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PBCO - Safe Transfusion Practice: Second Edition

  • Course Type: eLearning Course
  • Length: 1 hr 30 mins
  • Category: Clinical

This course is intended to support health care professionals in achieving and or maintaining any necessary transfusion competencies.

Effective June 27, 2025: A new IVIG module has been added as Part 2 within this course. Both Part 1 and Part 2 must be completed to receive the Certificate of Completion. Please refer to your Health Authority's training and re-certification requirements.

To review the IVIG module without retaking the course, please visit: https://rise.articulate.com/share/-87C9iLvUEa4V5xCzzf7Fazv8Ymmrk45

Please Note:

BC Children's and Women's (C&W) staff: This course is NOT REQUIRED for C&W staff. C&W staff must complete one of the C&W site-specific modules: “Administration of Blood-Neonatal” (6625), “Administration of Blood-Pediatric” (6626), or “Administration of Blood-Adult” (6627).

Interior Health (IH) staff: IH staff should NOT ENROLL in this course on LearningHub. Please complete IH’s i-Learn course #1829 "Safe Transfusions Practices" instead.

"Safe Transfusion Practice: Second Edition" topics include:

  • Blood basics
  • Consent and prescriber’s order
  • Pre-transfusion blood sampling and patient identification
  • Transport of blood components and products
  • Transfusion
  • Management of transfusion reactions
  • Intravenous Immune Globulin (IVIG)

Some learners may choose to only complete selected modules based on their role in the clinical transfusion process or local site/Health Authority requirements.

Anyone involved in clinical transfusion practice.

Please note: Interior Health (IH) staff should not enroll in this course on LearningHub. Please complete IH’s i-Learn course #1829 - Safe Transfusions Practices instead.
1 hr 30 mins
24 Months
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Please note: the content is intended for clinical transfusion practices in adult patients and may not pertain to pediatric and neonatal patients. These modules may be only part of a transfusion competency process within your Health Authority. Please continue to follow your local processes for maintaining transfusion competency.

Contact Information

Mandy Feng

mandy.feng@pbco.ca