The ORBCoN Report
CSTM Standards Version 5: What to expect in this version
Danielle Watson-Kinney CSTM Standards Committee (Chair),Dr. Elaine Leung Haematopathologist; Division of Haematology and Transfusion Medicine Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) The CSTM Standards for Hospital Transfusion Services, Version 5 […]
An Ethics Review of the Ontario Contingency Plan for the Management of Blood Shortages
Wendy Owens, Rebecca Barty, Troy Thompson Ontario Regional Blood Coordinating Network (ORBCoN) Following a debrief of a blood shortage simulation exercise in Ontario held in 2018 (1), a recommendation was […]
Massive Hemorrhage Protocol: Quality Metrics Portal Pilot
Troy Thompson, ORBCoN Program Manager, Dr. Jeannie Callum, Director of Transfusion Medicine, Kingston Health Sciences Centre Background A Quality Metrics reporting portal has been developed to capture 8 MHP quality […]
Bloody Easy at 20.
Dr. Peter Pinkerton, Division of Transfusion Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Co-author Bloody Easy: Blood Transfusions, Blood Alternatives and Transfusion Reactions. Fifty years ago, the culture of blood transfusion […]
Major clinical trial finds convalescent plasma does not help patients with COVID-19
Dimpy Modi, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto QUEST Transfusion Research Program, Research Analyst. While the race to develop antivirals and vaccines for COVID-19 had begun in early 2020, […]
Patient Engagement in the CONCOR-1 Trial: Formation and Involvement of the Community Advisory Committee
Emily Sirotich BSc, PhD candidate, McMaster Centre for Transfusion Research. Patient and public engagement in research is a growing movement to involve diverse stakeholders who bring relevant knowledge and experience to a […]
Whither convalescent plasma therapy?
1. Whither convalescent plasma therapy?
Checking in on Immunoglobulin Utilization Practices at Ontario Hospitals
Wendy Owens, Rebecca Barty, Laurie MacLeod, Alison Wendt, Ontario Regional Blood Coordinating Network (ORBCoN) During the summer months of 2020, following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, concerns were raised […]
Choosing Wisely for Perinatal Transfusion Medicine
Choosing Wisely for Perinatal Transfusion Medicine and Immunoglobulin Utilization Practices at ON Hospitals
Welcome to the ORBCoN Learning Management System
Launching of the new ORBCoN Learning Management System and Plasma Protein and Related Product Redistribution Reporting Program