2020
DOI: 10.1111/voxs.12572
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Effectiveness of WhatsApp for blood donor mobilization campaigns during COVID‐19 pandemic

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“…Thus, the rate of acquiring TTIs increases with age in subsequent years that is the case in chronic recipients of blood such as thalassemia. As the blood collections in Pakistan are predominantly "family replacement" instead of the WHO recommended regular voluntary donations, 59 the probability of acquiring the infection increases. The rampant use of poor quality RDTs 60 for screening purposes intensifies the situation.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Thus, the rate of acquiring TTIs increases with age in subsequent years that is the case in chronic recipients of blood such as thalassemia. As the blood collections in Pakistan are predominantly "family replacement" instead of the WHO recommended regular voluntary donations, 59 the probability of acquiring the infection increases. The rampant use of poor quality RDTs 60 for screening purposes intensifies the situation.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…replacement" instead of the WHO recommended regular voluntary donations, 59 the probability of acquiring the infection increases. The rampant use of poor quality RDTs 60 for screening purposes intensifies the situation.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This finding suggests that WhatsApp can promote blood donation programs to a high proportion of Saudi citizens. Moreover, this finding is supported by Alanzi and Alsaeed 16 and Waheed et al’s 9 studies where they found WhatsApp was the most useful social media tool in receiving the blood donation requests. Also, Table 4 shows that most of the sources of broadcasts and posts received through WhatsApp were from friends and family.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 57%
“…The need for an effective and efficient blood donation and supply process was noticed during the COVID-19 pandemic when the blood banks were alerted due to a decrease in blood supply with a high demand for blood transfusion for patients. Many blood banks used the WhatsApp platform for blood donor mobilization campaigns to motivate donors to donate blood and meet the patients’ demand for transfusion, 9 and for plasma donation, which proved to be effective for generating immunity among the COVID-19 patients. 10–12 …”
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confidence: 99%
“…Anschließend sollte der bestehende SpenderInnenstamm kontaktiert und zu Spendeterminen eingeladen werden, was in vielen Ländern erfolgreich praktiziert wurde 16 , 19 . Neben der Verwendung von Post- und E-Mail-Adressen sollte hierbei auch der Einsatz von Messengerdiensten geprüft werden, da diese sich während der SARS-CoV-2-Pandemie als schnelle, kostengünstige und erfolgreiche Form der SpenderInnenkontaktierung erwiesen haben 31 . Die zu verschickenden Botschaften an bestehende SpenderInnen sollten so formuliert werden, dass die SpenderInnen Vertrauen in die Spendedienste gewinnen, und sollten weniger auf Bedrohungsszenarios durch den Rückgang der Blutreserven setzen.…”
Section: Schlussfolgerungen: Strategien Zur Spenderrekrutierung Währeunclassified