What Donation - Canadian Blood Services

1 What Who are we Depending on hospital requirements, three other Other possible uses of your Donation which can be harmful to patients The white Blood Canadian Blood Services is a national, not-for-profit components may be manufactured from a Blood Occasionally, parts of your Donation may be used to cells are discarded and Canadian Blood Services charitable organization that manages the Blood supply Donation : perform quality testing. This testing ensures that Blood must pay for their safe disposal as a special type Happens in all provinces and territories outside of Qu bec. We Platelets provide the basis for clotting that products meet quality standards. It also demonstrates of waste. However, these white Blood cells could operate 41 permanent collection sites and more than helps control bleeding. Patients with prolonged that the Blood manufacturing process is in control potentially be used for medical research to develop 19,000 donor clinics annually to collect over 900,000 bleeding associated with diseases such as cancer and that products continuously and consistently meet new drugs.

2 Canadian Blood Services may sell the whole Blood donations and deliver products to more need large quantities of platelets as part of their hospitals needs. filtered cells on a cost-recovery basis while at the to YOUR. than 700 hospital customers. treatment. Part of your Donation may also be used for teaching or same time eliminating its current disposal fees. Cryoprecipitate is derived from plasma and research purposes. While every attempt is made to minimize wastage, contains high levels of clotting factors. It is used to As well, part of your Donation may be processed into there will be some components that will have to What happens to your Donation Donation help control bleeding. medical or other products. be discarded at the end of their shelf-life. Although Canadian Blood Services collects Blood donations to expired products cannot be transfused they may be Cryosupernatant plasma provides a source of Currently there are certain parts of the Donation that are not be used to treat patients.

3 Whole Blood is separated into donated or provided on a cost-recovery basis. plasma with fewer clotting factors than regular used. Examples include: two main components: plasma . It is used for plasma exchange in the Red Blood Cells carry oxygen to tissues and are treatment of rare conditions. Factor VIII, used to treat a clotting disorder called Our commitment to you responsible for the removal of carbon dioxide hemophilia A, may be purified from plasma but All components are stored at the appropriate Canadian Blood Services wants to ensure that as through the lungs. Red Blood cells are mostly used since there is limited demand for it in Canada it is temperature and conditions to optimize their quality much of every Donation as possible is used while to treat patients following accidents and during not currently being made from all of our donors'. and shelf-life. If the testing for transmissible diseases is continually improving the cost-effectiveness and surgery.

4 plasma . Canadian Blood Services may donate found negative, the components become available for efficiency of the Blood system. Giving or selling unused plasma is a liquid containing many of the body's or sell at a minimal cost the unused material to distribution to hospitals. or end of shelf-life parts of the Donation instead of proteins that help fight infection and help clotting. another plasma manufacturer. The Factor VIII made discarding them could contribute towards this goal. plasma may be transfused directly to patients or If your Donation is found positive for a transmissible from Canadian plasma could then be used for the Proceeds of any sales would be invested back into the may be further processed to purify the antibodies disease Canadian Blood Services will confidentially treatment of patients in other countries who have Blood system to balance out costs. and albumin it contains. The antibodies (also inform you of your test result.)

5 Your Donation will not be limited access to Factor VIII. Canadian Blood Services will subject each Donation known as immune globulins) are used to treat used to treat patients. It will be discarded but a sample Each unit of Blood undergoes a filtration process, and cost-recovery sale opportunity to a rigorous review patients with weak immune systems. Albumin of it may be stored for future testing. called leukoreduction, to remove white Blood cells to ensure they meet ethical, legal and regulatory is mostly used in requirements and they are consistent with our mission emergency care and values. to treat trauma or H. Donation at Quality testing, Furthermore, any use for research purposes will be burn victims who teaching, stored Canadian Blood HOSPITAL. for future testing approved by an independent research ethics board. have lost large Services Sites amounts of Blood . This processing Who to contact for more information of plasma into Red If you have any questions or concerns, please ask the specialized Further Albumin clinic staff.

6 Blood products is done for Canadian Blood Cells plasma plasma for processing of plasma H. HOSPITAL. If you would like to learn more on how whole Blood , plasma and platelets are processed, please visit our Services by plasma patients website at manufacturers, also called fractionators, Donation FVIII/vWF. located outside of Platelets H complex Canada. H. HOSPITAL. HOSPITAL. Immune 1000105370. Globulin 2014-03-07. 1 888 2 DONATE.