Donor’s Perspectives on Blood Donation During Covid-19 Pandemic

Tripathi, Parmatma Prasad; Kumawat, Vijay; Patidar, Gopal Kumar

doi:10.1007/s12288-021-01504-y

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“…This data differed from two international studies. 13,14 This difference was because NBC ceased donor recruitment during the current pandemic, as the new donors were concerned about their status regarding blood donation. As this study was conducted in standalone blood blank, voluntary donors (93.8%) largely participated than replacement or family donors (6.3%), and these differed with donors at the blood center of a tertiary care hospital in south India.…”

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Donor’s perspectives on blood donation and challenges of National Blood Center, Yangon, during the COVID-19 pandemic

Maung

Win

Mya

2023

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is causing major disruption at all levels of healthcare services, including blood bank services globally. The donors’ knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors regarding blood donation in Myanmar are needed to be considered. Hence, we studied the perspectives of blood donors on their donation and the challenges faced by the National Blood Centre, Yangon (NBC), during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: We conducted the cross-sectional descriptive study using mixed methods among blood donors aged 20 years and above for quantitative approach and among three purposively selected blood bank experts for key informant interviews of qualitative portion. Results: Of the 240 donors, the mean age was 36.41±10.83 years, and the male-to-female ratio was 1.24:1. Overall, regarding blood donation, 57.1% had favorable knowledge, 59.2% had favorable attitude, and 31.3% had regular voluntary practice. The higher-income donors had more favorable knowledge (p=0.013). Male donors (p=0.037), donors aged 50 years and above (p<0.001), and who with favorable knowledge (p=0.002) had regular voluntary practice. The more knowledge and positive attitude the donors had, the more times they donated blood. Thematic analysis identified five key themes and during pandemic, NBC encountered reduced blood supply and demand, communication problems with donors, human resources shortage, poor adherence to safety precautions of COVID-19 among donors and staff, and difficulty in arrangement of continuous consumable supply and maintenance as main challenges. Conclusions: Policymakers and medical directors should have proper plans and policies to raise awareness, mobilize regular voluntary donors, especially youth and repeated donors, and recruit potential donors.

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Donor’s perspectives on blood donation and challenges of National Blood Center, Yangon, during the COVID-19 pandemic

Maung

Win

Mya

2023

Int J Community Med Public Health

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“…Multiple recurrent waves of the COVID-19 resulted in major fluctuations in blood supply and demand, which presented a major challenge for the blood centres to maintain adequate blood inventory [ 11 – 13 ]. At the same time, increased blood wastage due to outdating of blood units attributed to COVID-19 outbreak has been reported in various studies [ 2 , 14 ]. Hence, the primary aim of the present study was to determine whether safety stock as a simple mathematical tool can be used to maintain optimum blood inventory to meet all blood demands.…”

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“…Only emergency services personnel were allowed movement during the complete lockdown period. The abrupt lockdown resulted in the cancellation of voluntary blood donation camps throughout the country which resulted in a drastic reduction in blood collection severely affecting the blood transfusion services (BTS) [ 2 ]. Subsequently, an advisory was issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India on 09.04.2020, containing a list of guidelines to ensure COVID appropriate behaviour at blood donation sites [ 3 ].…”

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Blood Inventory Management During COVID-19 Pandemic Using a Simple Mathematical Tool: A Two-Year Study from a Tertiary Care Hospital in North India

Bansal¹,

Bansal²,

Raturi³

et al. 2023

Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus

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Multiple recurrent waves of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) resulted in major fluctuations in blood supply and demand, which presented a major challenge for the blood centres to maintain adequate blood inventory. Hence, the primary aim of the present study was to determine whether safety stock as a simple mathematical tool can be used to maintain optimum blood inventory to meet all blood demands. The secondary aim of the study was to test whether daily blood stock index (DBSI), which was a novel index developed by the authors and derived from the calculated safety stock, can be used to minimize blood wastage due to the outdating of packed red blood cells (PRBC)/whole blood (WB) units. The present study was a descriptive, cross-sectional study conducted from 1st October 2019 to 31st December 2021 at a blood centre of a tertiary care hospital. For the purpose of data analysis, the time period of study was divided into 7 periods signifying different phases during the COVID-19 outbreak. Data of PRBC/WB (referred to as red cell) collection, red cell issue and the daily red cell stock were collected for these 7 time periods. Safety stock, percentage of out-dated whole blood/packed red blood cell units (OB) and DBSI were calculated based on the data extracted. Red cell collection as well as red cell utilization decreased during the 1st as well as the 2nd wave of the COVID-19 outbreak. The blood centre was able to meet the blood demand of the hospital at all times, as the daily average red cell stock remained above the calculated safety stock during all periods. OB (12.4%) and DBSI (2.3) were highest during the lockdown period of second wave of COVID-19 outbreak (period E). A strong direct relationship was seen between OB (dependent variable) and DBSI (predictor variable) [R = 0.79; p = 0.03]. Firstly, safety stock is a simple, user-friendly mathematic tool which can be used for efficient blood inventory management not only at times of a pandemic/disaster but also during routine times. Secondly, DBSI is a logical and empirical tool to reduce OB units and consequently reduce blood wastage.

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“…While health emergencies can typically trigger prosocial behaviors and stimulate blood donation ( Glynn et al, 2003 ; Guo et al, 2012 ), an infection outbreak represents a specific case in which health risks contrast with altruistic intentions, as it previously happened with the SARS and the aviarian crises ( Puterman et al, 2009 ; Masser et al, 2011 ). Potential donors may feel unsafe for the possible risk of infection, and donations might decrease due to intentions to protect themselves and others ( Weidmann et al, 2021 ; Tripathi et al, 2021 ). Moreover, the interventions implemented to mitigate the COVID-19 spread imposed social distancing, contact tracing, and limited movements for unnecessary activities.…”

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Prosocial behavior in emergencies: Evidence from blood donors recruitment and retention during the COVID-19 pandemic

Bilancini¹,

Boncinelli²,

Paolo³

et al. 2022

Social Science & Medicine

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Donor’s Perspectives on Blood Donation During Covid-19 Pandemic

Cited by 12 publications

References 30 publications

Donor’s perspectives on blood donation and challenges of National Blood Center, Yangon, during the COVID-19 pandemic

Donor’s perspectives on blood donation and challenges of National Blood Center, Yangon, during the COVID-19 pandemic

Blood Inventory Management During COVID-19 Pandemic Using a Simple Mathematical Tool: A Two-Year Study from a Tertiary Care Hospital in North India

Prosocial behavior in emergencies: Evidence from blood donors recruitment and retention during the COVID-19 pandemic

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