Dwindling blood reserves: An ominous downside of COVID-19 pandemic

• Transfusion therapy is vital to ensure a healthy community. Thus, a safe and reliable reserve of blood is necessary, even in the face of widespread illness. • Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, a decline in blood supply has been noticed as hospitals and communities have switched to more...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kumar, Sohail, Azim, Dua, Nasim, Sundus, Hashmi, Shariq Haider
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Ltd. 2020
Materias:
Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7239777/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32487511
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.transci.2020.102818
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Sumario:• Transfusion therapy is vital to ensure a healthy community. Thus, a safe and reliable reserve of blood is necessary, even in the face of widespread illness. • Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, a decline in blood supply has been noticed as hospitals and communities have switched to more pandemic-oriented operations. • Restricted mobility secondary to isolation and quarantine seems to be the major reason causing decline in number of donors. • Misinformation regarding transmission of coronavirus through blood along with the attitude of people towards hospitals and blood banks has also contributed to diminishing blood supplies.

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