“Because Every Drop Counts”: Blood donation during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Deterrents in recruitment of COVID‐19 convalescent plasma donors: Experience from a hospital‐based blood centre in India

“…We also observed that there was an apprehension among potential CCP donors regarding their health due to procedure. This emphasises the importance of adopting different strategy to motivate and recruit these donors when general public is facing a taboo of COVID‐19 and is living in fear of getting infected while coming to donate in a hospital set up 12,13 . This calls for an approach where, in addition to motivating donors for CCP donation, efforts should also be made to inform them of the safety of the procedure.…”

Blood scarcity at the blood banks during COVID-19 pandemic and strategies to promote blood donations: current knowledge and futuristic vision

“…The scarcity of blood in the blood banks is a huge concern during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Such challenges need to be addressed for benefits of blood banking, transfusion medicine, and therapeutic fields based on various blood products [21][22][23][24]. Studies have shown that the SARS-CoV-2 infection does not transmit through blood, rather person-to-person transmission preferably occurs through respiratory tracts during close contact with a symptomatic patient (droplets generated during sneezing, coughing) and airborne during direct virus exposure.…”

Managing blood disorders during the Covid-19 pandemic: current pharmacological insights

“…For sickle cell disease (SCD) regular exchange blood transfusion is the preferred therapy, especially for secondary prophylaxis against complications like acute chest syndrome and stroke [12]. Unfortunately, the pandemic has led to critical shortages in the availability of blood products [13]. A low dose of hydroxyurea may be added, which can reduce transfusion requirements while avoiding cytopenia's [14].…”