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H\u00e9ma-Qu\u00e9bec – Tracking plasma donors \u2013 Impact on the immune response from the vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19<\/h4>\n

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, H\u00e9ma-Qu\u00e9bec has been playing a supportive role to the Qu\u00e9bec and Canadian health care networks by conducting SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence studies in blood donors. The biobank and the studies arising from it will be a continuation of this collaboration, by facilitating studies pertaining to the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic in the context of the deployment of the vaccination.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Description of the Plasma Donor Biobank<\/strong><\/h5>\n

An expedited COVID-19 vaccination program by the government was introduced in March 2021 in the context of the health emergency in Quebec and aims to immunize the majority of the Quebec population as soon as possible. The speed of immunizing the Quebec population prompted H\u00e9ma-Qu\u00e9bec to quickly recruit a cohort of its frequent plasma donors and accumulate relevant biological samples. These donors give plasma that is intended for fractionation, through a process called apheresis. The biobank consists of 3-mL plasma samples collected at each donation from these plasma donors.<\/strong> The ten H\u00e9ma-Qu\u00e9bec donation centres that collect biobank-dedicated samples from plasma donors are located in Saguenay, Qu\u00e9bec City (Lebourgneuf and Sainte-Foy), Trois-Rivi\u00e8res, Sherbrooke, Laval, Montreal, Kirkland, Brossard and Gatineau.<\/p>\n

Sample collection is continuing as planned; at the last count, we had more than 60,000 samples obtained from more than 12,000 individual donors<\/strong>. Data on vaccination and infection events are also collected. All plasma donors who qualify for donating during the recruiting period are included in the biobank if they give their\u00a0consent<\/a>. Some of those criteria are available on H\u00e9ma-Qu\u00e9bec\u2019s website. The full list is found in the blood donation criteria manual, which can be accessed\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Biobank’s objectives<\/strong><\/h5>\n