Our Research Publications

Updated November 2023

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
An evaluation of overall effectiveness and treatment satisfaction with intravenous immunoglobulin among patients with immune thrombocytopenia Sholapur NS, Hamilton K, Butler L, Heddle NM, Arnold DM 2016 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
CD44 antibody-mediated amelioration of murine immune thrombocytopenia (ITP): mouse background determines the effect of FcgammaRIIb genetic disruption Crow AR, Amash A, Lazarus AH 2014 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Coagulation factor content of plasma produced from whole blood stored for 24 hours at ambient temperature: results from an international multicenter BEST Collaborative study Cardigan R, Van der Meer PF, Pergande C, Cookson P, Baumann-Baretti B, Cancelas JA, Devine D, Gulliksson H, Vassallo R, de Wildt-Eggen J 2011 Transfusion View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Cryopreservation of adult unrelated donor products in hematopoietic cell transplantation: the OneMatch experience and systematic review of the literature Aziz J, Morris G, Rizk M, Shorr R, Mercer D, Young K, Allan D 2017 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
Development of a proof of principle for universal neutralization of antibiotics in cord blood by-products used for sterility testing Kou Y, Halpenny M, Elmoazzen H, Ramirez-Arcos S 2018 Transfusion View Researchers New or improved product or process
Supernatant reduction of stored gamma?irradiated red blood cells minimizes potentially harmful substances present in transfusion aliquots for neonates Serrano K, Pambrun C, Levin E, Devine DV 2017 Transfusion View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Triplets with neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia due to antibodies against human platelet antigen 1a Solh Z, Breakey V, Murthy P, Smith JW, Arnold DM 2016 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Immunotherapy: the good, the bad, the ugly, and the really ugly Branch DR 2019 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
Proceedings of the Food and Drug Administration public workshop on pathogen reduction technologies for blood safety 2018 Atreya C, Glynn S, Busch M, Kleinman S, Snyder E, Rutter S, AuBuchon J, Flegel W, Reeve D, Devine D, Cohn C, Custer B, Goodrich R, Benjamin RJ, Razatos A, Cancelas J, Wagner S, Maclean M, Gelderman M, Cap A, Ness P 2019 Transfusion View Researchers New or improved product or process
Blood donation and testosterone replacement therapy Chin-Yee B, Lazo-Langner A, Butler-Foster T, Hsia C, Chin-Yee I 2017 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Changing trends in blood transfusion: an analysis of 244,013 hospitalizations Shehata N, Forster A, Lawrence N, Rothwell DM, Fergusson D, Tinmouth A, Wilson K 2014 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Evaluation of selective screening of donors for antibody to Trypanosoma cruzi: seroprevalence of donors who answer no to risk questions O'Brien SF, Scalia V, Goldman M, Fan W, Yi QL, Huang M, Ndao M, Fearon MA 2014 Transfusion View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Making good policy decisions: a discipline we cannot afford to ignore Leach Bennett J 2015 Transfusion View Blood operators Other
Rejuvenation of ATP during storage does not reverse effects of the hypothermic storage lesion Tchir JD, Acker JP, Holovati JL 2013 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Transfusion management of patients receiving daratumumab therapy for advanced plasma cell myeloma Hannon JL, Clarke G 2015 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Whole blood treated with riboflavin and ultraviolet light: quality assessment of all blood components produced by the buffy coat method Schubert P, Culibrk B, Karwal S, Serrano K, Levin E, Bu D, Bhakta V, Sheffield WP, Goodrich RP, Devine DV 2014 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Contextual factors influencing donor recruitment and cord blood collection: perspectives of frontline staff of the Canadian Blood Services' Cord Blood Bank Haw J, Polzer J, Devine DV 2019 Transfusion View Researchers New or improved product or process
Hypothermic storage of leukoreduced red blood cells for greater than 21-days is a safe alternative to irradiation Mykhailova O, Turner TR, Olafson C, Howell A, Nahirniak SN, Wizniak J, Gerges HYN, Baldwin T, Clarke G, Acker JP 2021 Transfusion View Researchers New or improved product or process
Multicenter observational study evaluating the impact of platelet transport bags on product wastage Kron A, Vijenthira S, Pendergrast J, Modi D, McLaren A, MacDonald A, Armali C, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Smith E, Quest G, Gabanowicz K, Lieberman L, Aseltine L, Sani L, Roche M, DeOliviera M, Yu P, Fazari S, Patel S, Lin Y, Kelly Z, Callum J 2021 Transfusion View Researchers New or improved product or process
Ex vivo hemostatic and immuno-inflammatory profiles of freeze-dried plasma Peng HT, Rhind SG, Devine D, Jenkins C, Beckett A 2021 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
Freeze-dried plasma: From damage control resuscitation to coronavirus disease 2019 therapy Peng HT, Rhind SG, Moes K, Devine D, Jenkins C, Beckett A 2022 Transfusion View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Anti-RhD reduces levels of detectable RhD antigen following anti-RhD infusion Sullivan HC, Arthur CM, Thompson L, Patel SR, Stowell SR, Hendrickson JE, Lazarus AH 2018 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
BEST-TEST2: assessment of hematology trainee knowledge of transfusion medicine Lin Y, Tinmouth A, Mallick R, Haspel RL, for the BEST-TEST2 Investigators 2015 Transfusion View Other Other
Enhancing blood donor skin disinfection using natural oils Alabdullatif M, Boujezza I, Mekni M, Taha M, Kumaran D, Yi QL, Landoulsi A, Ramirez-Arcos S 2017 Transfusion View Researchers New or improved product or process
Frequency and risk factors for donor reactions in an anonymous blood donor survey Goldman M, Osmond L, Yi QL, Cameron-Choi K, O'Brien SF 2012 Transfusion View Blood operators Other
Nucleic acid extraction from buccal tissue for prediction of red blood cell phenotype Berardi P, Cote J, Clarke G, Scalia V, Liwski R, Goldman M 2017 Transfusion View Researchers New or improved product or process
Testosterone-dependent sex differences in red blood cell hemolysis in storage, stress, and disease Kanias T, Sinchar D, Osei-Hwedieh D, Baust JJ, Jordan A, Zimring JC, Waterman HR, de Wolski KS, Acker JP, Gladwin MT 2016 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Validation of sterility testing of cord blood: Challenges and results Ramirez-Arcos S, Kou Y, Yang L, Perkins H, Taha M, Halpenny M, Elmoazzen H 2015 Transfusion View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Inhibition of ice recrystallization during cryopreservation of cord blood grafts improves platelet engraftment Jahan S, Adam MK, Manesia JK, Doxtator E, Ben RN, Pineault N 2020 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
A suspected septic transfusion reaction associated with posttransfusion contamination of a platelet pool by vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium Drews SJ, Lesley P, Detsky ME, Distefano L, Ilagan C, Mehta S, McGeer A, Shehata N, Skeate R, Ramirez-Arcos S 2020 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Immunohematology testing using umbilical cord blood: review of the literature, survey of practice and guidance development Hajjaj OI, Clarke G, Lieberman L, Canadian Obstetrical Pediatric Transfusion Network 2022 Transfusion View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Assessing unintentional creation of bias against men who have sex with men as a function of exposure to blood donor screening questionnaire: A national randomized controlled trial Hofkirchner A, Kohut T, O'Brien SF, Fisher WA 2022 Transfusion View Researchers MSM research
Tips, tricks, and thoughts on the future of prehospital blood transfusions Yazer MH, Beckett A, Corley J, Devine DV, Studer NM, Taylor AL, Ward KR, Cap AP 2022 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
An international investigation into AB plasma administration in hospitals: how many AB plasma units were infused? The HABSWIN study Zeller MP, Barty R, Dunbar NM, Elahie A, Flanagan P, Garritsen H, Kutner JM, Pagano MB, Poglod R, Rogers TS, Staves J, van Wordragen-Vlaswinkel M, Zwaginga JJ, Murphy MF, Heddle NM, Yazer MH 2018 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Development of a quality monitoring program for platelet components: a report of the first four years' experience at Canadian Blood Services Levin E, Jenkins C, Culibrk B, Gyongyossy-Issa MIC, Serrano K, Devine DV 2012 Transfusion View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Effect of texture of platelet bags on bacterial and platelet adhesion Hadjesfandiari N, Schubert P, Fallah Toosi S, Chen Z, Culibrk B, Ramirez-Arcos S, Devine DV, Brooks DE 2016 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Evaluating appropriate red blood cell transfusions: a quality audit at 10 Ontario hospitals to determine the optimal measure for assessing appropriateness Spradbrow J, Cohen R, Lin Y, Armali C, Collins A, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Lieberman L, Pavenski K, Pendergrast J, Webert K, Callum J 2016 Transfusion View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Seroprevalence of Babesia microti infection in Canadian blood donors O'Brien SF, Delage G, Scalia V, Lindsay R, Bernier F, Dubuc S, Germain M, Pilot G, Yi Q-L, Fearon MA 2016 Transfusion View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Impact of product platelet count reduction on platelet demand in Canada Devine DV 2022 Transfusion View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
A benchmarking program to reduce red blood cell outdating: implementation, evaluation, and a conceptual framework Barty RL, Gagliardi K, Owens W, Lauzon D, Scheuermann S, Liu Y, Wang G, Pai M, Heddle NM 2015 Transfusion View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Anti-A and anti-B: what are they and where do they come from? Branch DR 2015 Transfusion View Researchers Other
Deja-vu all over again: using simulation to evaluate the impact of shorter shelf life for red blood cells at Hema-Quebec Blake JT, Hardy M, Delage G, Myhal G 2013 Transfusion View Blood operators New or improved product or process
The role of complement in the trafficking of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells Janowska-Wieczorek A, Marquez-Curtis LA, Shirvaikar N, Ratajczak MZ 2012 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Transfusion medicine data as product Skeate RC 2013 Transfusion View Researchers Other
The association between blood donor sex and age and transfusion recipient mortality: an exploratory analysis Heddle NM, Cook RJ, Liu Y, Zeller M, Barty R, Acker JP, Eikelboom J, Arnold DM 2019 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
Evaluation of the functional properties of cryopreserved buffy coat-derived monocytes for monocyte monolayer assay Kipkeu BJ, Shyian ML, da Silveira Cavalcante L, Duong TT, Yeung RSM, Binnington B, Branch DR, Acker JP, Holovati JL 2018 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Severe hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn due to allo-anti-D in a patient with a partial DEL phenotype arising from the variant allele described as RHD*148+1T (RHD*01EL.31) Turley E, McGowan EC, Hyland CA, Schoeman EM, Flower RL, Skoll A, Delisle MF, Nelson T, Clarke G, Au N 2018 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
Buffy coat platelets coming to America: Are we ready? Gammon RR, Devine D, Katz LM, Quinley E, Wu Y, Rowe K, Razatos A, Min K, Reichenberg S, Smith R 2021 Transfusion View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Trans people and blood donation Goldman M, Butler-Foster T, Lapierre D, O'Brien SF, Devor A 2020 Transfusion View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Altered timing of riboflavin and ultraviolet light pathogen inactivation improves platelet in vitro quality Schubert P, Culibrk B, Karwal S, Serrano K, Levin E, Yi Q, Thiele T, Greinacher A, Marschner S, Devine DV 2017 Transfusion View Researchers New or improved product or process