Emergency Planning and Preparedness

Ontario Contingency Plan for the Management of Blood Shortages - Version 3

The purpose of the Ontario Contingency Plan for the Management of Blood Shortages and the Ontario Hospital Toolkit for Emergency Blood Management is to:

• ensure a standard and equitable approach to managing low blood inventory throughout the province, consistent with the National Plan for the Management of Shortages of Labile Blood Components
• outline the provincial response to a blood shortage
• describe communication processes, including how national recommendations are communicated and monitored during a blood shortage
• assist Hospital Emergency Blood Management Committees (HEBMCs) to develop Hospital Emergency Blood Management Plans
• provide tools that HEBMCs can use during a blood shortage
• educate hospitals to assist them in meeting certain standards of practice and regulatory requirements

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