Our Research Publications

Updated August 2024

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
Resistance of SARS-CoV-2 beta and gamma variants to plasma collected from Canadian blood donors during the spring of 2020 Drews SJ, Abe KT, Hu Q, Samson R, Gingras A-C, Colwill K, Rathod B, Wang J, Fazel-Zarandi M, Yi Q-L, Robinson A, Wood H, Tuite A, Fisman D, Evans DH, Lin Y-CJ, O'Brien SF 2022 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
Epidemiology of Hospitalized Patients with Babesiosis, United States, 2010-2016 Bloch EM, Day JR, Krause PJ, Kjemtrup A, O'Brien SF, Tobian AAR, Goel R 2022 Emerg Infect Dis View Health care providers Clinical research
Bacterial contamination of blood components Bloch EM, Benjamin RJ, Ramirez-Arcos S 2022 Rossi's Principles of Transfusion Medicine View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Closed system processing variables affect post-thaw quality characteristics of cryopreserved red cell concentrates Howell A, Turner TR, Hansen A, Lautner LJ, Yi Q, Acker JP 2022 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Development and validation of a sensitive flow cytometric method for determining CECs in RBC products Li W, Acker JP 2022 Clin Chim Acta View Researchers New or improved product or process
Canadian blood suppliers: An expanding role in public health surveillance? O'Brien SF, Drews SJ, Lewin A, Osiowy C, Drebot MA, Renaud C 2022 Can Commun Dis Rep View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Minimal impact of anticoagulant on in vitro whole blood quality throughout a 35-day cold-storage regardless of leukoreduction timing Schubert P, Culibrk B, Bhakta V, Closas T, Sheffield WP, Devine DV, McTaggart K 2022 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Novel contact–kinin inhibitor sylvestin targets thromboinflammation and ameliorates ischemic stroke Zhang Z, Shen C, Fang M, Han Y, Long C, Liu W, Yang M, Liu M, Zhang D, Cao Q, Chen X, Fang Y, Lu Q, Hou Z, Li Y, Liu Z, Lei X, Ni H, Lai R 2022 Cell Mol Life Sci View Researchers Basic research
Bacterial contamination of platelet components Ramirez-Arcos S, McDonald C, ISBT Transfusion-Transmitted Infectious Disease Bacterial Working Party Bacterial Subgroup 2022 Ann Blood View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
Behaviour based screening questions and potential donation loss using the “for the assessment of individualised risk” screening criteria: A Canadian perspective Caffrey N, Goldman M, Lewin A, Osmond L, O'Brien SF 2022 Transfus Med View Researchers MSM research
Screening for high-risk sexual behavior in Canada Goldman M, Caffrey N, O'Brien SF 2022 Transfusion View Blood operators Clinical research
FAQ: Whole blood, leukocytes reduced (LrWB) at Canadian Blood Services Mack J 2022 Blood.ca website View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Circulaire d'information utilisation de composants sanguins humains: Cellules progénitrices hématopiétiques de sang de cordon omilical Stewart T 2022 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Circular of information for the use of human blood components: Platelets Stewart T 2022 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Persistently elevated complement alternative pathway biomarkers in COVID-19 correlate with hypoxemia and predict in-hospital mortality Leatherdale A, Stukas S, Lei V, West HE, Campbell CJ, Hoiland RL, Cooper J, Wellington CL, Sekhon MS, Pryzdial ELG, Conway EM 2022 Med Microbiol Immunol View Health care providers Clinical research
In Vitro Effect of Methamphetamine on Proliferation, Differentiation and Apoptosis of Adipose Tissue Stem Cells: In vitro Effect of Methamphetamine Anari L, Mehrabani D, Nasiri M, Zare S, Jamhiri I, Acker J 2022 J Pharm Sci View Researchers Basic research
Characterization of CD41(+) cells in the lymph node Dai L, Uehara M, Li X, LaBarre BA, Banouni N, Ichimura T, Lee-Sundlov MM, Kasinath V, Sullivan JA, Ni H, Barone F, Giannini S, Bahmani B, Sage PT, Patsopoulos NA, Tsokos GC, Bromberg JS, Hoffmeister K, Jiang L, Abdi R 2022 Front Immunol View Researchers Basic research
Chapter 10. Transfusion reactions Laureano M, Khandelwal A, Yan M 2022 Clinical Guide to Transfusion View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia after COVID-19 vaccination: Description of a series of 39 cases in Brazil Mouta Nunes de Oliveira P, Mendes-de-Almeida DP, Bertollo Gomes Porto V, Crespo Cordeiro C, Vitiello Teixeira G, Saraiva Pedro R, Roberto Gomes Takey P, Kegele Lignani L, Reis Xavier J, Cardoso Doria da Gama V, Amorim Filho L, Emoingt Furtado B, Santa Maria A, Dahrug Barros T, Neves Waite Freitas L, Dos Santos Pereira T, Lima Abreu D, Bernardes Ramos M, Gabe C, Arnold D, William Smith J, Nazy I, Lourdes de Sousa Maia M 2022 Vaccine View Health care providers Clinical research
Chapter 17. Troubles de l’hémostase et angiœdème héréditaire Poon MC, Goodyear D, Rydz N, Lee A 2022 Guide de la pratique transfusionnelle View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Rejuvenated and safe: Freeze-dried plasma for the 21st century Sheffield WP, V. Devine D 2022 Transfusion View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Sexual issues in people with haemophilia: Awareness and strategies for overcoming communication barriers Blamey G, Van Tassel B, Sagermann E, Stain AM, Waterhouse L, Iorio A 2022 Haemophilia View Researchers Ethical, legal and social implications research
Clinical Practice Guidelines From the Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies (AABB): COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Estcourt LJ, Cohn CS, Pagano MB, Iannizzi C, Kreuzberger N, Skoetz N, Allen ES, Bloch EM, Beaudoin G, Casadevall A, Devine DV, Foroutan F, Gniadek TJ, Goel R, Gorlin J, Grossman BJ, Joyner MJ, Metcalf RA, Raval JS, Rice TW, Shaz BH, Vassallo RR, Winters JL, Tobian AAR 2022 Ann Intern Med View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
How do we decide how representative our donors are for public health surveillance? O'Brien SF, Drews SJ, Lewin A, Russell A, Davison K, Goldman M, International Society for Blood Transfusion Transfusion Transmitted Infectious Disease Working Party Surveillance Risk Assessment Policy Sub-group 2022 Transfusion View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
GRADE guidance 35: update on rating imprecision for assessing contextualized certainty of evidence and making decisions Schünemann HJ, Neumann I, Hultcrantz M, Brignardello-Petersen R, Zeng L, Murad MH, Izcovich A, Morgano GP, Baldeh T, Santesso N, Cuello CG, Mbuagbaw L, Guyatt G, Wiercioch W, Piggott T, De Beer H, Vinceti M, Mathioudakis AG, Mayer MG, Mustafa R, Filippini T, Iorio A, Nieuwlaat R, Marcucci M, Coello PA, Bonovas S, Piovani D, Tomlinson G, Akl EA 2022 J Clin Epidemiol View Researchers Clinical research
Cold-stored platelets are effective in an in vitro model of massive transfusion protocol assessed by rotational thromboelastometry Zhao HQ, Serrano K, Culibrk B, Chen Z, Devine DV 2022 Transfusion View Researchers New or improved product or process
Assessment of bacterial growth in leukoreduced cold-stored whole blood supports overnight hold at room temperature prior to filtration: A pilot study Ramirez-Arcos S, Kou Y, Kumaran D, Culibrk B, Stewart T, Schubert P, McTaggart K 2022 Vox Sang View Researchers New or improved product or process
Heterogeneity of Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia after ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Vaccination and Safety of Second Vaccination with BNT162b2 Lindhoff-Last E, Schoenborn L, Piorkowski M, Herold J, Greinacher A, Sheppard JA, Warkentin TE 2022 Thromb Haemost View Researchers Clinical research
Blood unit segments accurately represent the biophysical properties of red blood cells in blood bags but not hemolysis Islamzada E, Matthews K, Lamoureux E, Duffy SP, Scott MD, Ma H 2022 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Donor-recipient sex is associated with transfusion-related outcomes in critically ill patients Alshalani A, Uhel F, Cremer OL, Schultz MJ, de Vooght KMK, van Bruggen R, Acker JP, Juffermans NP, on behalf of the MARS Consortium 2022 Blood Adv View Researchers Clinical research
Blood Donation Testing and the Safety of the Blood Supply Goldman M, Drews SJ 2022 Practical Transfusion Medicine View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
FAQ: Canadian Blood Services platelet bacterial screening Khandelwal A, Ramirez-Arcos S, Bigham M 2022 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
FAQ : Le sang total déleucocyté à la Société canadienne du sang Mack J 2022 Blood.ca website View Health care providers New or improved product or process
A Portrait of Cord Blood Units Distributed for Transplantation from Canadian Blood Services’ Cord Blood Bank: First Analysis Parmar G, Green M, Mostert K, Lawless T, Dibdin N, Weiss J, Ganz K, Petraszko T, Seftel MD, Allan DS 2022 Curr Oncol View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Circulaire d'information utilisation de composants sanguins humains: Sang total Stewart T 2022 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Ex vivo enzymatic treatment converts blood type A donor lungs into universal blood type lungs Wang A, Ribeiro RVP, Ali A, Brambate E, Abdelnour-Berchtold E, Michaelsen V, Zhang Y, Rahfeld P, Moon H, Gokhale H, Gazzalle A, Pal P, Liu M, Waddell TK, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Tinckam K, Kizhakkedathu JN, West L, Keshavjee S, Withers SG, Cypel M 2022 Sci Transl Med View Researchers Clinical research
Epidemiology, diagnosis and management of neonatal thrombosis: a single-center cohort study Paes B, Chan AKC, Shaik M, Patel D, Bhatt MD 2022 Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis View Health care providers Clinical research
Sexual risk behavior questions: Understanding and mitigating donor discomfort Haw J, Woo H, Kohut T, Fisher W 2022 Transfusion View Blood operators MSM research
Mixing study to diagnose heparin-resistance caused by functional antithrombin deficiency Bahabri A, Moffat KA, Carlino SA, Chan AKC, Bhatt MD 2022 Int J Lab Hematol View Researchers Basic research
Filamin A regulates caspase-3 cleavage in platelets in a protein kinase C (PKC)-dependent manner De Silva E, Devine DV, Jan E, Roskelley CD, Kim H 2022 Biochem J View Researchers Basic research
Model of Acute Liver Failure in an Isolated Perfused Porcine Liver—Challenges and Lessons Learned Hefler J, Hatami S, Thiesen A, Olafson C, Durand K, Acker J, Karvellas CJ, Bigam DL, Freed DH, Shapiro AMJ 2022 Biomedicines View Researchers New or improved product or process
Chapitre 10. Les réactions transfusionnelles Laureano M, Khandelwal A, Yan M 2022 Guide de la pratique transfusionnelle View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Coagulation and complement: Key innate defense participants in a seamless web Pryzdial ELG, Leatherdale A, Conway EM 2022 Front Immunol View Researchers Basic research
ResearchUnit: Evaluating infusion pump safety for red blood cell transfusions Wolfe A 2022 Blood.ca website View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Retention of hemostatic and immunological properties of frozen plasma and COVID-19 convalescent apheresis fresh-frozen plasma produced and freeze-dried in Canada Sheffield WP, Bhakta V, Howell A, Jenkins C, Serrano K, Johnson N, Lin Y-CJ, Colwill K, Rathod B, Greenberg B, Gingras A-C, Evans DH, Flaumenhaft E, Beckett A, Drews SJ, Devine DV 2022 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Comparison of Neutrophil Function in Granulocyte Concentrates From Prednisone- and G-CSF-Treated Donors: Effect of Stimulant, Leukapheresis and Storage Murru A, Allard M-È, Paré G, Vaillancourt M, Boyer L, Cayer M-P, Vitry J, Landry P, Labrecque M-M, Robitaille N, Branch DR, Girard M, Fernandes MJ 2022 Front Med View Researchers Basic research
Comparative 6-Month Wild-Type and Delta-Variant Antibody Levels and Surrogate Neutralization for Adults Vaccinated with BNT162b2 versus mRNA-1273 Grunau B, Golding L, Prusinkiewicz MA, Asamoah-Boaheng M, Armour R, Marquez AC, Jassem AN, Barakauskas V, O’Brien SF, Drews SJ, Haig S, Lavoie PM, Goldfarb DM 2022 Microbiol Spectr View Researchers Clinical research
The impact of donor ferritin testing on blood availability in Canada Blake JT, O'Brien SF, Goldman M 2022 Vox Sang View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Preservation and Storage of Cells for Therapy: Current Applications and Protocols Acker JP, Bondarovych M, Brunotte R, Buriak IA, Fuller BJ, Glasmacher B, Goltsev AM, Gregor J, Gryshkov O, Herrity K, Honegrová B, Hunt CJ, Jandová M, Johnstone BH, Kilbride P, Lánská M, Mann J, Měřička P, Musall KG, Mutsenko V, Mykhailova O, Petrenko Y, Radocha J, Sherry AM, Stacey GN, Štěrba L, Vokurková D, William N, Woods EJ 2022 Cell Engineering and Regeneration View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
FAQ: Donor high titre isohemagglutinin (anti-A/anti-B) testing at Canadian Blood Services Bodnar M, Bienz M, Clarke G 2022 Blood.ca website View Health care providers New or improved product or process