Our Research Publications

Updated November 2023

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
Changing the deferral for men who have sex with men - an improved model to estimate HIV residual risk Davison KL, Gregoire Y, Germain M, Custer B, O'Brien SF, Steele WR, Pillonel J, Seed CR 2019 Vox Sang View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Impacts of COVID-19 and elective surgery cancellations on platelet supply and utilization in the Canadian Province of British Columbia Shopsowitz KE, Lim C, Shih AW, Fishbane N, Berry BR, Bigham M, Petraszko T, Trudeau J, Wyatt M, Yan MTS, Morrison D 2022 Vox Sang View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
An investigation of red blood cell concentrate quality during storage in paediatric-sized polyvinylchloride bags plasticized with alternatives to di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) Serrano K, Levin E, Chen D, Hansen A, Turner TR, Kurach J, Reidel A, Boecker WF, Acker JP, Devine DV 2015 Vox Sang View Researchers Basic research
Prothrombin complex concentrate for emergent reversal of warfarin: an international survey of hospital protocols Gorlin J, Kinney S, Fung M, Tinmouth A 2017 Vox Sang View Health care providers Clinical research
Survey of blood centre readiness regarding removal of DEHP from blood bag sets: The BEST Collaborative Study Razatos A, Acker JP, de Korte D, Bégué S, Noorman F, Doyle B, Zia M, Min K, The Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion Collaborative 2022 Vox Sang View Researchers New or improved product or process
International Forum on the Management of Major Haemorrhage: Responses Green L, Stanworth S, McQuilten Z, Lin V, Tucker H, Jackson B, Badawi M, Hindawi S, Chaurasia R, Patidar G, Pandey HC, Fasola F, Miyata S, Matsumoto M, Matsushita T, Rahimi-Levene N, Peer V, Pavenski K, Callum J, Thompson T, Murphy M, Staves J, Maegele M, Abeyakoon C, Rushford K, Wood E, Nuñez MA, Mellado S, Saa E, Triyono T, Pratomo B, Apelseth TO, Dunbar N 2022 Vox Sang View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
International survey of strategies to mitigate transfusion-transmitted Trypanosoma cruzi in non-endemic countries, 2016–2018 Crowder LA, Wendel S, Bloch EM, O'Brien SF, Delage G, Sauleda S, Leiby DA, for the WP-TTID Subgroup on Parasites 2022 Vox Sang View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Plasma transfusion practices: A multicentre electronic audit Khandelwal A, Minuk L, Liu Y, Arnold DM, Heddle NM, Barty R, Hsia C, Solh Z, Shehata N, Thompson T, Tinmouth A, Perelman I, Skeate R, Kron AT, Callum J 2022 Vox Sang View Health care providers Clinical research
Donor deferral policies for men who have sex with men: past, present and future Goldman M, Shih AW, O'Brien SF, Devine D 2018 Vox Sang View Health care providers MSM research
One step closer': Acceptability of a programme of plasma donation for fractionation from men who have sex with men Caruso J, Germain M, Godin G, Myhal G, Pronovost P, Morin M, Otis J 2019 Vox Sang View Blood operators Other
Serologic assessments in acute transfusion reactions: practices and yields Cohen R, Lima A, Escorcia A, Tasmin F, Lin Y, Lieberman L, Pendergrast J, Callum J, Cserti-Gazdewich C 2019 Vox Sang View Health care providers Clinical research
An open-source python library for detection of known and novel Kell, Duffy and Kidd variants from exome sequencing Montemayor C, Simone A, Long J, Montemayor O, Delvadia B, Rivera R, Lewis KL, Shahsavari S, Gandla D, Dura K, Krishnan US, Wendzel NC, Elavia N, Grissom S, Karagianni P, Bueno M, Loy D, Cacanindin R, McLaughlin S, Tynuv M, Brunker PAR, Roback J, Adams S, Smith H, Biesecker L, Klein HG 2021 Vox Sang View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Evolving policies for donors with diabetes: The Canadian experience Miller O, Caffrey N, O'Brien SF, Goldman M 2022 Vox Sang View Researchers New or improved product or process
Transfusion-related alloimmunization in children: epidemiology and effects of chemotherapy Solh Z, Athale U, Arnold DM, Cook RJ, Foley R, Heddle NM 2016 Vox Sang View Health care providers Clinical research
Current status of rapid bacterial detection methods for platelet components: A 20-year review by the ISBT Transfusion-Transmitted Infectious Diseases Working Party Subgroup on Bacteria Schmidt M, Ramirez-Arcos S, Stiller L, McDonald C, ISBT Transfusion-Transmitted Infectious Diseases Working Party Subgroup on Bacteria 2022 Vox Sang View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Adhesion of anaerobic bacteria to platelet containers Kumaran D, Kalab M, Rood IGH, de Korte D, Ramirez-Arcos S 2014 Vox Sang View Blood operators Basic research
A Comparative Study of McFarland Turbidity Standards and the Densimat Photometer to Determine Bacterial Cell Density Zapata A, Ramirez-Arcos S 2015 Curr Microbiol View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Dengue virus replication by platelets Pryzdial ELG, Sutherland MR, Simon AY 2017 ISBT Sci Ser View Researchers Basic research
How to get a paper published Walsh GM, Devine DV 2014 ISBT Sci Ser View Other Other
Public Perceptions of Pathogen Reduction Technology in the Canadian Donor Blood Supply Gray N, Newbold KB, Lane SJ, Heddle NM, Webert K, Eyles J 2015 ISBT Sci Ser View Blood operators Other
Survey for bacterial testing of platelet components in Latin America Ramirez-Arcos S, McDonald CP, Benjamin RJ, for the ISBT Working Party Transfusion Transmitted Infectious Diseases Bacterial Subgroup 2017 ISBT Sci Ser View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Moving from a permanent to a 5 year deferral for donors with cured cancer results in a substantial reduction in deferral rates Goldman M, Yi Q-L, O'Brien SF 2018 ISBT Sci Ser View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Blood collection Armstrong B, Reviewer for Second Edition: Goldman M 2020 ISBT Sci Ser View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Assessing the efficacy of a single-unit red blood cell transfusion policy at a multisite transfusion service using a computerized retrospective audit Covello TPC, Quinn JG, Kumar-Misir A, Watson S, Almohammadi M, Crocker BD, Conrad DM, Tennankore K, Sadek I, Kahwash E, Cheng CK 2016 ISBT Sci Ser View Blood operators Clinical research
The cost of transfusing a unit of red blood cells: a costing model for Canadian hospital use Lagerquist O, Poseluzny D, Werstiuk G, Slomp J, Maier M, Nahirniak S, Clarke G 2017 ISBT Sci Ser View Health care providers Ethical, legal and social implications research
Blood donors Armstrong B, Reviewer for Second Edition: Goldman M 2020 ISBT Sci Ser View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Donor selection for recipient safety Goldman M 2013 ISBT Sci Ser View Health care providers Clinical research
Bacterial safety of blood components - a congress review of the ISBT transfusion-transmitted infectious diseases working party, bacterial subgroup Ramirez-Arcos S, McDonald C, Deol P, Kreuger AL, Patel N, Pidcoke H, Prax M, Seltsam A, Stassinopoulos A, The ISBT Transfusion-Transmitted Infectious Diseases Working Party Subgroup on Bacteria 2019 ISBT Sci Ser View Researchers Other
Drug-induced immune haemolytic anaemias Branch DR 2019 ISBT Sci Ser View Researchers Basic research
A randomized controlled trial comparing the outcome of critically ill adults who received fresher vs. older red cells units Lacroix J, Hébert PC, Fergusson DA, Tinmouth A, Walsh T, Stanworth S, Campbell H, Boyd J, Burrows H, Hemmatapour S, on behalf of the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group 2016 ISBT Sci Ser View Health care providers Clinical research
A fresh look at measuring quality in blood components Devine DV, Chen D 2014 ISBT Sci Ser View Blood operators Other
Iron depletion and routine ferritin measurement in blood donors Goldman M 2015 ISBT Sci Ser View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Red cell supernatant effects on endothelial cell function and innate immune activation is influenced by donor age and sex Kipkeu BJ, Almizraq R, Branch DR, Acker JP, Holovati JL 2018 ISBT Sci Ser View Researchers Basic research
Our older population: donors as well as recipients? Goldman M, O'Brien S 2017 ISBT Sci Ser View Health care providers Clinical research
A role for red cell clearance in antibody-mediated inhibition of erythrocyte alloimmunization? Marjoram D, Cruz-Leal Y, Bernardo L, Lazarus AH 2017 ISBT Sci Ser View Researchers Basic research
Platelet immunobiology: platelets as prey and predator Kapur R, Semple JW 2018 ISBT Sci Ser View Researchers Basic research
Megakaryopoiesis and ex vivo differentiation of stem cells into megakaryocytes and platelets Pineault N, Boisjoli GJ 2015 ISBT Sci Ser View Researchers Basic research
Introducing the red cell storage lesion Chen D, Serrano K, Devine DV 2016 ISBT Sci Ser View Blood operators Basic research
Understanding iron depletion and overload in blood donors O'Brien SF, Goldman M 2017 ISBT Sci Ser View Blood operators Clinical research
Mitochondrial damage-associated molecular patterns in blood transfusion products Marcoux G, Boilard E 2017 ISBT Sci Ser View Researchers Basic research
The cellular pathophysiology of immune thrombocytopenia Semple JW 2013 ISBT Sci Ser View Researchers Basic research
A decision integration strategy for short-term demand forecasting and ordering for red blood cell components Li N, Chiang F, Down DG, Heddle NM 2021 Oper Res Health Care View Health care providers New or improved product or process
A generic modelling framework to evaluate network blood management policies: The Canadian Blood Services experience Blake JT, Hardy M 2014 Oper Res Health Care View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Determining recruiting strategies for an adult stem cell registry Blake JT, McTaggart K, Killeen D 2016 Oper Res Health Care View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Concentré de recherche: Amélioration des résultats pour les patients présentant des troubles auto-immuns de la fonction plaquettaire Arnold D 2017 Blood.ca website View Researchers Basic research
ResearchUnit: Mastering the monocyte monolayer assay Branch D 2016 Blood.ca website View Other Other
Surveillance report 2016 O'Brien SF 2017 Blood.ca website View Other Benchmarking and standard setting
Concentré de recherche: Combattre l'inflammation par l'inflammation Lazarus A 2019 Blood.ca website View Researchers Clinical research
The importance of iron for whole blood donors: a Canadian perspective Khandelwal A, Pambrun C, Goldman M 2023 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Circulaire d'information utilisation de composants sanguins humains: Plaquettes Stewart T 2022 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting