Clinical Guide To Transfusion

Canadian Blood Services is pleased to announce that we will be revising various chapters of the current Clinical Guide to Transfusion, as an "on-line edition". Two Chapters (Chapter 1 & 6) have been updated so far, and are now posted. We expect to be updating many of the chapters over the next months. All revisions will be made available in .pdf format.

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. In the on-line edition, this information has been updated. 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.

Watch for more revised chapters over the next few months. As the revisions become available each will be posted.

Gwen Clarke and Morris Blajchman, editors

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.

Printed copies of the on-line version of the Clinical Guide to Transfusion will NOT be provided at this time.

Hard copies can however be down-loaded and printed for private use/study or educational purposes.

Watch for more revised chapters over the next few months.
 

	© 2011, Canadian Blood Services, on-line edition
Chapters	Title	Date Updated	PDF
	Cover Page
1	Vein to Vein: A summary of Blood Collection and Transfusion in Canada	April 2011
6	Donor Selection, Transmissible Disease Testing and Pathogen Reduction	February 2011
15	CMV Seronegative, Irradiated and Washed Blood Components	April 2011

© 2007, Canadian Blood Services, 4th edition

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	© 2007, Canadian Blood Services, 4th edition
Chapters	Title	PDF
	Introduction
	Abbreviations
1	Vein to Vein: A summary of Blood Collection and Transfusion in Canada	See revised chapter above
2	Blood Components
3	Albumin
4	Immune Globulin Products
5	Coagulation Factor Concentrates
6	Donor Screening and Pathogen Reduction	See revised chapter above
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	See revised chapter above
16	Autologous Donation
17	Hemostatic Disorders
18	Platelet Transfusion, Alloimmunization and Management of Platelet Refractoriness