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ArticleTransfusion2021

National level adjustments to the challenges of the SARS-CoV2 pandemic on blood banking operations.

Andrea Matusovits, Sándor Nagy, Klára Baróti-Tóth, János Nacsa, Mária Lázár, Imelda Marton, Hajnalka Andrikovics, Zoltan Vokó, Attila Tordai

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Article in Transfusion, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Psychological Determinants of Blood Donation During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Hungary.Indian journal of hematology & blood transfusion : an official journal of Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion · 2025
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  2. The impact of blood campaigns using mobile blood collection drives on blood supply management during the COVID-19 pandemic.Transfusion and apheresis science : official journal of the World Apheresis Association : official journal of the European Society for Haemapheresis · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Andrea MatusovitsHungarian National Blood Transfusion Service, Budapest, Hungary.
Sándor NagyHungarian National Blood Transfusion Service, Budapest, Hungary.
Klára Baróti-TóthHungarian National Blood Transfusion Service, Budapest, Hungary.
János NacsaHungarian National Blood Transfusion Service, Budapest, Hungary.
Mária LázárHungarian National Blood Transfusion Service, Szeged, Hungary.
Imelda MartonDepartment of Transfusion Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
Hajnalka AndrikovicsLaboratory of Molecular Genetics, Central Hospital of Southern Pest, Budapest, Hungary.
Zoltan VokóCenter for Health Technology Assessment, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
Attila TordaiDepartment of Transfusion Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0001-6966-1622
Hungarian National Blood Transfusion Service · HUSemmelweis University · HUUniversity of Szeged · HU

Funding

Higher Education Institutional Excellence Program (FIKP)Ministry for Innovation and TechnologyNational Research, Development and Innovation Fund (NKFI) 2020-1.1.6-JÖVŐ-2021-00010National Research, Development and Innovation Fund (NKFI) K135757
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSARS-CoV2 causing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is responsible for an unprecedented worldwide pandemic severely affecting all activities of societies including blood banking. We aimed to systematically collect key indicators in a nationally centralized blood banking system and to perform comparisons between 2020 and 2019.

methodsCount data for January-December 2020 and 2019 were extracted from the integrated informatics system of Hungarian National Blood Transfusion Service and analyzed by simple graphics, tabulations, and statistics.

resultsWhole blood donation activity showed a highly significant decline due to a sharp decrease in field donations by an average fall of 24% (range:17%-28%) during March-May 2020 compared to identical period of 2019. A second, more moderate decline accompanied the second wave in late fall. The simultaneous increase in institutional donations did not counterbalance this decline. Donor exclusion rates fell significantly by an average of 1,1% (range:0.9%-1.6%) in the three spring lockdown-affected months. First-time and repeat donors showed decreased turn-out in larger proportions compared to highly repeat donors. Interestingly, among repeat and highly repeat donors, females showed less-pronounced declines compared to males while this was not observed among first-time donors. In June-September, a remarkable swing-back was observed among highly repeat female donors. Product utilization fell most notably for RBC (mean:26.2%) but also for PLT (mean:19.8%) and FFP (mean:24.3%) and showed a full recovery in June-September followed by a second decline.

conclusionTrends and reaction patterns of blood banking reported by our study may be useful in future planning and adjustments of blood banking activities.

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Blood BanksBlood DonorsBlood SafetyCOVID-19PandemicsFemaleHumansMaleSARS-CoV-2blood bankingblood donorsCOVID-19SARS-CoV2

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PMID33644858
PMCPMC8013757
OpenAlexW3134039647

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