Impact of COVID-19 in the attendance of blood donors and production on a Brazilian Blood Centres.
Maria Clara Fernandes da Silva-MaltaDaniela de Oliveira Werneck RodriguesDaniel Gonçalves ChavesNathalia Noyma Sampaio MagalhãesMaísa Aparecida RibeiroJúnia Guimarães Mourão CioffiMarina Lobato MartinsPublished in: Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England) (2020)
The reduction in blood donation during the pandemic period was significant, despite the measures adopted. Still, the recruitment of return donors appears to be an important measure to be considered to decrease the pandemic's effect on blood stocks.