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The latest news, publications and events from Canadian Blood Services’ Medical Affairs and Innovation research and education network.
Collected from March 2019      
 

The March 2019 Research & Education Round Up connects you to upcoming events, recent publications, new professional resources and more. As always, we welcome your feedback and encourage you to let us know what you would like to see in upcoming editions. Please share your comments and questions with us at centreforinnovation@blood.ca 

Upcoming events

 8th Annual Norman Bethune Symposium 
When: Apr 3, 2019 | Where: Vancouver/Webinar

Canadian Blood and Marrow Transplant Group Webinar: Hematopoietic Stem Cell Donation and the Canadian Registry 
When: Apr 10, 2019 | Where: Webinar 

Blood and Beyond 
When: Apr 27, 2019  | Where: Halifax, NS 

10th Congress of the International Pediatric Transplant Association 
When: May 4, 2019 | Where: Vancouver  

 

LABCON Annual Conference
When: May 24, 2019 | Where: Fredericton 

Canadian Society of Transfusion Medicine (CSTM) 2019 Conference 
When: May 30 – June 2, 2019 | Where: Calgary 
Registration now open  | Abstract deadline: Mar 15 2019 

CBMTG 2019 Annual Conference 
When: June 5 – 8. 2019 | Where: Calgary 
 

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Funding opportunities

Attention Canadian Blood Services trainees: Trainee Travel Bursaries to attend the 2019 Trainee Workshop and Centre for Innovation Annual Research Day will be made available soon.

The Centre for Innovation Annual Research Day will take place on May 29 and the Trainee Workshop will be held on May 30. . Details to follow - keep a look out on our Research Funding Opportunities page to learn more. 

New resources

Newly published articles on the Canadian Blood Services professional development site

New podcasts and more from the ICTMG:

In conjunction with their recent publication of evidence-based recommendations for management of fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FNAIT), the International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guideline have released several new resources. These include a presentation and podcast for physicians, a podcast for patients, treatment algorithms, and patient pamphlets in several languages. Learn more here

Kudos

Congratulations to Canadian Blood Services' Dr. Jason Acker, who was awarded the University of Alberta Graduate Student Association’s Graduate Student Supervisory Award at a ceremony on March 22, 2019. This award recognizes "those faculty members who excel in the supervision of graduate students”.

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New publications

Serologic problems associated with administration of intravenous immune globulin (IVIg). Branch DR. Immunohematology. 2019 Jan;35(1):13-15. PMID:30908073 

Malaria blood safety policy in five non-endemic countries: a retrospective comparison through the lens of the ABO risk-based decision-making framework. O'Brien SF, Ward S, Gallian P, Fabra C, Pillonel J, Kitchen AD, Davison K, Seed CR, Delage G, Steele WR, Leiby DA. Blood Transfus. 2019 Feb 6. doi: 10.2450/2019.0222-18. [Epub ahead of print]  PMID:30865584  

Patient Blood Management: Recommendations From the 2018 Frankfurt Consensus Conference. Mueller MM, Van Remoortel H, Meybohm P, Aranko K, Aubron C, Burger R, Carson JL, Cichutek K, De Buck E, Devine D, Fergusson D, Folléa G, French C, Frey KP, Gammon R, Levy JH, Murphy MF, Ozier Y, Pavenski K, So-Osman C, Tiberghien P, Volmink J, Waters JH, Wood EM, Seifried E; ICC PBM Frankfurt 2018 Group. JAMA. 2019 Mar 12;321(10):983-997. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.0554. PMID:30860564 

Safeguarding the Patient's Own Blood Supply. Zeller MP, Kaufman RM. JAMA. 2019 Mar 12;321(10):943-945. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.0553. No abstract available. PMID:30860548 

 A Correlation Between Annual Rates of Overdose Mortality and Deceased Organ Donation in Canada. Imtiaz S, Li AH, Garg AX, Dhanani S, Nolan S. Prog Transplant. 2019 Mar 7:1526924819835836. doi: 10.1177/1526924819835836. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available. PMID:30845896  

A narrative review of family members' experience of organ donation request after brain death in the critical care setting. Kentish-Barnes N, Siminoff LA, Walker W, Urbanski M, Charpentier J, Thuong M, Sarti A, Shemie SD, Azoulay E. Intensive Care Med. 2019 Mar;45(3):331-342. doi: 10.1007/s00134-019-05575-4. Epub 2019 Mar 6. Review. PMID:30840119  

Fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia: recommendations for evidence-based practice, an international approach. Lieberman L, Greinacher A, Murphy MF, Bussel J, Bakchoul T, Corke S, Kjaer M, Kjeldsen-Kragh J, Bertrand G, Oepkes D, Baker JM, Hume H, Massey E, Kaplan C, Arnold DM, Baidya S, Ryan G, Savoia H, Landry D, Shehata N; International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines (ICTMG). Br J Haematol. 2019 Mar 3. doi: 10.1111/bjh.15813. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:30828796 

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