient identification, proper collection and labelling of the blood sample from the patient, laboratory testing to determine the patient’s blood group and to identify the presence of red blood cell alloantibodies, and compatibility testing. Pre-transfusion testing is complete when a compatible blood component is identified and labelled for transfusion to the intended patient. This chapter provides an overview of the pre-transfusion tests that are routinely performed.

Risk-Based Decision-Making Framework

Modified on:

Sep 30, 2020

Decisions about blood safety need to take numerous factors into account, such as risks, benefits, costs, ethical issues, and stakeholder perspectives.

ABO has developed a unique framework to help blood service operators streamline the process and make responsible decisions that lead to the greatest good. Whether the blood safety decision to be made is small or large in scale, this framework can help to organize the process and to assure the quality of the information used to make the decision.

Recent Updates

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