A quick "Can I donate blood" self-assessment tool amid the COVID-19 outbreak

M Raturi¹

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¹ Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Swami Ram Nagar, Jolly Grant Dehradun, 248016 Uttarakhand, India. Electronic address: manishraturi@srhu.edu.in.

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M Raturi. Transfus Clin Biol. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;27(3):169-170.

doi: 10.1016/j.tracli.2020.04.004. Epub 2020 May 7.

M Raturi¹

¹ Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Swami Ram Nagar, Jolly Grant Dehradun, 248016 Uttarakhand, India. Electronic address: manishraturi@srhu.edu.in.

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The active role of a blood center in outpacing the transfusion transmission of COVID-19.
Raturi M, Kusum A. Raturi M, et al. Transfus Clin Biol. 2020 Apr;27(2):96-97. doi: 10.1016/j.tracli.2020.03.004. Epub 2020 Mar 31. Transfus Clin Biol. 2020. PMID: 32284222 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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1. Raturi M., Kusum A. The active role of a blood center in outpacing the transfusion transmission of COVID-19 [published online ahead of print, 2020 Mar 31] Transfus Clin Biol. 2020;27:96–97. doi: 10.1016/j.tracli.2020.03.004. [S1246-7820(20)30039-2] - DOI - PMC - PubMed