Blood Donations and Transfusions during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain: Impact According to Autonomous Communities and Hospitals

José Antonio García-Erce, Íñigo Romón-Alonso, Carlos Jericó, José María Domingo-Morera, José Luis Arroyo-Rodríguez, Carlos Sola-Lapeña, José Luis Bueno-Cabrera, Raúl Juárez-Vela, Saioa Zalba-Marcos, Ane Abad-Motos, Vicente Gea-Caballero, Iván Santolalla-Arnedo and Manuel Quintana-Díaz
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José Antonio García-Erce: Banco de Sangre y Tejidos de Navarra, Servicio Navarro Salud, Grupo Español de Rehabilitación Multimodal (GERM), IACS, Zaragoza, Grupo IdiPaz. Madrid, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
Íñigo Romón-Alonso: Servicio Hematología y Hemoterapia, Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, 39003 Santander, Spain
Carlos Jericó: Hospital Sant Joan Despí de Barcelona Servicio de Medicina Interna, 08970 Barcelona, Spain
José María Domingo-Morera: Banco de Sangre y Tejidos de Aragón, 5001 Zaragoza, Spain
José Luis Arroyo-Rodríguez: Banco de Sangre y Tejidos de Cantabria, 39008 Santander, Spain
Carlos Sola-Lapeña: Centro y Servicio de Transfusión de la Rioja, 26006 Logroño, Spain
José Luis Bueno-Cabrera: Servicio Hematología-Hemoterapia, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, 28222 Majadahonda-Madrid, Spain
Raúl Juárez-Vela: Departamento de Enfermería, Universidad de la Rioja, Centro de Investigación Biomédica de La Rioja CIBIR-GISOSS, 26004 Logroño, Spain
Saioa Zalba-Marcos: Servicio Hematología-Hemoterapia, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
Ane Abad-Motos: Servicio Anestesia y Reanimación, Hospital Infanta Leonor, 28031 Madrid, Spain
Vicente Gea-Caballero: Health Research Institut La Fe, Adscript Center Universidad de Valencia, Nursing School La Fe, 46026 Valencia, Spain
Iván Santolalla-Arnedo: Departamento de Enfermería, Universidad de la Rioja, Centro de Investigación Biomédica de La Rioja CIBIR-GISOSS, 26004 Logroño, Spain
Manuel Quintana-Díaz: Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Grupo IdiPaz. Madrid, 28046 Madrid, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 7, 1-16

Abstract: Worldwide, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a decline in blood donations, between 30% and 70% in some of the most affected countries. In Spain, during the initial eight weeks after the State of Emergency was decreed on 14 March 2020, in the weekly reports of the Health Ministry, an average decrease of 20% was observed between 11 and week 25 compared with the 2018 donation. We aimed to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on blood donations and blood distribution in four autonomous communities, and to explore the evolution of the consumption of blood components (BCs) in ten hospitals of six autonomous communities. We performed a prospective study of grouped cohorts on the donation and distribution of blood in four regional transfusion centers in four autonomous communities in Spain, and a retrospective study of the consumption of blood components in ten hospitals in six autonomous communities. Regarding donations, there was no significant decrease in donations, with differences between autonomous communities, which started between 1 and 15 March 2020 (?11%). The increase in donations in phase II (from 26 May 2020) stands out. Regarding consumption, there was a significant reduction in the consumption of packed red blood cells (RBCs) (24.5%), plasma (45.3%), and platelets (25.3%) in the central period (16 March–10 May). The reduction in the consumption of RBCs was significant in the period from 1–15 March. Conclusions: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the donation and consumption of BCs.

Keywords: COVID-19; transfusion; pandemic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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