Saskatchewan IG Stewardship Program
Immune Globulin (IVIG) is an expensive product and is a limited resource. It is prepared by several commercial manufacturers who use plasma derived from many donors to produce IVIG. Saskatchewan is one of the highest per capita users of IVIG across the nation.
In appropriately selected patients and clinical settings, IVIG therapy is life-saving. As with all blood products there are a number of possible risks with its use. The associated risks and significant costs provide a strong incentive to ensure that IVIG is prescribed only for appropriate clinical indications for which there is a known benefit.
Contact the program: Mon. Fri. 8-4:30 p.m., 306-766-3135 p.m. Excluding Statutory Holidays.
IVIG Resources
Immune Globulin Guideline & Supporting Resources - To download resources use Chrome
This clinical practice guideline and background document were produced as part of the Prairie Collaborative Immune Globulin (IG) Utilization Management Framework project, which was initiated to establish criteria for IG therapy as a means to increase accountability for the quality, safety, and sustainability of the blood supply system, and to demonstrate stewardship for the use of public funds. This project is a trilateral agreement between the Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan ministries of health, involved multidisciplinary committees comprised of specialists from the three provinces, and was supported by a research team from the Ambassador Guideline Adaptation and Development Program at the Institute of Health Economics (IHE).
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Transfusion Medicine Laboratory Screening of ADULT 10% IVIG Order Set - Work Standard | October 27, 2021 | June 24, 2022 | Download |
TML- Learning Tool - Determining the Dosing Weight for IVIG | October 27, 2021 | October 27, 2021 | Download |
TML Learning Tool - Criteria for the Clinical Use of Immune Globulin | October 27, 2021 | October 27, 2021 | Download |
TML - Learning Tool Determining the IVIG Dose | October 27, 2021 | October 27, 2021 | Download |
Saskatchewan Subcutaneous Immune Globulin (SCIG) Comparison Table | January 8, 2024 | March 4, 2024 | Download |
Programming the Plum 360 for Blood IVIG 10% Generic | January 12, 2024 | February 26, 2024 | Download |
Pediatric Rounding Doses - Work Standard | October 10, 2023 | March 5, 2024 | Download |
Nursing - "Need to Knows" - IVIG Orders | October 19, 2021 | October 19, 2021 | Download |
Need to Know - IVIG Order Set | September 28, 2023 | September 28, 2023 | Download |
Memo Nursing Departments -fSHR Where to find the Adult 10% IVIG Order Set | December 15, 2021 | December 15, 2021 | Download |
Memo Nursing Departments -fRQHR Where to find the Adult 10% IVIG Order Set | December 15, 2021 | December 15, 2021 | Download |
Memo - New Measles Post-Exposure Prophylaxis - Intravenous Immune Globulin (IVIG) Order Set Now Available | January 24, 2024 | January 24, 2024 | Download |
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Process Map Resources - To download resources use Chrome
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Pediatric Outpatient 10% IVIG POS Process Map | April 28, 2023 | April 28, 2023 | Download |
Pediatric Inpatient 10% IVIG POS Process Map | April 28, 2023 | April 28, 2023 | Download |
Outpatient Adult 10% IVIG POS Process Map | September 15, 2021 | November 2, 2021 | Download |
Inpatient Adult 10% IVIG POS Process Map | September 15, 2021 | May 23, 2023 | Download |
Immune Globulin Order and Approval Change Process | November 4, 2021 | November 30, 2023 | Download |
Videos
- IG Stewardship Program and New Adult 10% Order Set – Nursing Education.
- IG Stewardship Presentation – Prescriber Information
- IG Stewardship Program update and review with Nursing and Laboratory-Pediatric 10% Order set
- IG Stewardship Program The New Pediatric 10% Order Set – Nursing Education
- IG Stewardship Program – Nursing and Lab Review and Update – October 11th, 2023
- IG Stewardship Program and Adverse Event November 7, 2023
- IG Stewardship Program – Rural Pediatrics Network meeting
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Practitioner Pre-Printed Orders - To download resources use Chrome
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SHA CS-OS-1910 Adult 10% Intravenous Immune Globulin – (IVIG) Order Set
SHA CS-OS-1911 Pediatric 10% Intravenous Immune Globulin (IVIG) Oder Set
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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