Abstract
Blood supply management during the Covid-19 pandemic: Experience in a tertiary referral hospital in Malaysia
Highlights
The challenge in blood procurement during the Covid-19 outbreak is not primarily due to the SARS-CoV-2 itself, but secondary to the movement restrictions order and social distancing rules
Additional blood donor screening ques tionnaire was administered in our setting [10] to identify donors with high-risk of Covid-19 exposure
This was sup plemented by the MySejahtera mobile application, an application developed by the Malaysian Government for contact tracing and stratify user’s risk against Covid-19 [11]
Summary
The challenge in blood procurement during the Covid-19 outbreak is not primarily due to the SARS-CoV-2 itself, but secondary to the movement restrictions order and social distancing rules. Several measures were implemented to ensure blood donors and staff safety during the donation. All blood donors were required to scan the registered QR code using the designated mobile apps or write their contact details manually before entering the donation area.
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