Professional Education

Recent Updates

Modified on:

Sep 8, 2016

Clinical Guide to Transfusion

With great pleasure we present the new online edition of the Canadian Blood Services’ Clinical Guide to Transfusion. This Guide is an educational resource for health care workers on the provision of blood products and transfusion medicine services in Canada.

Modified on:

Sep 22, 2016

Platelet utilization and inventory management best practices

Current practices at Canadian Blood Services require that platelet units be stored no longer than five days prior to transfusion. This short storage period results in very challenging inventory management and many platelet units being discarded.

Modified on:

Sep 28, 2016

Reports

The Organ Donation and Transplantation in Canada System Progress Report 2006–2015, developed collaboratively with Canadian Blood Services organ donation and transplantation advisory committees, provides the most current available national data on deceased and living donation and transplantation performance in Canada. The report presents an overview of the state of the country’s donation and transplantation system today.

Read the short version of the report here: Results Highlights: Organ Donation and Transplantation in Canada – System Progress Report 2006–2015

Read the full report here: Organ Donation and Transplantation in Canada – System Progress Report 2006–2015

Upcoming Events

Session on Blood Transfusion Issues

When

September 29, 2016 | 8:00AM to 5:00PM

Where

Harrison Hot Springs/Webinar

The BC Provincial Blood Coordinating Office (PBCO) and Canadian Blood Services provide a free, day-long education session every fall to support and educate technologists, nurses and physicians about transfusion medicine issues. This conference is also broadcast via webinar, reaching attendees throughout the province and beyond.