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COVID-19 pandemic and blood transfusion services: The impact, response and preparedness experience of a tertiary care blood center in southern Karnataka, India

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العنوان: COVID-19 pandemic and blood transfusion services: The impact, response and preparedness experience of a tertiary care blood center in southern Karnataka, India
المؤلفون: Kandasamy, Dhivya, Shastry, Shamee, Chenna, Deepika, Mohan, Ganesh
المصدر: Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy. January 2022 44(1)
بيانات النشر: Associação Brasileira de Hematologia, Hemoterapia e Terapia Celular (ABHH), 2022.
سنة النشر: 2022
مصطلحات موضوعية: Pandemic, Blood supply management, Coping strategy, Lockdown effect, E-platforms, COVID-19, Corona Virus, blood donation
الوصف: Introduction With the outbreak of COVID-19 and its containment measures, blood centers faced a huge challenge in balancing blood demand and supply and devising a preparedness plan to withstand the uncertain situation. This study assesses the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on blood transfusion services and discusses the appropriate mitigation strategies adopted. Methods We analyzed our center's blood transfusion services during the first half-period of the pandemic (Y3) and non-pandemic years 2018(Y1) and 2019(Y2) in two-quarters Q1 (pre-lockdown), from January to March and Q2 (post-lockdown), from April to June. The blood donation variables, the packed red blood cells (PRBCs) demand and the utilization pattern were compared between pandemic (Y3) and non-pandemic years (Y1 and Y2) in each quarter. The mitigation strategy adopted at every step of the transfusion service is highlighted. Results During post-lockdown (Q2) of the pandemic year (Y3), the blood donation was majorly by repeat donors (83%) from the in-house site (82.5%). Furthermore, the proportion of outdoor donation, deferral, blood collection, demand and issue demonstrated a significant drop of 50%, 32.6%, 33%, 31.8% and 32.3%, respectively, in comparison to Q2 of the non-pandemic years (Y1 and Y2), with a statistically significant difference for surgical and hemorrhagic indications (p < 0.05). Coping strategies, such as blood donor education and motivation using e-platforms emphasizing eligibility during the pandemic, staggering of donor in-flow, postponement of elective surgeries and donor and staff’ COVID-19 safety assurance, were followed. Conclusion The timely adoption of coping strategies played a crucial role in the better handling of shortcomings at our center's blood transfusion services caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: text/html
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2531-1379
DOI: 10.1016/j.htct.2021.09.019
URL الوصول: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2531-13792022000100017
حقوق: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
رقم الأكسشن: edssci.S2531.13792022000100017
قاعدة البيانات: SciELO
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تدمد:25311379
DOI:10.1016/j.htct.2021.09.019