Strategies to recover blood donors during the COVID-19 pandemic: a tertiary level hospital experience
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 pa...
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| author | Hebert I. Peña-Carillo Daniela de la Rosa-Zamboni Alicia B. López-Victoria Briceida López-Martínez Ana C. Guerrero-Díaz |
| author_facet | Hebert I. Peña-Carillo Daniela de la Rosa-Zamboni Alicia B. López-Victoria Briceida López-Martínez Ana C. Guerrero-Díaz |
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| description | 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.
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| spelling | doaj.art-b6af982fc347462591a02bfad28fa5612022-12-22T02:36:35ZengPermanyerBoletín Médico del Hospital Infantil de México0539-61152022-01-0179510.24875/BMHIM.21000237Strategies to recover blood donors during the COVID-19 pandemic: a tertiary level hospital experienceHebert I. Peña-Carillo0Daniela de la Rosa-Zamboni1Alicia B. López-Victoria2Briceida López-Martínez3Ana C. Guerrero-Díaz4Trabajo Social, Banco de Sangre, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Mexico City, MexicoAtención Integral del Paciente, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Mexico City, MexicoBanco de Sangre y Medicina Transfusional, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Mexico City, MexicoLaboratorios Ruiz; Laboratorios Medico Polanco, Synlab, Mexico City, MexicoDepartamento de Epidemiología, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez. Mexico City, MexicoBackground: 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. https://www.bmhim.com/frame_esp.php?id=327Blood banks. Blood donors. COVID-19. SARS-CoV-2. |
| spellingShingle | Hebert I. Peña-Carillo Daniela de la Rosa-Zamboni Alicia B. López-Victoria Briceida López-Martínez Ana C. Guerrero-Díaz Strategies to recover blood donors during the COVID-19 pandemic: a tertiary level hospital experience Boletín Médico del Hospital Infantil de México Blood banks. Blood donors. COVID-19. SARS-CoV-2. |
| title | Strategies to recover blood donors during the COVID-19 pandemic: a tertiary level hospital experience |
| title_full | Strategies to recover blood donors during the COVID-19 pandemic: a tertiary level hospital experience |
| title_fullStr | Strategies to recover blood donors during the COVID-19 pandemic: a tertiary level hospital experience |
| title_full_unstemmed | Strategies to recover blood donors during the COVID-19 pandemic: a tertiary level hospital experience |
| title_short | Strategies to recover blood donors during the COVID-19 pandemic: a tertiary level hospital experience |
| title_sort | strategies to recover blood donors during the covid 19 pandemic a tertiary level hospital experience |
| topic | Blood banks. Blood donors. COVID-19. SARS-CoV-2. |
| url | https://www.bmhim.com/frame_esp.php?id=327 |
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