Recent Updates

COVID-19: A statement from the Canadian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Community

Modified on: 
Sep 18, 2020

September 2020 - As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve, organ donation and transplantation organizations across Canada, including Canadian Blood Services, are meeting regularly to assess the impact the virus is having on organ and tissue donation and transplantation. Together, we are continuing to develop recommendations that can be used by provincial organ donation organizations and regional transplant and donation programs to guide organ and tissue donation and transplantation.

Organs and Tissues

IPOS Heart project resources

Modified on: 
Sep 17, 2020

Project Policies

The Canadian Transplant Registry (CTR) identifies transplant opportunities across Canada for heart transplant candidates who are highly sensitized to Human Lymphocyte Antigens (HLA) and/or designated as medically urgent (i.e., designated as medical status 4).

Although these policies have been approved they are not considered active until implemented through the CTR IPOS Heart Project.

Organs and Tissues

Shipping of Living Donor Kidneys

Modified on: 
Sep 17, 2020

COVID-19 has impacted donation and transplantation in Canada.  New measures are being taken to minimize exposure to and transmission of the virus and to protect donors and transplant recipients. The Kidney Transplant Advisory Committee (KTAC) and the Living Donation Advisory Committee (LDAC) have recommended that to minimize potential exposure of living donors to COVID-19 they should not be required to use public transportation such as trains and planes to travel to the recipient’s centre to donate their kidney.

Organs and Tissues

Kidney Paired Donation (KPD) Program

Modified on: 
Sep 17, 2020

The national Kidney Paired Donation (KPD) program is an interprovincial organ sharing program operated by Canadian Blood Services in collaboration with Canada’s living kidney donation and kidney transplant programs. The KPD program gives individuals an opportunity to become a living donor and donate a kidney to someone in need, and in doing so, provide transplant candidates an increased opportunity to receive a transplant.

Organs and Tissues

Kidney Transplant Advisory Committee (KTAC)

Modified on: 
Sep 15, 2020

The Kidney Transplant Advisory Committee (KTAC) provides expert guidance to the development, operation and evolution of the national Kidney Paired Donation (KPD) program and Highly Sensitized Patient program (HSP) with the goal of increasing kidney transplantation in Canada. The KTAC also reviews proposed matches from each KPD match run.

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Organs and Tissues

Highly Sensitized Patient (HSP) Program

Modified on: 
Sep 15, 2020

Highly Sensitized Patient Program

Organs and Tissues

eLearning: Tissues

Modified on: 
Sep 15, 2020

Increasing tissue donation in deaths occurring out of hospital

Welcome to the Canadian Blood Services continuing education registration page

Our education portal now offers the following course: Increasing Tissue Donation in Deaths Occurring Out of Hospital

To register, click here. Once registered, you will receive a link to the course portal.  

Organs and Tissues

DCD: clinical tools and resources

Modified on: 
Sep 11, 2020

The resources below are to support organ donation organization staff and health care professionals caring for potential DCD donors.

Organs and Tissues

An HSP milestone: 650 transplants

Modified on: 
Sep 11, 2020

Six hundred and fifty donations facilitated through the Highly Sensitized Patient program

Sept. 11, 2020

We are pleased to share the news of an exciting milestone for the Highly Sensitized Patient program.

Organs and Tissues

National COVID-19 Impact Data

Modified on: 
Sep 9, 2020

This national organ donation and transplantation COVID-19 impact dashboard was developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and is intended to help the community better understand, in near real time, the impact the COVID-19 crisis has had, either directly or indirectly on organ donation and transplantation practices in Canada and by extension, what impact these changes have had on potential donors and transplant candidates.

Organs and Tissues

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