Talk:Canadian Blood Services

Needs an update, badly

Is anyone able to work on an update for this article? I used to volunteer there, and am in research now. Many of the things are outdated, or are simply not true. The budget for one, was never $35 million dollars. It recently increased to $1 billion from public funds. Also, is it worth mentioning that the board of directors listed are not correct and that it just received a mandate to build a registry and manage ALL organ donations in the country? Chrisjustinparr (talk) 03:53, 5 April 2010 (UTC) It has been updated. Thank you. 1800AltaVista (talk) 18:02, 8 February 2012 (UTC) Not sure what the value/relevance is of listing the entire Board of Directors of this organization? Isn't that info better suited for a corporate report/brochure?--Sunfox1 (talk) 06:26, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

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Um, shouldn't this page have something about the fact that Candian Blood Services doesn't permit gay people to donate?

According to their site, and from the Public Health Agency of Canada's latest stats, "Canadian public health data show that the MSM category is the highest risk for new HIV/AIDS cases. The next two highest categories, according to recent Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) data, are also unable to give blood." http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/aids-sida/publication/survreport/2009/dec/index-eng.php 1800AltaVista (talk) 18:09, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

== Definitely if this were a larger article. Right now this is somewhat of a stub and probably meant to be that way. Other than that I'd defintely write a little about the blatant and poorly disguised discrimnation they practice ~~

• Discrimination? Hardly. Statistics show that gay people, especially gay men, are more likely to carry HIV than the rest of the general population. Canadian Blood Services is saving themselves prohibitive costs from testing blood that has a higher likelihood of being contaminated. Why go through all the time, effort and money to have blood you cannot use anyway? Matthew Cadrin 18:35, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

== Now there's some discrimination. Stats actually show that gay people are _not_ more likely to carry HIV. The gay community does not now and never has had the largest populations of HIV infections. It's all misinformation spread via homophobia. 70.49.57.112 10:37, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

-- although I don't if either statement is correct, "largest populations" and "more likely to" are two totally different statements - your basis for your calling Matthew Cadrin's statement discriminatory is so far unfounded ... I just gave blood and checked out the wiki link ... they do ask some pretty archaic questions - though if you answer "yes" to them it's not clear if that precludes you from giving automatically, there is a follow-up question for every "yes" answer ... "Have you ever had sex, even once, with a rabbit on a trip to Portugal?" ... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.56.86.35 (talk) 16:37, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

"Deferral?"

It should probably be explained what is meant by "deferral" in this paragraph:

• Canadian Blood Services does not allow men who have had sex with men, even one time, to donate their blood. In contrast, other countries, such as Britain, have updated their policies in light of new research, and now allow gay men to donate after a 12 month deferral period.

...Or maybe "gay men" needs to be changed to MSM. You can't defer from being gay, so I was confused by this paragraph until I read the reference. As a sidenote, we're contrasting these 2 rules but does anyone know what percentage of men would be affected by one rule and not the other? Most gay people I know are in long term relationships and presumably having sex in them more than once every 12 months, so I'm not sure the British policy is as significantly different as it sounds. --24.86.250.212 (talk) 14:15, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

Several updates needed

Hi there,

I'll start by saying that I'm new to editing Wikipedia articles. I'm the manager of digital communications at Canadian Blood Services and would like to make several edits to the article regarding this organization, but would like to ensure that I do so through consultations with the community. Apologies in advance for the very long post. I'd appreciate any feedback.

1. The first paragraph doesn't speak to the fact that Canadian Blood Services also leads an integrated, inter-provincial system for organ donation and transplantation for all of Canada.

2. We have approximately 4,300 employees, not 4,700

3. Canadian Blood Services operates over 36 permanent donation collection sites, two blood testing facilities and 10 manufacturing facilities. Canadian Blood Services recruits donors and collects whole blood at over approximately 14,000 clinics each year.

4. In 2011, provincial and territorial ministries of health invested $48 million over eight years to create a national public umbilical cord blood bank. In June 2015, Canadian Blood Services’ Cord Blood Bank officially launched, partnering with five hospital sites in four cities – Ottawa (2), Brampton, Edmonton and Vancouver.

5. I don't think it's necessary to list all of the Board members. Some of those listed have since been replaced. Something like this would likely work better: Canadian Blood Services is regulated as a biologics manufacturer by Health Canada, operates at arm’s length from the government, and is primarily funded by the provincial and territorial ministries of health. Canadian Blood Services is governed by 13 directors who are elected by Canada’s provincial and territorial Ministers of Health, except Québec. The Canadian Blood Services’ executive management team has 10 senior members: nine vice-presidents and a chief executive officer (CEO). The CEO, Dr. Graham Sher is the organization’s most senior executive—accountable to the Board of Directors and responsible for ensuring Canadian Blood Services operates within the policy and strategy framework approved by the board. The CEO provides advice and counsel to the Board on all organizational matters and leads the management, staff and volunteer teams.

6. The services offered section doesn't speak to cord blood or organ/tissue donation. I recommend something like this: Canadian Blood Services collection services vary across Canada but typical services include: whole blood collection, plasmapheresis, plateletpheresis, cord blood and stem cell and bone marrow collection and matching. Canadian Blood Services promotes leading practices and is actively involved in raising awareness and education of organ and tissue donation and transplantation. They maintain patient registries and work closely with the organ and tissue donation and transplantation community in Canada.

Again, thank you for taking the time to assist. I'd appreciate any feedback.

Jodi

Jodirobynbenenati (talk) 17:18, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Hello everyone,

On behalf of 3 McMaster students (R310C, Steffiark, and Alo713) we would like to introduce ourselves as new Wikipedia editors. We plan to edit this page to improve the information presented with updated and relevant information. We hope to help improve the class of this article by providing necessary citations that are currently missing and add information that is relevant. We are open to discuss what work the community has already done or plans to do on this page in the near future.

Best, regards R310C (talk) 00:07, 5 November 2019 (UTC)R310C

Great. I would start from fixing budget number which is obviously wrong. It is not ~5 million, more like ~1 billion. 209.161.250.241 (talk) 04:23, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

Recent changes of the MSM policy

Due to recent changes (September 2022) of the MSM policy, I think it's appropriate to reorganize the "Blood donation from men who have had sex with men" to better highlight that the questionnaire is different now, but also to preserve the history of the policies.

Megaleoo (talk) 17:03, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

It appears the article is inaccurate when it says that msm ban came into place in 1980s. Ban came into place in 1992 in response to crisis in 80s! 208.98.222.41 (talk) 01:16, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Needs a "History" section

I was surprised to find no mention of Canadian Blood Services' history, in particular why it was formed in the first place: as a response the Canadian Red Cross' perceived mishandling of the tainted blood crisis. Unfortunately I don't have anything other than my own experience as a contemporary laywitness to contribute. --Rhombus (talk) 20:19, 26 September 2024 (UTC)