Clinical Guide To Transfusion
We are excited to present to the transfusion medicine community this much-anticipated fourth edition of the Canadian Blood Services’ Clinical Guide to Transfusion. For the first time, we are offering the Clinical Guide online, a strategy that will allow for regular updates as knowledge about blood products and transfusion medicine practice evolve.
The authors of the various sections of the Guide are experts in their fields of endeavour. They have provided an excellent and very practical summary of our current knowledge of blood components and transfusion medicine practices. We hope you find their contributions to be clear and useful. Above all, we trust that this Guide will help to increase safety for those Canadians who require blood products and add confidence for those who provide services.
-Gwen Clarke and Morris Blajchman, editors, from the Introduction
Important Information - Disclaimer
This material is an educational tool providing guidelines for the care of patients. These recommendations should thus not be applied rigidly, since they could result in some patients receiving unnecessary transfusions or experiencing adverse effects from under-transfusion.
The guidelines are mainly for ADULT patients and may not necessarily apply to the treatment of children.
The recommendations do not replace the need in some cases to consult an expert in Transfusion Medicine to provide optimal patient care.
To order your free copy
To order your free copy, contact the Hospital Liaison Specialist in your area. Download Complete Guide in PDF (2 MB) or by sections:
| Chapters | Title | |
| Introduction | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| 1 | Vein to Vein: A summary of Blood Collection and Transfusion in Canada | |
| 2 | Blood Components | |
| 3 | Albumin | |
| 4 | Immune Globulin Products | |
| 5 | Coagulation Factor Concentrates | |
| 6 | Donor Screening and Pathogen Reduction | |
| 7 | Fractionated Blood Products and Pathogen Reduction | |
| 8 | Pre-Transfusion Testing | |
| 9 | Blood Administration | |
| 10 | Adverse Reactions | |
| 11 | Emergency Transfusion | |
| 12 | Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn and Perinatal Immune Thrombocytopenia | |
| 13 | Neonatal and Pediatric Transfusion Practice | |
| 14 | Therapeutic Apheresis | |
| 15 | CMV Seronegative, Irradiated and Washed Blood Components | |
| 16 | Autologous Donation | |
| 17 | Hemostatic Disorders | |
| 18 | Platelet Transfusion, Alloimmunization and Management of Platelet Refractoriness | |