Open AccessBlood shortage – another crisis during COVID-19 pandemic
Author(s) -
Mirela Ţigliş,
Ileana Peride,
Tiberiu Paul Neagu,
Andrei Niculae,
Ioana Marina Grințescu,
Ionel Alexandru Checheriţă
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
romanian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2069-606X
pISSN - 1220-5478
DOI - 10.37897/rmj.2021.4.6
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , economic shortage , isolation (microbiology) , social isolation , transmission (telecommunications) , business , medicine , virology , political science , disease , psychiatry , biology , pathology , outbreak , computer science , bioinformatics , linguistics , philosophy , government (linguistics) , infectious disease (medical specialty) , telecommunications
As COVID-19 pandemic continues to test the medical world, due to rapid viral transmission and subsequent mutations, the old burning health crisis continues to surface, one of them being the blood shortage. The current situation has disrupted the fragile balance between blood donors and the real need of blood in hospitals, especially due to repetitive lock-downs, isolation, social-restrictions, and ongoing anxiety promoted by social media, threatening the quality of medical cares.