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In early 2011, Canadian Blood Services partnered with Ipsos Reid to distribute a survey to 551 health care professionals.The survey was designed to identify professional opinions and attitudes on organ and tissue donation and transplantation (OTDT) to provide information on gaps in healthcare professionals’ knowledge and support for OTDT and identify issues to be addressed in the future.
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Canadian Blood Services, in collaboration with the Canadian Society of Transplantation (CST), is planning a consensus forum for allocation in combined organ transplantation.
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The Highly Sensitized Patient (HSP) registry lists the hardest to match kidney patients, for whom kidneys are very difficult to find as a result of patients having developed HLA antibodies through previous pregnancies, transplants or blood transfusions. In consultation with its National Kidney Registry Advisory Committee and a broad representation of frontline users, Canadian Blood Services has begun the programming and development work for this registry.
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Canadian Blood Services, in consultation with organ expert groups and an advisory of frontline users, has made considerable progress towards completion of the National Organ Waitlist registry build and is just now testing and preparing for training users for the National Organ Waitlist (NOW), which will replacethe fax-based list maintained by London Health Sciences Centre.
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As of July 29, 2011 the Living Donor Paired Exchange (LDPE) registry has helped to make 95 living donor kidney transplants possible for Canadians — transplants that would otherwise not have happened.
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Over the summer of 2011, Canadian Blood Services will update its organ and tissue donation and transplantation (OTDT) web services to better serve experts and the public alike. The organization will amalgamate the content of several web sites—including this one—into one website that can be accessed from blood.ca or directly at organsandissues.ca. For OTDT experts [...]
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A recent Ipsos Reid public opinion poll shows that the majority of Canadians have either made the decision to donate, or are open to donation, however few have taken action to register their consent.
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