… location that is set to open in June of this year. “It’s our job at Canadian Blood Services to ensure the safety and … CEO, Canadian Blood Services. “Collecting plasma is not a new business for Canadian Blood Services. We have collected … blood donor centres for many years and we also recover a small amount of plasma from every whole blood donation. …

… Improving patient safety: preventing a harmful side effect of IVIg treatment Plasma Transfusion … for those who need intravenous immune globulin (IVIg), a drug used to treat autoimmune diseases. By increasing our … used to suppress abnormal or unwanted immune responses. It’s used to treat patients with a variety of conditions, …

… Transfusion Blood Guest Author This is an edited repost of a profile written by Andy An, MD/PhD student in the Hancock … for Blood Research blog here . Dr. Peter Schubert is a principal investigator with the UBC Centre for Blood … inspired you to focus on transfusion medicine? I think it’s not what inspired me but who inspired me to get into …

… for organ and tissue donation and transplantation. It’s an opportunity to recognize those who have donated to save … registrations are down 39 per cent from 2019. NOTDAW is a chance to celebrate recipients like 13-year-old Stephanie … Kay decided to donate her kidney to Stephanie but wasn’t a match. She was determined to help Stephanie, so she engaged …

… team at Canadian Blood Services, he was employed within a hospital in Halifax. There, he worked directly with patient families as a tissue specialist and supported the donation program during … challenging work,” says Ken, who is based in Dartmouth, N.S. “Coordinators are one of the most critical roles that …

… Dr. Geraldine Walsh Through the Centre for Innovation’s competitive funding programs, Canadian Blood Services … Health Network in Toronto, was awarded funding for a project called “ Pediatric Transfusion Camp ”. This project idea arose Transfusion Camp , a novel transfusion education program for post-graduate …

… open meeting Date: December 11, 2026   Time:  9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EST LOCATION : Hybrid: Online and Ottawa ON Individuals wishing to make a public presentation to the Canadian Blood Services Board of … virtually, presenters will need access to Zoom™. A technical test session is required for first-time …

… and the blood supply would be affected . Now, over a year since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared, an article … officer, Dr. Aditi Khandelwal, looks back on the pandemic’s impact on blood donations in Canada. Using data on donor … eligibility and donation events, Dr. Khandelwal paints a picture of a resilient blood system thanks in large part to …

… the patient and donor. As part of our mandate to provide a safe, accessible blood supply to Canadians, medical and … vaccine is broken down quickly once it enters the body’s cells and there is no evidence that transfused blood … Further, blood donated by individuals who have received a COVID-19 vaccine is not associated with a risk to a …