Blood donations

Héma-Québec’s request for a gender-neutral screening questionnaire for all types of blood donations has received the green light from Health Canada. The provincial organization’s assessment of risk for sexual behaviour will be made on…

World Blood Donor Day aims to promote regular blood donations to ensure that all individuals have access to affordable and timely supplies of safe blood in times of emergency needs. (Representative image Shutterstock) The Theme for World…

Canadian Blood Services says it is struggling to replenish a critically low national supply caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The organization says the virus that has persisted since March 2020 has resulted in the smallest donor base…

Canadian Blood Services wants to scrap a lifetime ban on sex workers giving blood in a further move to make blood donation more equitable. The blood-donation service this month recommended to Health Canada that it abolish the lifetime…

Health Canada has given Canadian Blood Services the green light to lift specific restrictions on blood donations from men who have sex with men. The federal regulator said in a news release Thursday it has now authorized a request…

Canadian Blood Services has officially asked Health Canada to drop specific restrictions on blood donations from men who have sex with men, the organization confirmed Wednesday. Currently, men are eligible to donate blood if…

SANBS medical director, Dr Karin Van Den Berg, said the period between COVID-19 waves was critical as more blood was required during this time.…