Pandemic blood donor demographics - Do changes impact blood safety?
Ralph R VassalloMarjorie D BravoHany KamelPublished in: Transfusion (2021)
Unlike disasters, which tend to bring out more first-time donors with increased IDM reactivity and TTI residual risk, COVID-19 donors had lower IDM rates which were not affected by SARS-CoV-2 antibody testing. Already-low TTI residual risk is likely to have declined as a result.