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. 2020 Nov;115(8):603-605.
doi: 10.1111/vox.12928. Epub 2020 Apr 13.

The impact of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak on the safety and availability of blood transfusions in Italy

Massimo Franchini  1   2 , Albert Farrugia  1   3 , Claudio Velati  1 , Alessandro Zanetti  4 , Luisa Romanò  4 , Giuliano Grazzini  1 , Nadia Lopez  1 , Ilaria Pati  1 , Giuseppe Marano  1 , Simonetta Pupella  1 , Giancarlo Maria Liumbruno  1
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The impact of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak on the safety and availability of blood transfusions in Italy

Massimo Franchini et al. Vox Sang. 2020 Nov.
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Trends of SARS‐CoV‐2 cases in Italy. Notes: 1: On 22 January 2020, the Italian National Blood Centre (CNS) released preventative measures related to travels from the People's Republic of China. 2: On 24 February 2020, the CNS’s recommendation with SARS‐CoV‐2 preventative measures limited to specific Italian regions was released: 28 days of deferral. 3: On 2 March 2020, the CNS updated the prevention measures, reducing the period of temporary deferral of donors from the previous 28 to 14 days. 4: On 10 March 2020, the CNS extended these measures to the whole national territory of Italy. 5: On 18 March 2020, the CNS authorized collection of convalescent plasma. The red line reports the nationwide trend of blood donations.
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