Resources for Technologists

Red Blood Cells, Platelets, Frozen Plasma – Adult

This educational module will review the role of the Medical Laboratory Technologist during an MHP.

Job Aid

Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)

Version 2: 2017-02 This toolkit was developed for hospitals to help provide patients with some key information to facilitate the provision and communication of special blood component requirements to other healthcare facilities that may be involved in a patient’s treatment. The toolkit contains both procedures and templates that can be customized by each hospital as needed.

A general protocol for cleaning/disinfecting shipping containers and shipping materials used for redistribution of blood components and products (May 2020)

This comprehensive toolkit provides resources to help Transfusion Services successfully implement the Ontario Redistribution Program. Examples of documents and tools are included.

A series of tests intended to provide Medical Laboratory Technologists in Ontario with a mechanism to assess and build on their technical and theoretical knowledge in Transfusion Medicine. Registration through an assigned site administrator is required. Tests are updated each year. A certificate is available for printing once the test has been completed and passed.

Bloody Easy Audit Tools are a package of online tools to help Ontario hospitals in their audit activities. Current audits available: Frozen Plasma Audit, Bedside Audit, Specimen Collect Audit and IVIG Audit. Audit results can be entered electronically into these tools to store and track results. Prepared reports can be printed to aid in presentation […]

The purpose of developing this toolkit is to facilitate the introduction of new blood products is to support Ontario hospitals in the transition of making new blood products available within their organizations. This toolkit includes checklists and suggestions to assist in the examination of key aspects prior to implementation, during implementation and afterwards. Revised 2018.