The ORBCoN Report

This infographic provides a snapshot of ORBCoN’s performance for the fiscal year 2023-24 and captures the most important metrics and accomplishments that reflect our company’s resilience and commitment to excellence. Dive into the numbers and insights that showcase our success over the past year.

Amanda VanSpronsen, MLT, PhDAssociate Professor, University of Alberta Choosing Wisely Canada (CWC) aims to reduce unnecessary medical tests, procedures, and treatments. They support the development and publication of practice recommendations from […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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) […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]