Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine Challenges During the COVID-19 Pandemic
| Autor: | Christine Cahill, Debra Masel, Andy Ngo, Majed A. Refaai, Neil Blumberg |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Convalescent plasma Blood management Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Blood Safety Clinical Biochemistry Pneumonia Viral Blood Donors Article Betacoronavirus Pandemic medicine Blood shortage Humans In patient Blood Transfusion Intensive care medicine Policy Making Pandemics Biochemistry medical Government Infection Control FDA donation policies SARS-CoV-2 Transfusion Medicine Biochemistry (medical) COVID-19 Transfusion medicine Blood banking Blood wastage Blood Banks Business Coronavirus Infections |
| Zdroj: | Clinics in Laboratory Medicine |
| ISSN: | 1557-9832 |
| Popis: | SARS-CoV-2 (also known as COVID-19) has been an unprecedented challenge in many parts of the medical field with blood banking being no exception. COVID-19 has had a distinctly negative effect on our blood collection nationwide forcing blood banks, blood centers, and the US government to adopt new policies to adapt to a decreased blood supply as well as to protect our donors from COVID-19. These policies can be seen distinctly in patient blood management and blood bank operations. We are also faced with developing policies and procedures for a nontraditional therapy, convalescent plasma; its efficacy and safety is still not completely elucidated as of yet. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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