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2023 Education Day

September 15

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Presentations and Speaker Biographies 

The Krever Commission Report and How It Changed Transfusion Medicine in Canada

RECORDING

Dr. Gwen Clarke
Clinical Professor, Laboratory Medicine & Pathology Department,
University of Alberta

A Clean Slate: How Canada's Blood System was Built

RECORDING 

Dr. Graham Sher
CEO Canadian Blood Services 

PBCO – Old Dog, New Tricks

RECORDING

Dr. Andrew Shih
Regional Medical Leader, Transfusion Medicine, VCH
Medical Co-Director, BC PBCO 

Freeze-Dried Plasma

RECORDING

Dr. William Sheffield 
Associate Director, Research, Canadian Blood Services 

Something Old, Something New...Whole Blood in Canada

RECORDING

Dr. Johnathan Mack 
Medical Officer, Canadian Blood Services

Research Using Hemovigilance Data: Opportunities 2023 and Beyond

RECORDING

Nancy Heddle
Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University

Implementation of Smart Fridges, Automated Temperature Monitoring Systems and an ePPID application - Vancouver Coastal Health's Journey

RECORDING

Margaret Roche
Regional Technical Practice Lead, Transfusion Medicine, VCH 

Inventory Management Modeling

RECORDING

Jas Dhahan
PhD Candidate, Department of Mathematics, SFU
Wellness Activity - Attitude of Gratitude Dr. Michelle Soltys
Practice Leader, Psychological Health & Safety,
Provincial Health Services Authority

Evolution of the BC IVIg Program

RECORDING

Dr. Katherine Beadon
Co-Director St. Paul's Immunotherapy for Neurology Centre
Dr. Kam Shojania
Head, Division of Rheumatology, VGH
Medical Director, Mary Pack Arthritis Program
Dr. Douglas Morrison
Medical Director of Transfusion Medicine, Division of Hematopathology,
Children’s and Women’s Health Centre BC
Medical Co-Director, BC PBCO
Aimee Beauchamp
Business Operations Lead, BC PBCO
Katie Gabanowicz
Technical Specialist, Transfusion Medicine, Interior Health

 

 

2022 Education Day

Virtual Webinar

September 23

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Presentation Slides and Speaker Biographies 

1. It Takes a Village: Sickle Cell Disease Care in BC Dr. Hayley Merkeley
2. Sickle Cell Patient Presentation Daytone Douglas 
Education Day Recording - Part 1 - Opening Remarks, Presentations 1 & 2
3. Onward and Upwards: The Journey of Transition for Youth with Hemoglobinopathies in BC Heather McCartney, RN 
4. Genotyping and Next Generation Sequencing for Blood Group Antigens Dr. Celina Montemayor 
5. Gene Editing for Bone Marrow Transplants Dr. Amanda Li
Education Day Recording - Part 2 - Presentations 3, 4 & 5
6. A Day in the Life of a Request for HLA/HPA Selected Platelets Form Natasha Rickards, RN

7. Equitable health care – SCIG: Northern Health 3rd party training of nurses

(Note: not available at this time)

Lori Singh, RPN, Lead, Patient Services, Takeda Canada
Education Day Recording - Part 3 - Presentation 6, Closing Remarks

 

 

2021 Education Day

September 24

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Presentations - Slides and Speaker Biographies

 Mild Hemophiliacs and How They Often Present Catastrophically 
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Dr. Shannon Jackson (PHC) 

BC Emergency Health Services Prehospital Blood Transfusion Program

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Dr. Jan Trojanowski (BCEHS)

Dr. Steve Wheeler (BCEHS)

Adam Greene (BCEHS) 

 Cell-free Fetal DNA Testing: Advantages, Challenges & Limitations

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 Lhevinne Ciurcovich (CBS) 

 The Impact of the Pandemic on the RBC Redistribution Program

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Julius Valido (NH) 

Appropriate Investigation for Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn

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Sophia Peng (University of Alberta) 

Massive Transfusion: 3 Perspectives

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Kayla Schuitema, R.N. (FH)

Sarah Buchko, M.R.T. (FH)

Dr. Michelle Wong, Clinician (FH)

 

2020 Education Day

October 1, 2020

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 Click here to view video-recorded presentations

Presentations - Slides and Speaker Biographies

Transfusion Reactions: YOU Are Not Alone

Crystal Brunk, R.N. (PHC)

Sandy Quan, MLT (PHC)

Dr. Karen Dallas, Clinical (PHC) 

 New Initiatives at CBS & The Future of Transfusion Medicine

Dr. Dana Devine (CBS) 

 BC’s Transfusion Medicine Response to Covid-19

Dr. Robert Guo (VCH)

Dr. Eric McGinnis (VCH) 

 Vanessa’s Law

Dr. Matthew Yan (CBS) 
Antibody Investigation with 3 Perspectives:  
1. Back to Typing School – A Primer on Resolving Blood Grouping Anomalies Heba Abukhadra (CBS)
2. Bone Marrow Transplant Patients Develop New Phenotype Janice Infanti (VCH)
3. Postnatal Investigation for Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn Kelsey Wagner (C&W)

 

 

2019 Education Day

October 3, 2019

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Presentations

Massive Transfusion Protocol

Dr. Andrew Shih, VCH

Measuring the Squeeze-ability of Blood Cells

Dr. Mark Scott, Canadian Blood Services

Choosing Wisely Evidence

Dr. Karen Dallas, PHC

Auditing in Transfusion Medicine

Crystal Brunk, PHC

The Cord Blood Bank & Stem Cell Programs at Canadian Blood Services

Dr. Tanya Petraszko, CBS

Transfusion Medicine Case Study

Heba Abukhadra, CBS

“No Way! A Bom-Baby?” Case Study

Rebecca Randall, FH

ECMO

Kyle O’Scienny, FH

20 Years of the CTR

Christina Lim, PBCO

Maintaining Red Cells at the Helijet Hanger for Critical Incidences

Kristin Rosinski, VCH

 

2018 Education Day

October 25, 2018

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Presentations

Inter-Professional Simulation Works

Darin Abbey, CICSL, Victoria

Automation in Transfusion Services: Hearsay, Heresy or Hallelujah?

Sharon Sutherland, Island Health

The Krever Report & How it Changed TM

Dr. Gwen Clarke, Canadian Blood Services

The Path to 7-12-21 & Bug-Free Blood…It Doesn’t Just “Happen”!

Dr. Mark Bigham, Canadian Blood Services

HEMBC Health Critical Supply Strategy

Amy Romanas, HEMBC
PIDD App & Toolkit Dr. Karen Dallas, PHC
Iron: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly Dr. Mark Scott, Canadian Blood Services
Case Studies Lhevinne Ciurcovich, Canadian Blood Services
Weak D Reporting & Testing Pam Danesin, PBCO

 

 

 

2017 Education Session

September 28, 2017

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Presentations

Factor Product Redistribution Program

Daryl Gouthro (St Paul's Hospital)

IVIG PID Data

Chris Biantoro (BC Provincial Blood Coordinating Office)

Why We Leukodeplete & What Can We Do with These "Nasty" Cells

Dr. Mark Scott (Canadian Blood Services)

CBS Update
PBCO Update

Dr. Tanya Petraszko (Canadian Blood Services)

Dr. Bob Coupland (BC Provincial Blood Coordinating Office

BC Hospital Inventory 

Dr. Bob Coupland (BC Provincial Blood Coordinating Office)

Providing Phenotype Red Cells to Patients: Practical & Safe Transfusion Practice

Dr. Gwen Clarke (Canadian Blood Services)

Canadian Blood Services Case Studies

Lhevinne Ciurcovich (Canadian Blood Services)

CSTM: A Trip Down Memory Lane

Darlene Mueller (Fraser Health) 

 

 

2016 Education Session

September 29, 2016

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Presentations

Cellular Blood Products of the Future and Futures Past: Tales of Lust & Caution

Dr. Mark Scott

(Canadian Blood Services)

Innovating Factor Ordering for Patients

Tina Jacobucci (Providence Health Care) and

Irene Pickell (BC Provincial Blood Coordinating Office)

Providing Irradiated Components in FH

Diana Kobes and Kelly Bizovie

(Fraser Health)

Canadian Blood Services’ New Insulated Shipping Containers – Update

Janet Unrau

(Canadian Blood Services)

Utilization Management – A Clinical Perspective
 - Perioperative Blood Management: A Multimodal Approach to Blood Utilization
 - Describing the FH Peripartum Population to Standardize Pre-Transfusion Testing Orders

Shelley Feenstra

(Vancouver Coastal Health) and

Darlene Mueller

(Fraser Health)

Transfusion Reactions Presenting as Shortness of Breath: The 3 T’s

Dr. Jacqueline Trudeau

(Canadian Blood Services)

Spend a Day with Us

Lhevinne Ciurcovich

(Canadian Blood Services)

Project Elsa: How Do You Know When to Let It Go?

Susanna Darnel and Jenn Danielson

(BC Provincial Blood Coordinating Office)

 


2015 Education Session

September 24, 2015

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Presentations

Blood Analytics

Chris Biantoro

(Provincial Blood Coordinating Office)

IHA Case Study: Use of Group A Plasma for Emergency Issue in Trauma Situations 

Katie Gabanowicz

(Kelowna General Hospital)

New Insulated Shipping Containers

Paul Derksen

(Canadian Blood Services) 

Overcoming the Challenges Faced by Technologists Working in Rural TM - A Northern Health Perspective

Pam Danesin

(Vancouver General Hospital)

2015 Laboratory Medicine Accreditation Standards

Colin Semple

(Diagnostic Accreditation Program)

IRL: Immunohematology Reference Laboratory

Lhevinne Ciurcovich

(Canadian Blood Services)

15 Years: The Way We Were - The Way We Are

Dr. Tanya Petraszko

(Canadian Blood Services)

 

 

2014 Education Session

October 2, 2015

Presentations

30 Minute Rule

Dr Jason Acker

(Canadian Blood Services)

Transfusion Science of Blood Safety

Dr Peter Schubert

(Canadian Blood Services)

Provincial IVIG Neuromuscular Neurology Program

Dr Kristine Chapman

(Vancouver Coastal Health) 

Research Update: Red Cell Hemolysis & Bacterial Contamination of Platelets

Dr Jason Acker

(Canadian Blood Services)

iCHIP: Patient Home Module

Ruby Syropiatko

(Provincial Blood Coordinating Office);

Erica Crilly

(Children’s & Women’s Hospital)

Sea to Sky: Elevating Transfusion Care in our Rural Communities

Gail Macdonald, Brenda Lloyd, Shelley Feenstra

(Vancouver Coastal Health)

Health Canada Blood Regulations

Susanna Darnel

(Provincial Blood Coordinating Office)