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Welcome Message
from Carol Wilson,
2009-2010
CBBS President

Carol Wilson

The CBBS Website
is supported in part by American Red Cross

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January 10
TraQ January Newsletter (Transfusion Quality Management Program Canada) and latest BLOG Checklists - Simply the best? (Musings on mistake proofing) (On Traq).

December 4
Africa struggles to keep transfusions life-saving. The rate of HIV infection from blood transfusions is high, but a network of social clubs is working to educate volunteer donors (The Star, Canada)

Canadian Blood Services Promotes Pseudoscience (Ottawa Skeptics)

National Commissioning of Blood, Components and Specialist Services 2010/11, Executive Summary (NHS Blood and Transplant, UK, 26 Nov 2009) [PDF file includes analysis on the cost of prion safety measures]

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Current Topics in Donor Management, CBBS Regional Seminar presented by the Nursing/Apheresis & Donor Resources Committees, February 19, 2010.

Cord Blood Licensure: A Workshop. March 8-9, 2010. Rockville, MD

Winning the Quality Game! CBBS Regional Seminar presented by the Quality, Safety & Compliance Committee, March 13, 2010

2010 CBBS Annual Meeting, April 21-24, 2010

8th Annual International Cord Blood Transplantation Symposium. June 3-5, 2010

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American Red Cross

The CBBS Website is supported in part by American Red Cross.

Practice Guidelines for Blood Transfusion: American Red Cross physicians offer the 2nd edition of this compilation from peer-reviewed literature. Download the Practice Guidelines.
Featured Research: Despite universal bacterial testing of apheresis platelets, a Red Cross study finds that bacterial contamination remains a significant residual risk in transfusion, especially for older platelets collected without a sample first diversion strategy. Read the full article.
Additional Resources: Visit this link for more information and available resources.

February 2
Conference Report: Gubernot DM, et al. Transfusion-transmitted babesiosis in the United States: summary of a workshop. Transfusion. 10 Oct 2009. 49(12); 2759-71.

January 23
Transcripts from FDA Public Workshop: Emerging Arboviruses: Evaluating the Threat to Transfusion and Transplantation Safety, Dec 2009. Day 1 | Day 2

January 7
Research finds no proof that a virus is the cause of ME: UK scientists say they can find no proof that a particular virus is the cause of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) or ME, contrary to recent claims (BBC News)

December 29
China treats severe swine flu patients with plasma harvested from recovered, vaccinated people (The Canadian Press)

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Registration is now open!

Regional Seminar Handouts

Events

Registration and detalied information for the 2010 Regional Seminars is now available HERE. The Nursing/Apheresis & Donor Resources Seminar will be held Feb. 19, 2010. The Quality, Safety & Compliance Seminar will be held March 13, 2010.

Click HERE to access the login page for handouts from all current year's seminars, as made available by each speaker. Handouts are available for registered attendees, and will be archived in the CBBS members area approximately one year following each seminar. The user ID and password assigned to you will automatically log you into the handout area for which you registered.

Make your plans now for the 2010 Annual Meeting to be held April 21-24, 2010 at Hyatt Regency Orange County. Program information, hotel reservations and meeting registration are now available.

Handouts may still be accessed online by registered attendees of the 2009 Annual Meeting, April 29-May 2, held at the Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe. Click HERE to access the login page.

Don't forget to join or renew your CBBS Membership for 2010! Click HERE for more information and online processing.

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