The ORBCoN Report
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 […]
Redistribution Summit 2023: Charting the Future Course for Ontario’s Redistribution Program Optimization through Collaborative Vision
Valérie Rhéaume, MLTProject Coordinator for the Ontario Regional Blood Coordinating Network (ORBCoN) An in-person meeting was held on December 11th, 2023 to discuss the Ontario redistribution program. This was a […]
MHP 2.0 – An Educational Symposium
ORBCoN, Central Region On November 9th 2023, 109 multi-disciplinary healthcare professionals from across Ontario and beyond attended ORBCoN’s Massive Hemorrhage Protocol (MHP) 2.0 educational symposium. The goal of the symposium […]
Small-Volume Tubes to Reduce Anemia and Transfusion (STRATUS) Clinical Trial
Dr. Deborah Siegal, MD MSc FCRPC, Hematologist (Thrombosis), The Ottawa HospitalAssociate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of OttawaScientist, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Patients with critical illness in […]
Bloody Easy Blood Administration eLearning course- 2 Year Anniversary!
Transfusionist Education and Competency Assessment: Bloody EasyTroy Thompson- ORBCoN Program Manager and Donna Berta- ORBCoN Clinical Project Coordinator The Canadian Transfusion Medicine standards mandate that all individuals performing activities related […]
A TTISS Update 2023
Melanie St John and Joanne Nixon Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Transfusion Research, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (MCTR) The Transfusion Transmitted Injuries Surveillance System (TTISS) is […]
Massive Hemorrhage Protocol (MHP) Quality Metrics Portal/Dashboard
Massive Hemorrhage Protocol (MHP) Quality Metrics Portal/Dashboard
International survey on current home transfusion practices
Wen Lu, MD1, Katie Hands, MD2,Andrew Shih MD, FRCPC, DRCPSC, HRM MSc3-5,Simon Stanworth MA, FRCP (Paeds, UK), PhD, FRCPath6-8 Take home message: We are conducting an international survey on home transfusion programs to […]