Newsletter

Coming Soon: Ontario’s Massive Hemorrhage Protocol Toolkit
& Celebrating National Medical Laboratory Week

The START Study & The Value-Proposition for Quality Improvement in the Care of the Massively Hemorrhaging Child

Should we really be irradiating so many platelets? and Fetal – Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia (FNAIT)

Obstetric MHP   Dr. Robert Jee MD FRCPCAssistant Professor, University of OttawaDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine,The Ottawa hospital   Obstetric hemorrhage is a leading cause of maternal mortality, the majority of which is attributable to postpartum hemorrhage (PPH). In many cases these deaths are considered preventable. Physiologic changes in pregnancy make this population unique in terms of […]

Toolkit Updates:

Bloody Easy Blood Administration eLearning

Bloody Easy Lite

Massive Hemorrhage Protocol

Tech Assess

Canadian Obstetrical Pediatric Transfusion Network (COPTN) 2018 Survey – Ontario Highlights

Administering RhIG: Vital Signs and Patient Monitoring

Alternatives to Transfusion:
Why Transfuse Blood When You Can Make Your Own?
Using Blood Wisely – Will Your Hospital Take the Challenge?

ORBCoN Year in Review, revamped Bloody Easy Lite toolkit, details about the upcoming MHP toolkit, Tech Assess updates, and a new website!

In this issue: National Blood Donor Week, new updates to transfusionontario.org, bleeding risk assessment for bedside and interventional radiology guided procedures: Consensus guidelines and beyond

In this issue: Hospital Blood Component Inventory issues During COVID-19 Pandemic; Convalescent Plasma in the Treatment for COVID-19; Introducing the Ontario Immunoglobulin Treatment Program.