Amid blood supply crisis, resource highlights hospitals’ role in navigating shortages
Americas Blood Centers Friday released a bulletin on blood shortages and how hospitals and their clinicians can help, from implementing certain transfusion and inventory management practices to encouraging and supporting blood donation. Blood donations were declining before the COVID-19 pandemic and have worsened during the pandemic due to cancellations and staffing shortages.
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