Stories: Canadian Blood Services

It's official: Canadian Blood Services’ Cord Blood Bank, a national, public health-care resource has been launched. Expectant mothers who give birth at one of our partnering hospitals are helping to build an ethnically diverse stem cell bank in Canada by donating their baby’s cord blood.

Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Beckett, MD is the chief of general surgery and trauma advisor to the Surgeon General of Canada.

There’s no evidence the respiratory virus can be transmitted by blood

Even in a pandemic, the need for blood and blood products is constant

Canadian Blood Services’ national system ensures that your important donations can travel to patients in need anywhere in the country.

Helping bring Canada’s 17 eye and tissue banks together.

Early results from Canadian Blood Services’ seroprevalence study provide some insights

Analysis reveals regional differences, importance of ongoing testing

New donor centres will help meet rising need for medications made from this blood component 

Discovery likely to improve patient diagnosis and quality testing of stored red cells