Resource Library Archives

• AUSTRALIA:
  • Free information for patients & children (via Australia's NSW government, includes comic book 'My first Transfusion' by Canada's McMaster Transfusion Research Program)
  • Australia/New Zealand: ANZBT Guidelines
  • BloodSafe ELearning Australia has new free courses based on Iron Deficiency Anaemia
    • Essentials/Paediatrics/Preoperative/Heavy Menstrual Bleeding/Maternity/Chronic and Complex
  • BloodSafe ELearning Australia has a new free course: Viscoelastic Haemostatic Testing
    • The course provides an introduction to the methodology and clinical use of viscoelastic haemostatic tests, thromboelastography (TEG^®) and thromboelastometry (ROTEM^®), which are used to assess haemostasis in patients with major bleeding.
  • BloodSafe ELearning Australia has new free courses based on Patient Blood Management Guidelines: Module 6 - Neonatal and Paediatrics:
  • PBM for Neonatal and Paediatrics
  • Neonatal Preterm
  • Fetal and Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia
  • Paediatric Haematology/Oncology
  • Paediatric Surgical
  • Paediatric Major Haemorrhage
  • Paediatric Iron Deficiency Anaemia
• CANADA:
  • Exploring the frontiers of IVIG-associated hemolysis (CSTM/CBS/H-Q 2020 meeting presentation by Dr. Jacob Pendergrast and Donald Branch) | Includes 1 hr 15 min video.
  • TM physicians develop new e-learning tools - “Treat the Bleed”
  • BC PBCO
    • Blood Products
    • Contingency Plan for Arboviruses
    • Education
    • Programs (appropriate product use and safety)
    • Resources
    • TraQ case studies
    • PBCO-TraQ manuals
    • TraQ's monthly newsletter
  • Canadian Blood Services
    • Phenotype matching and storage age of blood for sickle cell patients: A review and recommendations for transfusion practice
    • Rare Blood Program (11 Sept. 2020)
    • Canadian Clinical Guide to Organ Donation (Collaborative e-Learning course)
    • Meunier D, Clarke G. Testing and management of fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia. Canadian Blood Services Professional Education. Online May 2020.
    • CBS COVID-19 resources:
      • FAQ for health professionals working with blood products (Updated 29 May 2020)
      • Consensus guidance for organ donation and transplantation services during COVID19 pandemic (May 28 2020)
      • COVID-19 and transfusion medicine
    • A Guide to Reporting Adverse Transfusion Events (Jan. 2020)
    • Clinical Guide to Transfusion | Latest updates:
      • Blood Administration, Ch. 9 (6 Oct. 2020, by Clare O’Reilly, RN, RSCN)
      • Ch. 8 Pre-transfusion Testing (Updated 13 July 2020)
      • Fractionated Blood Products and Associated Pathogen Safety - Ch. 7 (10 Sept. 2019)
      • Donor Selection, Donor Testing and Pathogen Reduction - Ch. 6 (8 Aug. 2019)
    • Serological best practices Includes the following:
      • ABO Subgroups (Oct. 2020)
      • Diego System: Anti-Di^a, Anti-Wr^a
      • Kell System: Anti-Kp^a, Anti-Js^a
      • Lewis System: Anti-Lewis
      • Lutheran System: Anti-Lu^a
      • MNS System: Anti-M
      • Rh System: Anti-C^w, anti-V
      • Whole blood donors with antibodies
    • LearnSerology (Six teaching modules and a selection of interactive antibody investigation panels)
    • CBS BloodTechNet program
    • CBS-sponsored LearnTransfusion series
  • Héma-Québec: Plasma donation: what happens after (3:40 min. video)
  • Choosing Wisely Canada's transfusion recommendations (Entertaining and informative 2-2.5 min. animated videos)
  • Blood & Blood Clots
    • Educational resources housed on CanadiEM dedicated to the management of bleeding and thrombosis
    • Resources include Interactive Quizlets, Blog Posts, and Podcasts
  • ORBCoN
    • Two newly revised “Bloody Easy Lite” eLearning program for physicians and healthcare professionals who prescribe blood components/products
    • Coronavirus-related resources: Emergency blood management
    • Coagulation Simplified Flipbook, v. 2 (Nov. 2019)
    • Transfusion Committee Handbook, v3 (Updated Sept. 2019) | Scroll to download link
    • Home Infusion Toolkit v2.0
    • Bloody Easy 4 (Guide to Transfusion Medicine, ed. 4)
    • Bloody Easy Blood Administration, v. 2
• UK
  • JPAC Transfusion Handbook 2.4: The ABO system (11 Oct. 2020)
  • SHOT: Anti-D Immunoglobulin Administration to avoid sensitisation in pregnancy - an aide memoire (July 2020)
  • Joint United Kingdom Blood Transfusion and Tissue Transplantation Services Professional Advisory Committee (Access top menu for the many options)
  • 2019 SHOT Report
  • SHOT Bites
  • NHS England: Maternal intravenous immunoglobulin for the prevention of allo-immune fetal and neonatal haemochromatosis (Dec. 2019) | Multiple documents
  • Five SHOT posters (2019 BBTS Annual Scientific Meeting)
  • New SHOT videos (3 Sept. 2019)
    • Transfusion laboratory transfusion errors (6:50 mins)
    • Pulmonary complications of transfusion - TRAL, TACO, TAD (6:15 mins.)