Security of supply is a priority for the blood system and must include consideration of inventory
held by the manufacturer and held and utilized by hospital transfusion laboratories. 1 …

BACKGROUND The optimal method of providing transfusion medicine (TM) education has
not been determined. Transfusion Camp was established in 2012 at the University of Toronto …

• Saskatchewan’s framework was designed to include considerations that will not unfairly
disadvantage older adults, people who are disabled and those with chronic health conditions; …

BACKGROUND Massive transfusion protocols (MTPs) provide blood products rapidly and
in fixed amounts. MTPs are commonly used in trauma but may also be used in other clinical …

Background: Early resuscitation with blood components or products is emerging as best
practice in selected patients with trauma and medical patients; as a result, out-of-hospital …

Background Transfusion of red blood cells (RBC) is a common procedure, which when
prescribed inappropriately can result in adverse patient outcomes. This study sought to …

Background The optimal method of postgraduate transfusion medicine (TM) education remains
understudied. One novel approach is Transfusion Camp, a longitudinal 5‐day program …

Objective Out-of-hospital blood transfusion (OHBT) is becoming increasingly common
across the prehospital environment, yet there is significant variability in OHBT practices. The …

This case illustrates the acute onset of life-threatening bleeding in a 57-year-old male with
treatmentresistant metastatic prostate cancer. Laboratory results confirmed the presence of …

Transfusion of red blood cells, platelets and plasma is widely used in the management of
anemia and coagulopathy in cancer patients undergoing surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation…