Welcome to Blood Information for Patients

Your doctor has just told you that you may require a blood transfusion as part of your continuing medical treatment. You have all these questions running through your head “What is a blood transfusion?” “What can I expect from a blood transfusion?” “What are the risks associated with a blood transfusion?”

We understand that this could be frightening for some and that you just don’t know enough to make an informed decision.

Click below for some answers to
frequently asked questions

What is a blood transfusion? How is blood transfused? What are blood components? What is donated blood tested for? What are some alternatives to blood transfusion? Learn about blood and transfusion

Blood Transfusion: A Patient’s Perspective Brought to you by Ontario Regional Blood Coordinating Network and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Start the course

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Publications

       
 Blood Transfusion-A Patient's Perspective: Information for patients and their families.

Brought to you by the Ontario Regional Blood Coordinating Network - view booklet (Adobe PDF Format- 595 KB)
 

 

Donate today “Blood, It’s in you to give”

Approximately every minute of every day in Canada, someone will need blood.
Canada’s blood system depends on generous donors to help the hundreds of thousands of Canadian’s each year who need blood, blood products or bone marrow.

 

Please visit Canadian Blood Services at www.blood.ca for more information on how to donate.