COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Blood Donation Trends In order to assess the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on blood donations, researchers at OneBlood in Florida reviewed 264,593… October 7, 2020
Less than 2% of U.S. Blood Donations Positive for SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies In order to gain a better understanding of SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence, the American Red Cross tested all blood donations from June… September 22, 2020
Minimal Concerns for HIV in the US Blood Supply after FDA Revised Guidance In 2015, the U.S. FDA revised guidance for blood donor deferral of men who have sex with men (MSM) from… September 15, 2020
Convalescent Plasma Is Safe and Likely Efficacious for Patients with COVID-19 There are limited therapeutic options to treat COVID-19, and COVID-19 convalescent plasma (CCP) is currently one of the most common… August 4, 2020
Practical Guidance for Blood Supply and Use during the COVID-19 Pandemic Researchers in Europe and Canada reviewed more than 9,000 publications about COVID-19 and identified 414 papers relevant to blood collections,… July 15, 2020
Pathogen Reduction Reduces SARS-CoV-2 in Plasma and Whole Blood Similar to other respiratory viruses, it is suspected that SARS-CoV-2 is not transfusion-transmitted. Nevertheless, SARS-CoV-2 has been detected in plasma,… June 17, 2020
COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on Transfusion Services: Elective Surgeries Resume, Convalescent Plasma Use Increases, and Blood Supply Drops to Critical Levels Based on the AABB COVID-19 Weekly Hospital Transfusion Survey, which collected data from 96 hospitals in 35 states between May… June 2, 2020
SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Titers and Qualifying Donors for Convalescent Plasma With no vetted therapies or vaccines for COVID-19 and almost a million confirmed cases in the United States alone, the… April 29, 2020
Convalescent Plasma Donors Needed for COVID-19 Hospitals and blood collection centers are working with the US Government collaboratively to collect convalescent plasma from patients who have… April 22, 2020
SARS-CoV-2 Found in Blood—Is it Transfusion Transmissible? Researchers in both China and South Korea have identified SARS-CoV-2 in routine blood donations. In China, 2,430 blood donations (1,656… April 15, 2020
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