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The latest news, publications and events from Canadian Blood Services’ Medical Affairs and Innovation research and education network.
Collected from October 2018      
 


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Critical Care Canada Forum 2018
When: November 6-9, 2018
Where: Toronto

Best Blood Manitoba - Blood Day 2018 
When:  November 14, 2018 
Where:  Winnipeg/Webcast 

Earl W. Davie Symposium
When: November 15, 2018 
Where: Centre for Blood Research, Vancouver

60th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition
When: December 1-4, 2018
Where: San Diego
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Blood Efficiency Accelerator Award Program  

Established in 2017, the Blood Efficiency Accelerator Award Program (or BEAP) supports research projects to improve the efficient and appropriate utilization of blood products, while maintaining the safety of the blood system.  Current competition application deadline: January 15, 2019


BloodTechNet Award Program 

Supporting the development of innovative educational projects that network the transfusion, cellular therapy and transplantation communities in Canada.  Current competition application deadline: November 30, 2018 

James Kreppner Award 

Supporting research into the legal and regulatory aspects of (a) donation, collection, storage, and use of blood, blood products, and hematopoietic stem cells; and (b) organ and tissue donation and transplantation.
Current competition application deadline: November 30, 2018 

Kenneth J. Fyke Award 

Supporting health services and policy research in order to promote the development of evidence-based Canadian practices and policies in blood transfusion, blood stem cell transplantation, and organ and tissue transplantation for the benefit of Canadian patients. 
Current competition application deadline: November 30, 2018 

Canadian Blood Services' Graduate Fellowship Program 

Providing stipend support for young investigators who want to initiate or continue training in the field of transfusion science. Graduate students undertaking full-time research training in a Canadian institution are invited to apply. Current competition application deadline: November 30, 2018

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New publications

 

Raman spectroscopy of stored red blood cell concentrate within sealed transfusion blood bags. Vardaki MZ, Atkins CG, Schulze HG, Devine DV, Serrano K, Blades MW, Turner RFB. Analyst. 2018 Oct 24. doi: 10.1039/c8an01509k. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30357129 

Thermal expansion of substrate may affect adhesion of Chinese hamster fibroblasts to surfaces during freezing. Rutt T, Eskandari N, Zhurova M, Elliott JAW, McGann LE, Acker JP, Nychka JA. Cryobiology. 2018 Oct 9. pii: S0011-2240(18)30249-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2018.10.006. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30312591 

The first case of severe acute hemolytic transfusion reaction caused by anti-Sc2. Lemay AS, Tong TN, Branch DR, Huang M, Sumner C, Oldfield L, Hawes J, Cserti-Gazdewich CM, Lau W. Transfusion. 2018 Oct 9. doi: 10.1111/trf.14867. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30299537 

Lessons learned from a student-driven initiative to design and implement an Organ and Tissue Donation course across Canadian medical schools. Fletcher A, Chen BY, Benrimoh D, Shemie S, Lubarsky S. Perspect Med Educ. 2018 Oct;7(5):332-336. doi: 10.1007/s40037-018-0454-5.  PMID: 30276671 

Complications of a severe autoimmune hemolytic anemia crisis: transfusional iron overload and gangrenous cholecystitis. Menchetti I, Lin Y, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Goldstein J, Law C, Lazarus A, Callum JL. Transfusion. 2018 Oct 6. doi: 10.1111/trf.14888. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30291762 

International validation of harmonized definitions for complications of blood donations. Land KJ, Townsend M, Goldman M, Whitaker BI, Perez GE, Wiersum-Osselton JC. Transfusion. 2018 Oct 8. doi: 10.1111/trf.14948. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30294786 

Extending the pre-processing holding time of whole blood beyond 48 h reduces coagulation FVIII activity and immunoglobulin G content of recovered plasma. Sheffield WP, Bhakta V, Jenkins C. Transfus Apher Sci. 2018 Sep 19. pii: S1473- 0502(18)30272-6. doi: 10.1016/j.transci.2018.09.016. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30266202 

Two-year follow-up of donors in a large national study of ferritin testing. Goldman M, Uzicanin S, Osmond L, Yi QL, Scalia V, O'Brien SF. Transfusion. 2018 Sep 27. doi: 10.1111/trf.14941. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30260480 

Association of blood IgG with tumor necrosis factor-alpha and clinical course of chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Spaner DE, Venema R, Huang J, Norris P, Lazarus A, Wang G, Shi Y. E BioMedicine. 2018 Sep;35:222-232. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2018.08.045. Epub 2018 Aug 30. PMID: 30174282 

What's in a name? Patient registration errors and their threat to transfusion safety. Ning S, Yan M TS, Downie H, Callum J.Transfusion. 2018 Oct 6. doi: 10.1111/trf.14830. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available. PMID: 30291752

 

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