Curious about the latest progress in research and education at Canadian Blood Services? Our Impact Report 2024–2025 (now available on blood.ca) pulls together the latest spotlights on research and education initiatives from our innovation and portfolio management team. Learn more and access the report from this post!

Canadian Blood Services’ 2024 Surveillance Report is now available on our professional education website, Profedu.ca. This blog highlights the top 4 takeaways from the report, which provides data on the surveillance and horizon scanning activities that are essential for maintaining the safety of Canada’s Lifeline.

Every day, blood donations are manufactured into the lifesaving blood components that Canadian Blood Services provides to meet patients’ and healthcare systems’ diverse needs. While the Clinical Guide to Transfusion provides information about these components to healthcare providers, this blog describes how research activities happening behind the scenes continuously inform and improve how blood components are collected, manufactured, stored and utilized.

A curated list of the latest peer-reviewed research publications from across Canadian Blood Services’ research and education network.