Emergency response to COVID-19 epidemic: One Chinese blood centre's experience.
Transfus Med
; 31(3): 155-159, 2021 Jun.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-807793
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
The COVID-19 epidemic has caused a significant global social and economic impact since December 2019. The objective of this study was to demonstrate the emergency response of a Chinese blood centre on maintaining both the safety and the sufficiency of blood supply during large, emerging, infectious epidemics. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
Early on in the outbreak of COVID-19, the Chengdu Blood Center developed strategies and implemented a series of measures, including enhanced recruitment efforts, addition of new donation deferral criteria and notification after donation, optimisation of donor experience, development and implementation of a new coronavirus nucleic acid detection technology platform for blood screening and screening all donations for SARS-CoV-2 RNA to maximumly protect the safety of blood supply during a time of unclear risk.RESULTS:
Starting on February 20, the immediate satisfaction rate of blood product orders in Chengdu city's clinical settings reached 100%, and there was no case of blood transfusion infection.CONCLUSION:
The recent experience during the outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 reminded us that improvement in the areas of national and international collaborative programmes for dealing with blood availability and safety concerns during early stages of a disaster and regional and national mechanisms for timely communication with the general public on behalf of blood services should help to better prepare us for future disasters.Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Blood Banks
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Blood Donors
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Emergency Treatment
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Humans
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Young adult
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Transfus Med
Journal subject:
Hematology
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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