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Review
. 2021 Apr 17:11:03053.
doi: 10.7189/jogh.11.03053.

Blood transfusion services amidst the COVID-19 pandemic

Siti Salmah Noordin  1 , Narazah Mohd Yusoff  1 , Faraizah Abdul Karim  2   3 , Soon Eu Chong  1   4   5
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Review

Blood transfusion services amidst the COVID-19 pandemic

Siti Salmah Noordin et al. J Glob Health. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: The authors declare no conflicts of interest, and have completed the ICMJE Unified Competing Interest form (available upon request from the corresponding author).

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Figure 1
Figure 1
New challenges in blood transfusion services in COVID-19 era and suggested steps to establish. SOP, standard operating procedures.
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Photo: Malaysian blood bank operating in the COVID-19 pandemic by conforming to the new norms (from Siti Salmah Noordin and Ermarina Kamaruddin’s collection, used with permission).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Blood donation activities during COVID-19 pandemic.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Transfusion process for suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19. PPE, personal protective equipment: disposable gown, gloves, N95 masks, eye goggles or face shields, work caps, shoe covers and plastic aprons. *Both sample tubes and request forms should state ‘COVID-19 sample’. †Triple layer packaging: sample tube seal with paraffin film, wrapping the tube with gauze and tightened it with rubber band (first layer), placement of the tube into two consecutive biohazard bags (second and third layer). Disinfect the outer biohazard bag with 70% alcohol.
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