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New on TraQ:  SEPTEMBER 2010 - By Topic

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TraQ & BC PBCO

• BC Action Plan for West Nile Virus and the Blood Supply - 2010  (30 June 2010)
  • CBS, BC & Yukon WNV update (20 Aug. 2010)
• BC PBCO position: Utilization Management Coordinator, Clinical
• BC PBCO website
• TraQ's August newsletter
• TMS Documents – Processes:
  • Laboratory Quality Manual
  • Technical Operations Manual
  • Transfusion reaction updates (Aug. 2010)
• TraQ case study: Mini-Case B7 (Case of a disappearing antibody)

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NEWS 

CANADIAN NEWS

• BC, Canada:
  • 10th Annual Education Session on Blood Transfusion Issues (29 Sept.2010,Sidney, BC)
    • Free registration: sign up today
  • BC PBCO position: Utilization Management Coordinator, Clinical
  • ORBCoN 3rd Annual Transfusion Committee Forum (24 Sept.2010, Toronto)

  INTERNATIONAL NEWS

  • Australia
    • U.S. injunction threat to Australian stem cell research (28 Aug. 2010)
    • Local research for blood substitutes looking good, but don't ditch donors yet (29 Aug. 2010)
  • Ireland

    • Blood service 'challenged' to maintain standards, report says (31 Aug. 2010)

      • Tidbits: In 2009 the IBTS cut costs by reducing all supplier contracts by 8–10%, eliminating lab overtime, introducing a 7am–7pm work day, and reducing travel and subsistence costs.
      • IBTS 2009 Annual Report | Selected passages:
        • One of the other significant factors affecting staff is the current state of the IBTS pension fund which was declared insolvent in March 2009 and this caused anxiety with staff....
        • The economic environment in Ireland will continue to be difficult for the next 2 - 3 years...This will inevitably lead to significant change of work practices and how the organisation carries out its business....This could involve outsourcing.....
  • USA

    • Stem cell research policy

      • U.S. judge rules against Obama’s stem cell policy (23 Aug. 2010)
      • Obama to appeal stem cell ruling (25 Aug. 2010)

  **Also see TraQ's  Canadian Regional News and International News

   

  DISEASES IN THE NEWS 

  • Emerging infectious diseases
    • TraQ's emerging infectious diseases clearinghouse
    • CBBS: Emerging Infectious Diseases
    • AABB: US biovigilance network
  • Chagas
    • AABB Chagas Disease Biovigilance Network
    • TraQ's Chagas clearinghouse
  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / XMRV
    • TraQ's emerging infectious diseases clearinghouse
  • H1N1 influenza
    • H1N1 in post-pandemic period (WHO Director-General's statement;10 Aug. 2010)
  • vCJD
    • TraQ's vCJD clearinghouse
  • WNV
    •  BC Action Plan for West Nile Virus and the Blood Supply - 2010  (30 June 2010)
      • CBS, BC & Yukon WNV update (20 Aug. 2010)
    • USA - CDC: WNV viremic blood donor activity
    • WNV Biovigilance Network
    • CBS WNV website
    • TraQ WNV clearinghouse

   

  INDUSTRY NEWS

  **Also see TraQ's Industry News

  RESOURCE LIBRARY / LINKS

   Canada -  BC PBCO

  • TMS Documents – Processes:
  • Laboratory Quality Manual
  • Technical Operations Manual
    • 21 processes, procedures, & training/competency docs
    • Common procedures

  Transfusion reaction updates:

  •  V. 1.0 procedures available for Transfusion Reaction Investigation process  (BC PBCO Technical Operations Manual) (Aug. 2010)
    • All V. 0 & draft docs reviewed & revised, with additional docs created, including case studies for training & competency.
  • Docs developed for BC TTISS* for those administering transfusions (*Transfusion Transmitted Injuries and Surveillance System) (Aug. 2010)
    • Quick Reference Guide - Response to Transfusion Reaction
    • Model Transfusion Reaction Report Forms
  • Section 11.0. Transfusion Reactions (Transfusion Medicine Medical Policy Manual)

  Musings on Transfusion Medicine (blog):  

  Goldfinger's filings, a customer's toolkit (Musings on business intelligence)

  **See TraQ's Resource Library  | Nursing resources| Literature clearinghouses | Links | Continuing education | Job section | Video library

  

  JOURNALS / NEWSLETTERS

  free full text    (*  1 or more Canadian authors)

• Immunohematology (ARC): Back issues
• Transfusion (AABB): Current issue
  • Transfusion archives now available from 1961 to present
  • Journal of Blood Services Management (quarterly with Transfusion)
• Transfusion Alternatives in Transfusion Medicine (NATA): Current issue
• Transfusion Medicine (BBTS):Current issue | Sample  issue
• Transfusion Medicine Reviews: Current issue | Sample issue
• Vox Sang (ISBT): Current issue

**Also see TraQ's Literature clearinghouses

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