Canadian Blood Services
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The Canadian Blood Services Head Office building, 1800 Alta Vista, Ottawa, ON.
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| Motto | It's in you to give |
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| Formation | 1998 |
| Type | Non-profit |
| Purpose | To manage Canada's national supply of blood, blood products and stem cells, and related services for all the provinces and territories (excluding Quebec). They also lead an integrated, interprovincial system for organ donation and transplantation for all of Canada. |
| Headquarters | Ottawa, Canada |
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Region served
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Canada |
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Key people
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Dr. Graham D. Sher, CEO |
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Budget
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~$1 billion [1] |
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Staff
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4,300 |
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Volunteers
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17,000 |
| Website | www |
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 Quebec, and oversees the OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network (formerly Unrelated Bone Marrow Donor Registry) and is taking steps to increase transplant opportunities for patients by collecting and storing umbilical cord blood stem cells from Canadian donors. A separate organization, Héma-Québec, operates in the province of Quebec. A team of 4,300 staff and 17,000 volunteers help Canadian Blood Services operate 36 permanent collection sites, two bloodmobiles, eight OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network field sites and more than 22,000 donor clinics annually.[2] 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. It took over the responsibilities of Canadian blood systems starting from September 26, 1998.
Canadian Blood Services collects approximately 850,000 units of blood annually and processes it into the components and products that are administered to thousands of patients each year through blood transfusions.[citation needed] In addition to donating whole blood, some locations also offer platelets and blood plasma donations.[citation needed]
Canadian Blood Services is a quasi-non-government organization (QuaNGO) as 100% of its funding comes from the provincial and territorial ministries of health, provincial and territorial ministers of health appoint directors to its board, and its functions are regulated federally by Health Canada.[2]
On August 12, 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.[citation needed] Canadian Blood Services received government funding of $35 million over five years to proceed with this new mandate.[citation needed]
Canadian Blood Services is governed by an independent Board of Directors, who are recommended and appointed by provincial and territorial ministers of health. Current directors include: Ms. Leah Hollins (Chair), Robert H. Teskey, Rabbi Dr. Reuven P. Bulka, Dr. Christopher Carruthers, R. Wayne Gladstone, Dr. Gary Glavin, Mr. Henry J. Pankratz FCA, Ms. Elaine Sibson, Ms. Suromitra Sanatani, Mr. Dunbar Russel, The Honourable Denis Losier, Mr. Mike Shaw, and Mr. Craig Knight . The Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Blood Services is Dr. Graham Sher, and the Chief Supply Chain Officer is Ian Mumford.[citation needed]
There are several reasons why individuals can be deferred from donating blood, including intravenous drug use, living in the U.K. for certain periods of time, coming from an HIV-endemic country, as well HIV high risk activity.[3]
MSM Ban
On May 22, 2013 Canadian Blood Services announced that the deferral period as prescribed and enforced by Health Canada for men who have had sex with men (MSM) would be decreased from a ban for "even once since 1977" to "five years from last MSM [sexual] activity" by the summer of 2013.[4] The new policy came into effect on July 22, 2013.[5]
Some countries, such as Britain, allow MSM donations after a 12-month deferral period,[6] although other nations, such as the United States, maintain a complete lifetime ban.[7]
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.[citation needed]
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.[8] 488 mL (1 United States liquid pint) of blood is collected during a blood donation. For a typical donor this represents about ten percent of their total blood supply.
See also
References
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