Resources for Nurses
2024 March The Elephant in the Transfusionist’s Skill Set: Understanding Compatibility for Transfusion Safety
Donna Berta, RN, BScN
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2023 September Fibrinogen Concentrate & Prothrombin complex concentrate: Transfusionists Concentrate On…
2023 June Platelet Transfusion – A Sticky Process.
Donna Berta, RN, BScN
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Transfusionists Talk: Transfusion Made Bloody Easy
Platelet Transfusion: A Sticky Process
2023 March Intravenous Immune Globulin (IVIG): What’s So Unique?
Donna Berta, RN, BScN
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Bloody Easy Blood Administration Version 3 Handbook
This handbook is a comprehensive, referenced resource for transfusionists (regulated health care professionals administering blood). It provides an overview of blood basics and blood components and products with essential learnings and actions to ensure blood is administered safely (reflecting Canadian Transfusion Medicine Standards and current literature).
Bloody Easy Blood Administration Version 3 Flipbook
The flipbook format can be viewed on any desktop computer, smartphone, or tablet. It features a linkable table of contents and search functionality enabling users to find information quickly and easily.
Blood Administration Basics: Red Blood Cells
Michelle Ng RN, BScN – November 2021
Transfusion Reactions Review
Heather Luyckx MLT TSO – November 2021
Patient Blood Management
Amanda Sellers RN BN MN – November 2021