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Article

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

by
José Antonio García-Erce
1,
Íñigo Romón-Alonso
2,
Carlos Jericó
3,
José María Domingo-Morera
4,
José Luis Arroyo-Rodríguez
5,
Carlos Sola-Lapeña
6,
José Luis Bueno-Cabrera
7,
Raúl Juárez-Vela
8,*,
Saioa Zalba-Marcos
9,
Ane Abad-Motos
10,
Vicente Gea-Caballero
11,
Iván Santolalla-Arnedo
8,* and
Manuel Quintana-Díaz
12
1
Banco de Sangre y Tejidos de Navarra, Servicio Navarro Salud, Grupo Español de Rehabilitación Multimodal (GERM), IACS, Zaragoza, Grupo IdiPaz. Madrid, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
2
Servicio Hematología y Hemoterapia, Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, 39003 Santander, Spain
3
Hospital Sant Joan Despí de Barcelona Servicio de Medicina Interna, 08970 Barcelona, Spain
4
Banco de Sangre y Tejidos de Aragón, 5001 Zaragoza, Spain
5
Banco de Sangre y Tejidos de Cantabria, 39008 Santander, Spain
6
Centro y Servicio de Transfusión de la Rioja, 26006 Logroño, Spain
7
Servicio Hematología-Hemoterapia, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, 28222 Majadahonda-Madrid, Spain
8
Departamento de Enfermería, Universidad de la Rioja, Centro de Investigación Biomédica de La Rioja CIBIR-GISOSS, 26004 Logroño, Spain
9
Servicio Hematología-Hemoterapia, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
10
Servicio Anestesia y Reanimación, Hospital Infanta Leonor, 28031 Madrid, Spain
11
Health Research Institut La Fe, Adscript Center Universidad de Valencia, Nursing School La Fe, 46026 Valencia, Spain
12
Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Grupo IdiPaz. Madrid, 28046 Madrid, Spain
 
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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(7), 3480; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073480
Submission received: 8 March 2021 / Revised: 21 March 2021 / Accepted: 25 March 2021 / Published: 27 March 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue COVID-19 Pandemics: Impact on Health Care and Health Care Professions)
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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 COVID-19; transfusion; pandemic

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García-Erce, J.A.; Romón-Alonso, Í.; Jericó, C.; Domingo-Morera, J.M.; Arroyo-Rodríguez, J.L.; Sola-Lapeña, C.; Bueno-Cabrera, J.L.; Juárez-Vela, R.; Zalba-Marcos, S.; Abad-Motos, A.; et al. Blood Donations and Transfusions during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain: Impact According to Autonomous Communities and Hospitals. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 3480. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073480

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García-Erce JA, Romón-Alonso Í, Jericó C, Domingo-Morera JM, Arroyo-Rodríguez JL, Sola-Lapeña C, Bueno-Cabrera JL, Juárez-Vela R, Zalba-Marcos S, Abad-Motos A, et al. Blood Donations and Transfusions during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain: Impact According to Autonomous Communities and Hospitals. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(7):3480. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073480

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García-Erce, José Antonio, 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, and et al. 2021. "Blood Donations and Transfusions during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain: Impact According to Autonomous Communities and Hospitals" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 7: 3480. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073480

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García-Erce, J. A., Romón-Alonso, Í., Jericó, C., Domingo-Morera, J. M., Arroyo-Rodríguez, J. L., Sola-Lapeña, C., Bueno-Cabrera, J. L., Juárez-Vela, R., Zalba-Marcos, S., Abad-Motos, A., Gea-Caballero, V., Santolalla-Arnedo, I., & Quintana-Díaz, M. (2021). Blood Donations and Transfusions during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain: Impact According to Autonomous Communities and Hospitals. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(7), 3480. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073480

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