Glassia implementation: a focus on the distribution modernization project, piloted in AB
The British Columbia Transfusion Medicine Rounds is a monthly 1-hour educational rounds with a multidisciplinary audience bringing together pathologists, clinicians, nurses, technologists, and researchers from British Columbia and throughout Canada who have an interest in Transfusion Medicine. For
Dec 11 7:00 pm | Virtual
ORBCoN and the Ontario Massive Hemorrhage Protocol
Lab Talks is a webinar series created by the Medical Laboratory Professionals' Association of Ontario (MLPAO). In this webinar, the presentation will provide an overview of the Ontario Regional Blood Coordinating Network (ORBCoN), the rationale for provincial blood coordinating activity, and
Sep 18 7:00 am | Minneapolis, USA
2025 SABM Annual Meeting
The Society for the Advancement of Patient Blood Management (SABM) Annual Meeting is taking place September 18-20, 2025 in Minneapolis, MN, USA. The program will be rich with content that reinforces the clinical importance of Patient Blood Management (PBM), in line with the new Global Definition of
Apr 29 7:00 am | Calgary
AMMI Canada – CACMID Annual Conference
The AMMI Canada – CACMID Annual Conference, hosted by the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada (AMMI Canada) and the Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (CACMID), provides an interactive venue where experts in the fields of diagnostic
May 19 8:00 am | Québec City
2025 Annual Meeting and 15th International Donor Registry (IDRC)
CTTC and Héma-Québec are pleased to co-host their joint event, the CTTC 2025 Annual Conference and 15th International Donor Registry Conference (IDRC), taking place May 19 - 22, 2025 in Québec City, QC. The joint 2025 Conference promises to be the premiere conference in hematopoietic cell donation
Apr 30 8:00 am | Charlottetown
Celebrating 50 years of innovation and navigating new horizons
The Canadian Vascular Access Association (CVAA) is a Canadian, non-profit multidisciplinary organization of healthcare professionals who are dedicated to enhancing the practice of vascular access and infusion therapy. This annual CVAA Conference is an opportunity for professional development that
May 7 8:00 am | Halifax
ISLH 38th International Symposium on Technological Innovations in Laboratory Hematology
The 38th annual symposium on Technological Innovation in Laboratory Hematology is organized by the International Society for Laboratory Hematology (ISLH) and partner organizations: North American Specialized Coagulation Laboratory Association (NASCOLA), Accreditation Canada and the Institute of
Nov 6 6:00 pm | Virtual
Immunoglobulin support for patients with hematologic malignancies: when should you discuss starting, how should you dose, and when is it safe to consider stopping
This webinar will provide an immunoglobulin update for secondary hypogammaglobulinemia patients and will cover evidence from clinical trials. This webinar is supported by a grant from Grifols and the Canadian Hematology Society Scientific Planning Committee has planned it to achieve scientific
Nov 6 8:00 pm | Virtual
Blood health: Where patient blood management meets primary care
This one hour webinar is brought to you by STA HealthCare Communications with support from Pfizer Canada. Join Dr. Ryan Lett and Becky Rock, nurse clinician, as they share insights from the SABM 2024 Annual Conference. Learn how iron deficiency anemia can be managed in partnership between primary
Perseverance and collaboration: How a new clinical trial aims to determine whether sex matters when matching blood products to patients
As the Principal Investigator for the SexMatters trial described in this blog, Dr. Mickey Zeller is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at McMaster University. She is also a Medical Officer at Canadian Blood Services. Around 2018, Dr. Mickey Zeller's grandmother asked her a question that she couldn’t fully answer at the time. It’s a question that Dr. Zeller continues to keep top-of-mind in her roles as an Associate Professor at McMaster University and a Medical Officer at Canadian Blood Services. Having sustained a pelvic fracture at the age of 94, she asked her granddaughter
