Managing blood supplies during natural disasters, humanitarian emergencies, and pandemics: lessons learned from COVID-19.
Tayler A Van DenakkerArwa Z Al-RiyamiRita FeghaliRichard R GammonCynthia So-OsmanElizabeth P CroweRuchika GoelHerleen RaiAaron A R TobianEvan M BlochPublished in: Expert review of hematology (2023)
Pandemic emergency preparedness plans should be implemented or revised by blood centers and hospitals to lessen the impact to the blood supply. Comprehensive planning should address the timely assessment of risk to the blood supply, rapid donor recruitment, and communication of need, measures to preserve safety for donors and operational staff, careful blood management, and resource sharing.