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The BC Provincial Blood Coordinating Office (PBCO) and Canadian Blood Services (CBS) provide a free education session every fall to support and educate technologists, nurses and physicians about transfusion medicine issues. This conference is also broadcast via webinar, reaching attendees throughout the province and beyond.

 

26th Annual Education Day

Friday, September 12th, 2025, 8am - 4pm

Burnaby, BC

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In-person registration is now full.  

Click HERE to register for virtual attendance!

 Registration deadline has been extended to: Wednesday, September 10th, 2025

Please note: for group viewing, everyone must still register in order to receive a Certificate of Completion.

 

Download Agenda here

 

Presentation Topics

Speaker Bios and Abstracts

Albumin Guidelines from ICTMG

Dr. Jeannie Callum, KHSC 

Strengthening Transfusion Services in Northern Health

Sarah Henry, NH 

Looks can be Deceiving: Is it an Anti-D and -C or Anti-G?

Queenie Li, CBS

Cross-Health Authority Transfusion Reaction Reporting

Clare O'Reilly, PHSA (BCCW)

Brenda Tsang, PHSA (BCCW)

Red Blood Cell Inventory Management Modelling

Jas Dhahan, SFU

Panel Discussion #1 – Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

Dr. Matthew Seftel, CBS

Rebecca St. Jean, VCH

Margaret Roche, VCH

Joey Kenward 

Panel Discussion #2 – Cellular Therapy Processes: Apheresis, Testing, and Product Manipulation

Dr. Amanda Li, PHSA (BCCW)

Dr. Audi Setiadi, PHSA (BCCW)

Adriann Esteban, PHSA (BCCW)

Kate Douglas, PHSA (BCCW)

  

Education Day 2025 is made possible with support from the following sponsors:

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Gold Sponsors:

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QuidelOrtho logo 2025

 

Silver Sponsors:   

Argenx

Haemonetics

Recordati Rare Diseases

Takeda

 

Bronze Sponsor:

Bio-Rad

Inter-Medico