Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine Challenges During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Clin Lab Med
; 40(4): 587-601, 2020 12.
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ABSTRACT
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.
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Pneumonia Viral
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Bancos de Sangue
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Transfusão de Sangue
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Controle de Infecções
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Infecções por Coronavirus
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Pandemias
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Armazenamento de Sangue
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2020
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