Our Research Publications

Updated November 2023

Title Authors Year Journal Sort descending Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
Riboflavin and ultraviolet light treatment potentiates vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein Ser-239 phosphorylation in platelet concentrates during storage Schubert P, Culibrk B, Coupland D, Scammell K, Gyongyossy-Issa M, Devine DV 2012 Transfusion Researchers Basic research
Sustained remissions of immune thrombocytopenia associated with the use of thrombopoietin receptor agonists Ghadaki B, Nazi I, Kelton JG, Arnold DM 2013 Transfusion Health care providers Clinical research
Unraveling the IVIG mystique Branch DR 2013 Transfusion Researchers Other
Quality of evidence-based guidelines for platelet transfusion and use: A systematic review Al-Riyami AZ, Jug R, La Rocca U, Keshavarz H, Landry D, Shehata N, Stanworth SJ, Nahirniak S 2021 Transfusion Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
How do I think about blood donor eligibility criteria for medical conditions? Goldman M 2021 Transfusion Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Development and testing of a stepwise thaw and dilute protocol for cryopreserved umbilical cord blood units Pasha R, Elmoazzen H, Pineault N 2017 Transfusion Researchers New or improved product or process
Exploratory studies on the age of transfused blood and in-hospital mortality in patients with cardiovascular diagnoses Heddle NM, Eikelboom J, Liu Y, Barty R, Cook RJ 2015 Transfusion Health care providers Clinical research
Antimicrobial peptides: an effective approach to prevent bacterial biofilm formation in platelet concentrates Alabdullatif M, Atreya CD, Ramirez-Arcos S 2018 Transfusion Researchers New or improved product or process
Improved in vitro quality of stored red blood cells upon oxygen reduction prior to riboflavin/UV light treatment of whole blood Schubert P, Culibrk B, Chen D, Serrano K, Levin E, Chen Z, Zoescher P, Goodrich RP, Yoshida T, Devine DV 2019 Transfusion Researchers New or improved product or process
Evaluating the appropriateness of platelet transfusions compared with evidence-based platelet guidelines: An audit of platelet transfusions at 57 hospitals Hill-Strathy M, Pinkerton PH, Thompson TA, Wendt A, Collins A, Cohen R, WO BC, Cameron T, Lin Y, Lau W, Lieberman L, Callum J 2021 Transfusion Health care providers Clinical research
Risk analysis of transfusion of cryoprecipitate without consideration of ABO group Hadjesfandiari N, Levin E, Serrano K, Yi Q-L, Devine DV 2021 Transfusion Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
An intron c.149-2632T>A change in RHD is associated with aberrant transcription and very weak D phenotype Floch A, Vege S, Berardi P, Hannon J, Ochoa-Garay G, Lomas-Francis C, Westhoff CM 2022 Transfusion Researchers Clinical research
Database-driven research and big data analytic approaches in transfusion medicine Ning S, Li N, Barty R, Arnold D, Heddle NM 2022 Transfusion Researchers Clinical research
Effect of platelet additive solution on bacterial dynamics and their influence on platelet quality in stored platelet concentrates Greco CA, Zhang JG, Kalab M, Yi Q-L, Ramirez-Arcos SM, Gyongyossy-Issa MIC 2010 Transfusion Researchers Basic research
Impact of platelet transfusion on toxicity and mortality after hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation Christou G, Kekre N, Petrcich W, Tokessy M, Neurath D, Giulivi A, Saidenberg E, McDiarmid S, Atkins H, Bence-Bruckler I, Bredeson C, Huebsch L, Sabloff M, Sheppard D, Tay J, Tinmouth A, Allan DS 2015 Transfusion Health care providers Clinical research
Lessons learned from Trypanosoma cruzi test implementation Menitove JE, Leach-Bennett J, Sher G 2012 Transfusion Blood operators Other
Resolving variable maternal D typing using serology and genotyping in selected prenatal patients Clarke G, Hannon J, Berardi P, Barr G, Cote J, Fallis R, Alport T, Lane D, Petraszko T, Ochoa G, Goldman M 2016 Transfusion Health care providers New or improved product or process
Systematic review of rituximab for autoimmune diseases: a potential alternative to intravenous immune globulin MacIsaac J, Siddiqui R, Jamula E, Li N, Baker S, Webert KE, Evanovitch D, Heddle NM, Arnold DM 2018 Transfusion Researchers Clinical research
Evaluation of immunohematology knowledge in hematology trainees Yan M, Arsenault V, Pendergrast J 2019 Transfusion Health care providers Other
Prevalence of Babesia in Canadian blood donors: June–October 2018 Tonnetti L, O'Brien SF, Grégoire Y, Proctor MC, Drews SJ, Delage G, Fearon MA, Brès V, Linnen JM, Stramer SL 2019 Transfusion Researchers Clinical research
Reconstituted cryopreserved platelets synthesize proteins during short-term storage and packaging a defined subset into microvesicles Schubert P, Johnson L, Culibrk B, Chen Z, Tan S, Marks DC, Devine DV 2021 Transfusion Researchers New or improved product or process
Estimating the impact on the inventory of implementing pathogen-reduced platelets in Canada Blake JT, McTaggart K, Couture C 2021 Transfusion Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
2015 proceedings of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's State of the Science in Transfusion Medicine symposium Spitalnik SL, Triulzi D, Devine DV, Dzik WH, Eder AF, Gernsheimer T, Josephson CD, Kor DJ, Luban NLC, Roubinian NH, Mondoro T, Welniak LA, Zou S, Glynn S, for the State of the Science in Transfusion Medicine Working G 2015 Transfusion Other Other
A quality monitoring program for red blood cell components: in vitro quality indicators before and after implementation of semiautomated processing Acker JP, Hansen AL, Kurach JD, Turner TR, Croteau I, Jenkins C 2014 Transfusion Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
Advancing risk assessment for emerging infectious diseases for blood and blood products: proceedings of a public workshop Gallagher LM, Ganz PR, Yang H, Kessler DA, O'Brien SF, Custer BS, Busch MP, Dodd RY, Stramer SL, Walderhaug MO, Forshee RA, Williams AE, Epstein JS, Anderson SA 2013 Transfusion Blood operators Other
Changes in plasma unit distributions to hospitals over a 10-year period Seheult JN, Shaz B, Bravo M, Croxon H, Devine D, Doncaster C, Field S, Flanagan P, Germain M, Gregoire Y, Kamel H, Karafin M, Kelting N, Lewis M, O'Brien C, Murphy MF, Rossmann S, Sayers M, Shinar E, Takanashi M, Titlestad K, Yazer MH 2018 Transfusion Blood operators Clinical research
Evaluation of CONSORT compliance in TRANSFUSION Jaffer AM, Wang G, Barty RL, Shih AW 2015 Transfusion Researchers Other
Platelet concentrate functionality assessed by thromboelastography or rotational thromboelastometry Arbaeen AF, Serrano K, Levin E, Devine DV 2016 Transfusion Researchers Basic research
Sialylation-independent mechanism involved in the amelioration of murine immune thrombocytopenia using intravenous gammaglobulin Leontyev D, Katsman Y, Ma XZ, Miescher S, Kasermann F, Branch DR 2012 Transfusion Researchers Basic research
The entity of immunoglobulin A-related anaphylactic transfusion reactions is not evidence based Sandler SG, Eder AF, Goldman M, Winters JL 2015 Transfusion Health care providers Clinical research
Unrelated donor choices for allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation in Canada: an evaluation of factors influencing donor selection Greco-Stewart V, Kiernan J, Killeen D, Haun S, Mercer D, Young K, Liwski RS, Allan DS 2018 Transfusion Health care providers Clinical research
Improving quality of care for patients with iron deficiency anemia presenting to the emergency department Khadadah F, Callum J, Shelton D, Lin Y 2018 Transfusion Health care providers Clinical research
From demand forecasting to inventory ordering decisions for red blood cells through integrating machine learning, statistical modeling, and inventory optimization Li N, Arnold DM, Down DG, Barty R, Blake J, Chiang F, Courtney T, Waito M, Trifunov R, Heddle NM 2022 Transfusion Researchers New or improved product or process
U.S. cities will not meet blood product resuscitation standards during major mass casualty incidents: Results of a THOR-AABB working party prospective analysis Cannon JW, Igra NM, Borge PD, Cap AP, Devine D, Doughty H, Geng Z, Guzman JF, Ness PM, Jenkins DH, Rajbhandary S, Schmulevich D, Stubbs JR, Wiebe DJ, Yazer MH, Spinella PC 2022 Transfusion Health care providers Clinical research
A flow cytometric method for platelet counting in platelet concentrates van der Meer PF, Karssing-van Leeuwen W, Kurtz J, Spengler H-P, Blair A, Devine D, Harrison P, Lambrecht B, VandenBroeke T, de Wildt J, de Korte D, on behalf of the Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion C 2012 Transfusion Researchers New or improved product or process
Enhanced Pathogenicity of biofilm-negative Staphylococcus epidermidis isolated from platelet preparations Hodgson SD, Greco-Stewart V, Jimenez CS, Sifri CD, Brassinga AKC, Ramirez-Arcos S 2014 Transfusion Blood operators Basic research
Platelet transfusion reactions do not occur more often in recipients transfused with apheresis versus buffy coat platelet concentrates Cserti-Gazdewich C, Escorcia A, Pendergrast J, Lieberman L, Skeate R, Lin Y, Callum J 2016 Transfusion Researchers Clinical research
Rituximab maintenance for relapsed refractory thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura Bhagirath VC, Kelton JG, Moore J, Arnold DM 2012 Transfusion Health care providers Clinical research
Stability of relevant plasma protein activities in cryosupernatant plasma units during refrigerated storage for up to 5 days postthaw Bhakta V, Jenkins C, Ramirez-Arcos S, Sheffield WP 2014 Transfusion Blood operators New or improved product or process
Validation and implementation of a new hemoglobinometer for donor screening at Canadian Blood Services Goldman M, Uzicanin S, Yi QL, Acker JP, Ramirez-Arcos S 2012 Transfusion Blood operators New or improved product or process
Compliance with time-based deferrals for men who have sex with men O'Brien SF, Osmond L, Fan W, Yi Q-L, Goldman M 2019 Transfusion Researchers MSM research
Blood loss from laboratory testing, anemia, and red blood cell transfusion in the intensive care unit: a retrospective study Jackson Chornenki NL, James TE, Barty R, Liu Y, Rochwerg B, Heddle NM, Siegal DM 2020 Transfusion Health care providers Clinical research
COVID-19 convalescent plasma: Interim recommendations from the AABB Cohn CS, Estcourt L, Grossman BJ, Pagano MB, Allen ES, Bloch EM, Casadevall A, Devine DV, Dunbar NM, Foroutan F, Gniadek TJ, Goel R, Gorlin J, Joyner MJ, Metcalf RA, Raval JS, Rice TW, Shaz BH, Vassallo RR, Winters JL, Beaudoin G, Tobian AAR 2021 Transfusion Health care providers Clinical research
Evaluation of a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)/post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) deferral policy among blood donors Saeed S, Goldman M, Uzicanin S, O'Brien SF 2021 Transfusion Blood operators New or improved product or process
Risk of transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 by transfusion: A literature review Leblanc J-F, Germain M, Delage G, O'Brien S, Drews SJ, Lewin A 2020 Transfusion Health care providers Clinical research
HIV incidence and compliance with deferral criteria over three progressively shorter time deferrals for men who have sex with men in Canada Caffrey N, Goldman M, Osmond L, Yi Q-L, Fan W, O'Brien SF 2022 Transfusion Regulators MSM research
Transfusion thresholds in myelodysplastic syndrome - Helping patients live better Balitsky A, Arnold D 2022 Transfusion Health care providers Clinical research
KEL1 negative red cell transfusions for females of current or future child-bearing potential: A clinical impact and feasibility study Ning S, Morin PA, Elahie A, Li N, Liu Y, Barty R, Clarke G, Zeller M, Heddle NM 2023 Transfusion Health care providers Clinical research
An epidemiologic cohort study reviewing the practice of blood product transfusions among a population of pediatric oncology patients Lieberman L, Liu Y, Portwine C, Barty RL, Heddle NM 2014 Transfusion Health care providers Clinical research
Septic transfusion case caused by a platelet pool with visible clotting due to contamination with Staphylococcus aureus Loza-Correa M, Kou Y, Taha M, Kalab M, Ronholm J, Schlievert PM, Cahill MP, Skeate R, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Ramirez-Arcos S 2017 Transfusion Health care providers Clinical research