The ORBCoN Report

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

1. Whither convalescent plasma therapy?

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 and Immunoglobulin Utilization Practices at ON Hospitals

Launching of the new ORBCoN Learning Management System and Plasma Protein and Related Product Redistribution Reporting Program

By Tracy Cameron, MLT and Alison Wendt, MLT ORBCoN The Ontario Regional Blood Coordinating Network (ORBCoN) and the Factor Concentrate Redistribution Program (FCRP) are very excited to announce that after […]

By Troy Thompson, Regional Manager, ORBCoN ORBCoN is pleased to announce the launch of a new Learning Management System (LMS) for our learning resources.  We are excited to announce a […]

By Donna Berta RN BScN, Clinical Project Coordinator – Nursing, ORBCoN  Renewal of ORBCoN’s resource Bloody Easy Blood Administration, known as BEBA, is complete! The BEBA Handbook version 3 has been available electronically […]