Our Research Publications

Updated November 2023

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
Risk of exposure to Zika virus and impact on cord blood banking and adult unrelated donors in hematopoietic cell transplantation: the Canadian Blood Services experience Adams Z, Morris G, Campbell T, Mostert K, Dibdin N, Fearon M, Elmoazzen H, Mercer D, Young K, Allan D 2018 Biol Blood Marrow Transplant View Blood operators Clinical research
Risk of serious gastrointestinal bleeding in living kidney donors Thomas SM, Lam NN, Huang A, Nash DM, Prasad GV, Knoll GA, Koval JJ, Lentine KL, Kim SJ, Alam A, Lok CE, Treleaven DJ, Garg AX 2014 Clin Transplant View Health care providers Clinical research
Risk of transfusion-transmitted Babesia microti in Canada O'Brien SF, Drews SJ, Yi Q-L, Bloch EM, Ogden NH, Koffi JK, Lindsay LR, Gregoire Y, Delage G 2021 Transfusion View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Risk of transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 by transfusion: A literature review Leblanc J-F, Germain M, Delage G, O'Brien S, Drews SJ, Lewin A 2020 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Risk-assessment models for VTE and bleeding in hospitalized medical patients: an overview of systematic reviews Darzi AJ, Repp AB, Spencer FA, Morsi RZ, Charide R, Etxeandia-Ikobaltzeta I, Bauer KA, Burnett AE, Cushman M, Dentali F, Kahn SR, Rezende SM, Zakai NA, Agarwal A, Karam SG, Lotfi T, Wiercioch W, Waziry R, Iorio A, Akl EA, Schünemann HJ 2020 Blood Adv View Health care providers Clinical research
Risk-based decision making in transfusion medicine Leach Bennett J, Devine DV 2018 Vox Sang View Researchers New or improved product or process
Risk-based decision-making for blood safety: preliminary report of a consensus conference Stein J, Besley J, Brook C, Hamill M, Klein E, Krewski D, Murphy G, Richardson M, Sirna J, Skinner M, Steiner R, van Aken P, Devine D 2011 Vox Sang View Blood operators Other
Risks and trends of red blood cell transfusion in obstetric patients: a retrospective study of 45,213 deliveries using administrative data Shehata N, Chassé M, Colas JA, Murphy M, Forster AJ, Malinowski AK, Ducharme R, Fergusson DA, Tinmouth A, Wilson K 2017 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Risks, benefits and the role of stakeholders in pathogen reduction technology Newbold KB, Heddle NM, Lane SJ, Arnold E, Eyles J, Webert K 2014 Health Risk Soc View Other Other
Rituximab maintenance for relapsed refractory thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura Bhagirath VC, Kelton JG, Moore J, Arnold DM 2012 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Rituximab plus standard of care for treatment of primary immune thrombocytopenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis Chugh S, Darvish-Kazem S, Lim W, Crowther MA, Ghanima W, Wang G, Heddle NM, Kelton JG, Arnold DM 2015 Lancet Haematol View Health care providers Clinical research
Rivaroxaban and Apixaban induce clotting factor Xa fibrinolytic activity Carter RLR, Talbot K, Hur WS, Meixner SC, Van Der Gugten JG, Holmes DT, Côté HCF, Kastrup CJ, Smith TW, Lee AYY, Pryzdial ELG 2018 J Thromb Haemost View Health care providers Basic research
Rivaroxaban and dabigatran did not affect clotting profiles in plasma reconstituted with varying levels of autologous platelets to the same degree as heparin when evaluated using thromboelastography Gantioqui J, Stevic I, Atkinson H, Chan AKC 2018 Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis View Researchers Basic research
Role of G protein-coupled vasoactive intestinal peptide receptors in HIV integration Branch DR 2011 Future Virol View Researchers Basic research
Role of von Willebrand factor and ADAMTS-13 in early brain injury after experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage Wan H, Wang Y, Ai J, Brathwaite S, Ni H, Macdonald RL, Hol EM, Meijers JCM, Vergouwen MDI 2018 J Thromb Haemost View Researchers Basic research
Routine clinical care data for population pharmacokinetic modeling: the case for Fanhdi/Alphanate in hemophilia A patients Chelle P, Yeung CHT, Bonanad S, Morales Munoz JC, Ozelo MC, Megias Vericat JE, Iorio A, Spears J, Mir R, Edginton A 2019 J Pharmacokinet Pharmacodyn View Health care providers Clinical research
Routine nucleic acid testing of blood donations fails to detect all human immunodeficiency virus–positive blood donors Fearon M, Scalia V, Lane D, Bigham M, Hawes G, O'Brien S, Kadkhoda K 2016 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Routine screening method for microparticles in platelet transfusions Millar D, Murphy L, Labrie A, Maurer-Spurej E 2018 J Vis Exp View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Safeguarding the Patient's Own Blood Supply Zeller MP, Kaufman RM 2019 JAMA View Health care providers Clinical research
Safety and efficacy of self-administered romiplostim in patients with immune thrombocytopenia: Results of an integrated database of five clinical trials Kuter DJ, Arnold DM, Rodeghiero F, Janssens A, Selleslag D, Bird R, Newland A, Mayer J, Wang K, Olie R 2020 Am J Hematol View Researchers Clinical research
Safety of blood donation by individuals over age 70 and their contribution to the blood supply in five developed countries: a BEST Collaborative group study Goldman M, Germain M, Gregoire Y, Vassallo RR, Kamel H, Bravo M, Irving DO, Di Angelantonio E, Steele WR, O'Brien SF, for the Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion Collaborative (BEST) Investigators 2019 Transfusion View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Safety of cell therapy with mesenchymal stromal cells (SafeCell): a systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials Lalu MM, McIntyre L, Pugliese C, Fergusson D, Winston BW, Marshall JC, Granton J, Stewart DJ, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group 2012 PLoS One View Researchers Clinical research
Sample collection and sample handling errors submitted to the transfusion error surveillance system, 2006 to 2015 Strauss R, Downie H, Wilson A, Mounchili A, Berry B, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Callum J 2018 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
SARS in Canada: Lessons learned for the blood operator Devine DV 2020 Transfus Med View Blood operators Other
SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among blood donors after the first COVID-19 wave in Canada Saeed S, Drews SJ, Pambrun C, Yi Q-L, Osmond L, O'Brien SF 2021 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence among Canadian Blood Donors: The Advance of Omicron O’Brien SF, Caffrey N, Yi Q-L, Pambrun C, Drews SJ 2022 Viruses View Researchers Clinical research
SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among Vancouver public school staff in British Columbia, Canada Goldfarb DM, Mâsse LC, Watts AW, Hutchison SM, Muttucomaroe L, Bosman ES, Barakauskas VE, Choi A, Irvine MA, Reicherz F, Coombs D, O’Reilly C, Sediqi S, Razzaghian HR, Sadarangani M, O’Brien SF, Lavoie PM 2021 medRxiv View Researchers Clinical research
SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among Vancouver public school staff in British Columbia, Canada: a cross-sectional study Goldfarb DM, Mâsse LC, Watts AW, Hutchison SM, Muttucomaroe L, Bosman ES, Barakauskas VE, Choi A, Dhillon N, Irvine MA, Reicherz F, O’Reilly C, Sediqi S, Xu RY, Razzaghian HR, Sadarangani M, Coombs D, O’Brien SF, Lavoie PM 2022 BMJ Open View Researchers Clinical research
SARS-CoV-2 spike-dependent platelet activation in COVID-19 vaccine-induced thrombocytopenia Appelbaum J, Arnold DM, Kelton JG, Gernsheimer T, Jevtic SD, Ivetic N, Smith JW, Nazy I 2022 Blood Adv View Researchers Basic research
SARS-CoV-2 Virus-Like Particle Neutralizing Capacity in Blood Donors Depends on Serological Profile and Donor-Declared SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination History Drews SJ, Hu Q, Samson R, Abe KT, Rathod B, Colwill K, Gingras A-C, Yi Q-L, O’Brien SF, Mostafa HH 2022 Microbiol Spectr View Researchers Clinical research
Scanning the future of transfusion medicine Devine D, Dzik WH, Szczepiorkowski ZM 2013 Practical Transfusion Medicine, 4th edition View Health care providers Other
SCAR: The high-prevalence antigen 013.008 in the Scianna blood group system Srivastava K, Albasri J, Alsuhaibani OM, Aljasem HA, Bueno MU, Antonacci T, Branch DR, Denomme GA, Flegel WA 2021 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Screening for high-risk sexual behavior in Canada Goldman M, Caffrey N, O'Brien SF 2022 Transfusion View Blood operators Clinical research
Screening of Feijoa (Acca Sellowiana (O. Berg) Burret) Fruit Effect on Proliferation and Apoptosis using Bone Marrow derived Stem Cells Model Rasekh H, Mahrabani D, Hosseini Farahi M, Masoumi S, Acker J 2021 Electron J Gen Med View Researchers Basic research
Screening of red blood cells for extracellular vesicle content as a product quality indicator Acker JP, Almizraq RJ, Millar D, Maurer-Spurej E 2018 Transfusion View Researchers New or improved product or process
Segments from red blood cell units should not be used for quality testing Kurach JDR, Hansen AL, Turner TR, Jenkins C, Acker JP 2014 Transfusion View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Selection and characterization of a DNA aptamer inhibiting coagulation factor XIa Donkor DA, Bhakta V, Eltringham-Smith LJ, Stafford AR, Weitz JI, Sheffield WP 2017 Sci Rep View Researchers Basic research
Selection and in vitro and in vivo characterization of a Kunitz protease inhibitor domain of protease nexin 2 variant that inhibits factor XIa without inhibiting plasmin Eltringham-Smith LJ, Bhakta V, Sheffield WP 2021 J Biotechnol View Researchers Basic research
Sélection des donneurs, dépistage des maladies transmissibles et réduction des agents pathogènes Goldman M, Drews S, Devine D 2019 Guide de la pratique transfusionnelle View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Selective testing for Trypanosoma cruzi: the first year after implementation at Canadian Blood Services O'Brien SF, Scalia V, Goldman M, Fan W, Yi QL, Dines IR, Huang M, Ndao M, Fearon MA 2012 Transfusion View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Self-Assembly of a Functional Triple Protein: Hemoglobin-Avidin-Hemoglobin via Biotin–Avidin Interactions Singh S, Kluger R 2016 Biochemistry View Researchers Basic research
Sensitivity of the Elecsys Nucleocapsid Assay for the Detection of Preceding SARS-CoV-2 Infections Grunau B, Tom J, Asamoah-Boaheng M, O’Brien SF, Drews SJ, Sediqi S, Lavoie PM, Barakauskas V, Goldfarb DM 2022 Open Forum Infect Dis View Researchers Basic research
Septic transfusion case caused by a platelet pool with visible clotting due to contamination with Staphylococcus aureus Loza-Correa M, Kou Y, Taha M, Kalab M, Ronholm J, Schlievert PM, Cahill MP, Skeate R, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Ramirez-Arcos S 2017 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Serologic assessments in acute transfusion reactions: practices and yields Cohen R, Lima A, Escorcia A, Tasmin F, Lin Y, Lieberman L, Pendergrast J, Callum J, Cserti-Gazdewich C 2019 Vox Sang View Health care providers Clinical research
Serologic problems associated with administration of intravenous immune globulin (IVIg) Branch DR 2019 Immunohematology View Researchers Clinical research
Serologic reactivity of unidentified specificity in antenatal testing and hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn: The BEST collaborative study Lu W, Ziman A, Yan MTS, Waters A, Virk MS, Tran A, Tang H, Shih AW, Scally E, Raval JS, Pandey S, Pagano MB, Shan H, Moore C, Morrison D, Cormack O, Fitzgerald J, Duncan J, Corean J, Clarke G, Yazer M 2023 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Serological best practices: Anti-M Clarke G, Cote J, Lane D 2017 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Seroprevalence of Babesia microti infection in Canadian blood donors O'Brien SF, Delage G, Scalia V, Lindsay R, Bernier F, Dubuc S, Germain M, Pilot G, Yi Q-L, Fearon MA 2016 Transfusion View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Serotonin-release assay-positive but platelet factor 4-dependent enzyme-immunoassay negative: HIT or not HIT? Warkentin TE, Smythe MA, Ali MA, Aslam N, Sheppard JI, Smith JW, Moore JC, Arnold DM, Nazy I 2021 Am J Hematol View Researchers Clinical research
Serpin Phage Display: The Use of a T7 System to Probe Reactive Center Loop Libraries with Different Serine Proteinases de Souza LR, Scott BM, Bhakta V, Donkor DA, Perruzza DL, Sheffield WP 2018 Serpins: Methods and Protocols View Researchers Other