… Services Family   Image Noël Coppins, owner of Oshawa’s RE/MAX Jazz, is always looking for ways to give back to her … #GiveLife movement with Canadian Blood Services because of a lifelong fear of needles. When she learned the exponential impact of having her team join her in a group blood donation, she was convinced this would be a …

… Comprehensive High School (LTCHS) in Red Deer Alberta and a Partners For Life Champion with Canadian Blood Services.   Sharon’s knowledge of blood began from an early age. At the age of … diagnosed with Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, (ITP),a disorder that can lead to easy or excessive bruising and …

… Sheridan Group kicked off hockey month in BC by adopting a blood donor clinic in Kelowna on the first of February. You might think this is a strange marriage for a wealth management company – hockey … six games in February at the WHL Rockets arena. With Kurt’s help, Canadian Blood Services set up recruitment booths at …

… also acknowledge the thousands of patients in need of a transplant and those who have died waiting.   Partners are … Awareness Week, which runs from April 23 to 29. It is also a reminder to have the important conversation with loved ones …

… The difference (about) a day makes: extending the shelf life of platelets The … days to seven days. As part of this change, we implemented a new testing algorithm to improve our ability to detect … this change aims to deliver optimal use of blood donor’s gift, provide better service to hospital customers and the …

… BloodTechNet program in 2016. His project was titled S oci a l media for knowle dge translation and education 3 …

… to be re-embedded.  (PDF) Donors who have recently had a tattoo or piercing now only have to wait three months … blood, which is half the time it used to be. This spring a variety of changes to Canadian Blood Services’ blood donor … across the country. These latest changes are the result of a successful submission to Health Canada to remove and alter …

… virus I and II (HTLV) Syphilis Testing involves a two-stage testing process. The first stage, considered a ‘screening stage’, looks for the possible presence of … reaction is due to infection in the blood or because of a  possible issue with the test.  If the follow-up secondary …