Canadian Blood Services
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 The Canadian Blood Services building in the medical sciences complex south of the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. |
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| Motto | It's in you to give |
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| Formation | 1998 |
| Type | Non-profit |
| Purpose/focus | Focus on providing blood services to Canadians |
| Headquarters | Ottawa, Canada |
| Region served | Canada |
| Key people | Dr. Graham D. Sher, CEO |
| Budget | $35,000,000 CAD over five years (starting on 2008) |
| Staff | 4,600 |
| Volunteers | 17,000 |
| Website | [1] |
Canadian Blood Services is a national, not-for-profit charitable organization that manages the blood supply in all provinces and territories of Canada, outside of Québec, and oversees the OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network (formerly Unrelated Bone Marrow Donor Registry). A separate organization, Héma-Québec, operates in the province of Québec. A team of 4,600 staff and 17,000 volunteers help Canadian Blood Services operate 41 permanent collection sites and more than 20,000 donor clinics annually. It was created in 1998 as a successor to the Canadian Red Cross blood program and the Canadian Blood Agency, on recommendation of the Krever Commission.
Canadian Blood Services collects approximately 880,000 units of blood annually and processes it into the components and products that are administered to thousands of patients each year through blood transfusions. In addition to donating whole blood, some locations also offer platelets and blood plasma donations.
While Canadian Blood Services is not a government agency, it does receive its funding from the provincial and territorial ministries of health, and is regulated by Health Canada.
On August 12th, 2008 Canadian Blood Services announced that it would work with the Canadian Council for Donation and Transplantation to significantly improve organ and tissue donation and transplantation in Canada. Canadian Blood Services received government funding of $35 million over five years to proceed with this new mandate.
Canadian Blood Services is governed by an independent Board of Directors. Current directors include: Dr. Verna M. Skanes (Chair), Dr. Bernadette Garvey, Frank D. Jones Q.C., W. John Dawson, Dr. Gary Glavin, Vice Admiral Lynn Gordon Mason (ret'd), Dr. Michael D. Mehta, Kenneth Wayne Ezeard, Thomas Warner, Marilyn Robinson, and Leah Hollins (Vice-Chair). The Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Blood Services is Dr. Graham Sher, and the Chief Operating Officer is Ian Mumford.
Canadian Blood Services practices the policy of gay blood ban[1].
[edit] Blood Collection Services Offered
Canadian Blood Services collection services vary across Canada but typical services include: whole blood collection, plasmapheresis, plateletpheresis, and stem cell and bone marrow collection and matching.
Whole blood collection is the shortest process of those listed above and at over 850,000 units collected per year, is the primary blood collection service offered by Canadian Blood Services[2]. In Canada, whole blood collection is restricted to a maximum of 605 g per visit.
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ "Canadian Blood Services - Blood Donation". http://www.blood.ca/CentreApps/Internet/UW_V502_MainEngine.nsf/page/Blood. Retrieved on 2009-03-10.
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