Research. Education. Discovery.

Our Research, Education, and Discovery Blog is a showcase for our work as well as the basic science behind what we do. Here we invite readers to explore the worlds of transfusion and transplantation science and learn more about how our research leads to improved everyday practices and ultimately – and most importantly – better outcomes for patients.

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This is a close up of the leukoreduction filters after the blood has passed through.

The things we do for safety: Leukoreduction

Wednesday, November 02, 2016

Dr. Sophie Chargé

Canadian Blood Services implemented leukoreduction for the production of its red blood cells and platelet components in the late 1990s.

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Platelets Unplugged: The Sticky Truth – An ICTMG/AABB podcast

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Jenny Ryan

The International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines aims to optimize transfusion care around the globe. Platelets Unplugged, co-produced with the AABB, is the first in a series of podcasts digging into best practice for the transfusion medicine community and health-care professionals.

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netCAD runs a fully equipped laboratory and processing facility on site. This is also where new equipment is tested, using blood from netCAD donors.

It’s still in you to give: donating blood for research in Vancouver

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Amanda Maxwell

“It’s in you to give" is the fantastically simple call to action from Canadian Blood Services. But for some people — such as those of us with a mixed bag of travel and medical histories — it isn’t so easy to just show up, roll up (a sleeve) and then settle back as this life-giving liquid flows into...

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