Blood Transfusion

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Organization

Canadian Blood Services
1800 Alta Vista Drive
Ottawa, ON  K1G 4J5
Phone:	(613) 739-2300
Fax:	(613) 731-1411
E-mail:	feedback@bloodservices.ca
Web Address:	www.bloodservices.ca
Canadian Blood Services (CBS) is a not-for-profit, charitable organization, governed by the provincial and territorial Ministers of Health, whose sole mission is to manage the blood and blood products supply for Canadians. CBS collects approximately 800,000 units of blood annually; screens donors and tests blood or blood product collected for transmissible diseases; and processes them into the components and products that are administered to thousands of patients each year. CBS also manages the Unrelated Bone Marrow Donor Registry (UBMDR) to match donors for Canadian bone marrow transplant patients and for patients in other countries. CBS operates in all provinces and territories except Québec. In Québec, Héma-Québec (www.hema-quebec.qc.ca) performs this role.

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Author:	Douglas Dana Caroline Rea, RN, BS, MS	Last Updated: February 26, 2008
Medical Review:	Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine Joseph O'Donnell, MD - Hematology/Oncology Andrew Swan, MD, CCFP, FCFP - Family Medicine
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