Optimization of red blood cell unit storage during SARS-COV-2 Pandemic: adopting new strategies to ensure supply in a decentralized blood bank in Brazil
| Autor: | Carine Prisco Arnoni, Ellen Mari Taguchi, Afonso José Pereira Cortez, Cristiano Batista Costa, Ana Paula Rodrigues da Rosa, Carolina Maganha de Almeida, Flavia Roche Moreira Latini, Daiane Daniela Adão, Ingrid de Oliveira, Juliana Trapanotto da Silva Tokunaga, Janaína Fernanda de Oliveira Santos |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Blood supply
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) business.industry Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) COVID-19 Economic shortage Hematology 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Unit (housing) 03 medical and health sciences Red blood cell 0302 clinical medicine medicine.anatomical_structure Pandemic medicine Immunology and Allergy Original Article Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs Operations management SARS-COV-2 pandemic RC633-647.5 business Blood bank 030215 immunology |
| Zdroj: | Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy, Volume: 43, Issue: 3, Pages: 229-235, Published: 18 OCT 2021 Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy, Vol 43, Iss 3, Pp 229-235 (2021) Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy |
| ISSN: | 2531-1379 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.htct.2021.03.002 |
| Popis: | Introduction As coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) spread worldwide and social restrictions were intensified, difficulties in blood supply were expected to result in a shortage of blood donors, logistic issues and a change in blood consumption. Consequences could be detrimental to the meeting of the blood supply demand, especially in a decentralized blood bank in the State of Sao Paulo responsible for providing blood to more than 100 hospitals, mostly of the public health system. Aiming to minimize negative effects and focusing on maintenance of the blood supply, a different approach was discussed and adopted. Materials and methods Briefly, strategies were related to monitoring and promoting measures to achieve a positive RBC unit balance. Thus, the number of donors, transfusions, RBC unit inventory, RBC unit loss and RBC units within up to 5 days from the expiration date were evaluated. Results Several strategies were adopted to ensure sufficient availability of RBC units: blood donation was improved with social media and extra blood collections, a restrictive transfusion protocol was implemented, a new logistic process to use RBC units closer to the expiration date was established and non-isogroup transfusions were avoided. Conclusion Altogether, described strategies were crucial to optimize blood storage during the pandemic. Investing in monitoring and logistics contributed to a positive RBC unit balance and conserving these strategies could be useful. |
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