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The blood supply management amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
Raturi, M; Kusum, A.
  • Raturi M; Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Swami Ram Nagar, Jolly Grant Dehradun 248016, Uttarakhand. Electronic address: manishraturi@srhu.edu.in.
  • Kusum A; Department of Pathology, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Swami Ram Nagar, Jolly Grant Dehradun 248016, Uttarakhand.
Transfus Clin Biol ; 27(3): 147-151, 2020 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-738780
ABSTRACT
Due to the government's early intervention such as mass lockdown and curtailment strategies towards mass gatherings, amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the organization of the voluntary blood donation camps have been suspended. It's most significant impact on the blood community has been a dramatic decrease in the number of blood donors. Therefore, our blood stock has almost dried up and put our inventory in a state of jeopardy. Additionally, all the elective surgeries and non-urgent clinical interventions have also been deferred during this time. This has led to a drop in the blood collection, demand as well as the issue at our blood center. With this backdrop, we intended to assess the effect of this mass lockdown on our blood supply management, particularly in two phases [phase-I prior to the outbreak] and phase-II [during the outbreak]. Transitioning back to the normal conditions would most likely depend on the extent and the time duration of this pandemic and associated behavioural change, which is foreseen to remain in effect well beyond the original estimates.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Blood Banks / Blood Donors / Coronavirus Infections / Pandemics / Betacoronavirus Type of study: Observational study / Prognostic study Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: English Journal: Transfus Clin Biol Journal subject: Hematology Year: 2020 Document Type: Article

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Blood Banks / Blood Donors / Coronavirus Infections / Pandemics / Betacoronavirus Type of study: Observational study / Prognostic study Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: English Journal: Transfus Clin Biol Journal subject: Hematology Year: 2020 Document Type: Article