Journal of Blood Disorders & Transfusion

Hematology Research Team, Hematology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco

Publications

• Review Article   
  Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Blood Transfusion Systems: International Review and the Moroccan Blood Transfusion System Experience
  Author(s): Sabah Bouhou*, Khadija Lahjouji, Mohammed Benajiba and Azlarab Masrar
  
  Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic is considered by several Scientifics and transfusion experts to present a potential risk of reducing and compromising the supply of blood products. Blood establishments had to activate their emergency plans and to propose appropriate response measures. Method: It is an international review where we used key term search strategy to identify necessary information about the impact of some previous health crisis on the availability and the safety of blood products and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the availability and the safety of blood products in some blood establishments around the world. Additionally, we presented the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Moroccan transfusion system activities and the measures established by the Moroccan National Centre of Blood Transfusion and Hematology (MNCBT.. View more»
  

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