Red Blood Cells

Packed Red Blood Cells are used to replace red cell mass when tissue oxygenation is impaired by acute or chronic anemia.
RBC Resources
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External Links
- CBS Circular of information RBCs
- Clinical Guide to Transfusion – Online Edition, Transfusion Practice, CBS – Blood Components
- NAC Companion Document to: “Red Blood Cell Transfusion: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the AABB”
- NAC: Recommendations For Use of Irradiated Blood Components in Canada
- Saskatoon Health Region, Transfusion Essentials, Product Catalogue – Red Blood Cells
Blood Products
What’s Popular
- Transfuse Wisely Poster
- IVIG Dose Calculator – Based on Adjusted Body Weight
- COVID-19 Correspondence
- COVID-19 Resources
- Prenatal Testing and Prevention of Alloimmunization in Mothers of Saskatchewan (PRAMS) Program
- Saskatchewan Transfusion Adverse Event Report Form
- The Strange Case of Penny Allison
- Transfusion Best Practice Recommendations
Useful Links
- Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)
- Canadian Blood Services
- Canadian Blood Services Professional Education
- Canadian Immunodeficiencies Patient Organization
- Canadian Society for Transfusion Medicine (CSTM)
- Choosing Wisely Canada
- HAE Canada Website
- Jehovah’s Witnesses
- National Advisory Committee on Blood and Blood Products
- ONTraC – Ontario Transfusion Coordinators
- ORBCoN – Ontario Regional Blood Coordinating Network
- REDCap
- Saskatchewan Bleeding Disorder Program
- SaskBlood SharePoint
- Society for the Advancement of Blood Management (SABM)
- Treat the Bleed