Nova Scotia Provincial Blood Coordinating Program
Questions and Answers
How do we measure up to other provinces? Nationally?
Nova Scotia is one of only three provinces to have a Provincial Blood Coordinating Program, but other provinces are now considering this approach.
Now that standards have been developed, what happens next?
There are some that will be federally regulated and some that will be provincially, the federal process has been initiated
For more information see:
Update on the Development of a Renewed Regulatory Framework for Whole Blood and Blood Components.
How do standards make our blood supply safer?
The CSA Z902-04 Blood and Blood Components standard provides specific requirements that must be met by anyone providing blood and blood components, therefore ensuring the quality and safety of the Canadian blood supply.
In Nova Scotia the requirements of the standard are met through continual improvements of all processes by reviewing what we do, how we do it and asking "can we do it better?", in order to enhance the safety of the blood supply for Nova Scotians and all Canadians.
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