Article ; Online: Strategies to recover blood donors during the COVID-19 pandemic: a tertiary level hospital experience.
Boletin medico del Hospital Infantil de Mexico
2022 Volume 79, Issue 5, Page(s) 300–309
Abstract: Background: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has challenged blood banks. In Mexico, donors decreased 22% between April and May 2020 compared to the same months in 2019. This study analyzed the effect of the strategies to recover donors (altruistic and family) in ...
Title translation | Estrategias para recuperar donantes de sangre durante la pandemia por COVID-19: experiencia de un hospital de tercer nivel. |
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Abstract | Background: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has challenged blood banks. In Mexico, donors decreased 22% between April and May 2020 compared to the same months in 2019. This study analyzed the effect of the strategies to recover donors (altruistic and family) in a tertiary pediatric care center during the pandemic. Methods: The Blood Bank of the Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez implemented strategies to obtain blood components to ensure self-sufficiency. The effect of these strategies on donor recovery was analyzed. Results: There were 7,315 eligible donors in 2019 and 5,070 in 2020. Blood component requirements decreased from 10,037 units in 2019 to 8,619 in 2020. The strategies aimed at attracting altruistic donors managed to increase the percentage of this type of donor when comparing the months in which these strategies were applied with the same months in 2019. In addition, it was observed that the greater the number of methods used simultaneously, the higher the percentage of altruistic donors (rho = 0.846, p = 0.002). In contrast, strategies aimed at attracting family donors did not increase the number of this type of donor. Conclusions: Actions to recruit altruistic donors increased the number of this type of donor to meet the hospital's needs. |
MeSH term(s) | Humans ; Child ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Pandemics ; Blood Donors ; Tertiary Care Centers |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2022-10-20 |
Publishing country | Mexico |
Document type | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 730519-9 |
ISSN | 1665-1146 ; 1665-1146 ; 0539-6115 ; 0539-6123 |
ISSN (online) | 1665-1146 |
ISSN | 1665-1146 ; 0539-6115 ; 0539-6123 |
DOI | 10.24875/BMHIM.21000237 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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