Transfusion Camp in Rwanda 2024 - Staff

1.    National Directives on Rational Use of Blood and Blood Components in Rwanda

2.    Rwanda Biomedical Centre, Biomedical Service Department, Blood Transfusion Division. Hemovigilance Report 2022.

3.    Rwanda Biomedical Centre, Biomedical Service Department, Blood Transfusion Division.  Annual Report 2022.

4.    BloodyEasy 5.1 Handbook:  https://transfusionontario.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/BloodyEasy5.1_English_Final_2023_Interactive-June-28.pdf

5.    Bloody Easy Blood Administration (BEBA):  https://transfusionontario.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Bloody-Easy-Version-3-Interactive-English-Final-Page-Spreads.pdf

6.    Zipline Fact Sheet:

7.    Rees DC, Robinson S, Howard J. How I manage red cell transfusions in patients with sickle cell disease. Br J Haematol. 2018 Feb;180(4):607-617.

1.    Red cell transfusion, Dr. Jeannie Callum

2.    Platelet transfusion, Dr. Katerina Pavenski

3.    Blood bank testing, Dr. Yulia Lin

4.    Team-based learning education, Dr. Teresa Skelton

5.    Pediatric transfusion, Dr. Lani Lieberman

6.    Plasma, PCC & Cryoprecipitate, Dr. Aditi Khandelwal

7.    Sickle cell disease, Dr. Jacob Pendergrast

8.    Massive hemorrhage protocol, Dr. Jeannie Callum & Dr. Katerina Pavenski

9.     Blood requistion

10.   Blood components management

11.   Pre-transfusion testing

12.   Management of transfusion reactions

Seminar 1:  RBC & platelet transfusion cases

Seminar 2:  Plasma, PCC & fibrinogen cases

Seminar 3:  Sickle cell disease & transfusion

 Additional Resources

The following resources were originally shared with participants through the WhatsApp.

1.    Carson JL, Stanworth SJ, Guyatt G, Valentine S, Dennis J, Bakhtary S, Cohn CS, Dubon A, Grossman BJ, Gupta GK, Hess AS, Jacobson JL, Kaplan LJ, Lin Y, Metcalf RA, Murphy CH, Pavenski K, Prochaska MT, Raval JS, Salazar E, Saifee NH, Tobian AAR, So-Osman C, Waters J, Wood EM, Zantek ND, Pagano MB. Red Blood Cell Transfusion: 2023 AABB International Guidelines. JAMA. 2023 Nov 21;330(19):1892-1902. 

2.    Maitland K, Kiguli S, Olupot-Olupot P, Engoru C, Mallewa M, Saramago Goncalves P, Opoka RO, Mpoya A, Alaroker F, Nteziyaremye J, Chagaluka G, Kennedy N, Nabawanuka E, Nakuya M, Namayanja C, Uyoga S, Kyeyune Byabazaire D, M'baya B, Wabwire B, Frost G, Bates I, Evans JA, Williams TN, George EC, Gibb DM, Walker AS; TRACT Group. Transfusion in African Children with Uncomplicated Severe Anemia.. Author’s manuscript. Published in final edited form as:  N Engl J Med. 2019 August 01; 381(5): 407–419.

3.    Hébert PC, Wells G, Blajchman MA, Marshall J, Martin C, Pagliarello G, Tweeddale M, Schweitzer I, Yetisir E. A multicenter, randomized, controlled clinical trial of transfusion requirements in critical care. Transfusion Requirements in Critical Care Investigators, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. N Engl J Med. 1999 Feb 11;340(6):409-17.

4.    Kaufman RM, Djulbegovic B, Gernsheimer T, Kleinman S, Tinmouth AT, Capocelli KE, Cipolle MD, Cohn CS, Fung MK, Grossman BJ, Mintz PD, O'Malley BA, Sesok-Pizzini DA, Shander A, Stack GE, Webert KE, Weinstein R, Welch BG, Whitman GJ, Wong EC, Tobian AA; AABB. Platelet transfusion: a clinical practice guideline from the AABB. Ann Intern Med. 2015 Feb 3;162(3):205-13.

5.    Nahirniak S, Slichter SJ, Tanael S, Rebulla P, Pavenski K, Vassallo R, Fung M, Duquesnoy R, Saw CL, Stanworth S, Tinmouth A, Hume H, Ponnampalam A, Moltzan C, Berry B, Shehata N; International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines. Guidance on platelet transfusion for patients with hypoproliferative thrombocytopenia. Transfus Med Rev. 2015 Jan;29(1):3-13.

6.    Davidson JC, Rahim S, Hanks SE, Patel IJ, Tam AL, Walker TG, Weinberg I, Wilkins LR, Sarode R. Society of Interventional Radiology Consensus Guidelines for the Periprocedural Management of Thrombotic and Bleeding Risk in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Image-Guided Interventions-Part I: Review of Anticoagulation Agents and Clinical Considerations: Endorsed by the Canadian Association for Interventional Radiology and the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2019 Aug;30(8):1155-1167.

7.    Patel IJ, Rahim S, Davidson JC, Hanks SE, Tam AL, Walker TG, Wilkins LR, Sarode R, Weinberg I. Society of Interventional Radiology Consensus Guidelines for the Periprocedural Management of Thrombotic and Bleeding Risk in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Image-Guided Interventions-Part II: Recommendations: Endorsed by the Canadian Association for Interventional Radiology and the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2019 Aug;30(8):1168-1184.e1.

8.    ORBCON. Provincial Massive Hemorrhage Toolkit. 2020.

9.    Delaney M, Wendel S, Bercovitz RS, Cid J, Cohn C, Dunbar NM, Apelseth TO, Popovsky M, Stanworth SJ, Tinmouth A, Van De Watering L, Waters JH, Yazer M, Ziman A; Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST) Collaborative. Supplemental Appendix to Transfusion reactions: prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Lancet. 2016 Dec 3;388(10061):2825-2836

10.    Chou ST, Alsawas M, Fasano RM, Field JJ, Hendrickson JE, Howard J, Kameka M, Kwiatkowski JL, Pirenne F, Shi PA, Stowell SR, Thein SL, Westhoff CM, Wong TE, Akl EA. American Society of Hematology 2020 guidelines for sickle cell disease: transfusion support. Blood Adv. 2020 Jan 28;4(2):327-355.

11.     Pirenne F, Yazdanbakhsh K. How I safely transfuse patients with sickle-cell disease and manage delayed hemolytic transfusion reactions. Blood. 2018 Jun 21;131(25):2773-2781.

12.     Pirenne F, Floch A, Diop S. Alloimmunisation against red blood cells in sickle cell disease: transfusion challenges in high-income and low-income countries. Lancet Haematol. 2023 Jun;10(6):e468-e476.