The ORBCoN Report
Lessons Learned from a Multi-Code Event
Deborah Flowers, MLT, Charge Technologist Transfusion Medicine, EORLA Most medical laboratory professionals are accustomed to the constant codes that sound overhead. On October 27, 2023, the Ottawa Hospital General Campus […]
Highlighting the 19th Annual ORBCoN/ CBS Transfusion Medicine Educational Symposium and Workshop
Valérie Rhéaume, North and East Ontario Regional Project Coordinator, ORBCoN The Ontario Regional Blood Coordinating Network (ORBCoN) and Canadian Blood Services (CBS) co-hosted their annual Transfusion Medicine Educational Serology Workshop […]
Code Grey – Cyber Attack – Lessons Learned – You Can Survive!
Stephanie Thompson, MLT, BSC, MLS(ASCP)CM, Lead Technologist Hematology Department, WRH-Met CampusJessica Fortier, MLT, Lead Technologist Chemistry Department, WRH-Met CampusNicole Pilutti, MLT, Lead Technologist Transfusion Medicine Department, WRH-Met Campus As we […]
Massive Hemorrhage Protocol Implementation at Small Hospitals: Challenges, Possible Solutions, and Opportunities
Talal Mahdi, MD, FRCPC Hematopathologist, Eastern Ontario Regional Laboratory Association, The Ottawa Hospital Massive hemorrhage protocols (MHPs) are vital tools designed to expedite the provision of blood components in emergent situations […]
Experience of MHP Implementation in 16 small rural hospitals
Dr. J. Radigan, FRCPC, Pam Vansteelandt, MLT, BSc., CLQM, MBA, Tasha Vandervliet, RN, BScN, Deanna Wright MBA, BSc, MRT(T) Stratford General Hospital-Interhospital Laboratory program, Stratford, ON The Interhospital Laboratory Partnership (IHLP) […]
Needs Assessment Results: ORBCoN Bloody Easy Coagulation Simplified
Troy Thompson ORBCoN Program Manager Dr. Rita Selby Hematologist & Medical Director, Coagulation Laboratories, University Health Network & Sunnybrook HSC, Bloody Easy Coagulation Author The Bloody Easy Coagulation: Simplified handbook […]
ONIT Program Update
Sarah Shehadeh1, Stephen Betschel2, Susan Waserman3, Danny Hill4, Donald William Cameron1,5, Juthaporn Cowan1,5* 1The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario2Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario3Deparmtnet of Medicine, McMaster […]
ORBCoN Immune Globulin Resources – 2024 Update
Donna Berta, ORBCoN, Clinical Project Coordinator Nursing Immune Globulin (IG), both intravenous (IVIG) and subcutaneous (SCIG), is an extensively used blood product. To fulfill the Ontario Regional Blood Coordinating Network’s […]
Ministry of Health / ORBCoN Immune Globulin Quality Improvement Project
Laura Aseltine, ORBCoN Regional Project Coordinator, SW Office In December 2020, the Office of the Auditor General of Ontario released the Value for Money Audit on Blood Management and Safety. […]
Overview of the Provincial Factor Concentrate Redistribution Program
Sarah Crymble, Hemophilia Provincial Coordinator, St. Michael’s Hospital We’re thrilled to bring you the latest updates from the Factor Concentrate Redistribution Program (FCRP), as showcased in the recent ORBCoN/FCRP Redistribution […]