Zhongguo shuxue zazhi (Oct 2023)

Impact of COVID-19 epidemic on inventory of red blood cells in local and municipal blood stations in China

  • Weina CHEN,
  • Jianling ZHONG,
  • Yueping DING,
  • Weizhen LYU,
  • Jian ZHANG,
  • Lin BAO,
  • Feng YAN,
  • Li LI,
  • Dexu CHU,
  • Guanlin HU,
  • Ruijuan YANG,
  • Bo LI,
  • Xiaofeng ZHEN,
  • Youhua SHEN,
  • Wen ZHANG,
  • Jie YANG,
  • Wei ZHANG,
  • Yunfei LI,
  • Liang BAI,
  • Ning LI,
  • Yian LIANG,
  • Lili ZHU,
  • Qingsong YUAN,
  • Qingjie MA

DOI
https://doi.org/10.13303/j.cjbt.issn.1004-549x.2023.10.011
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 36, no. 10
pp. 903 – 906

Abstract

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Objective To evaluate and analyze the impact of COVID-19 epidemic on inventory of red blood cells (RBCs)in local and municipal blood stations in China, and to provide reference for the management of public health emergencies. Methods Relevant data from 2018 to 2021 were collected, and the differences in the volume of qualified RBCs, the usage efficiency of inventory RBCs, the average daily distribution of RBCs,the blood distribution rate of RBCs prepared by 400 mL whole blood, the difference in the average storage days of RBCs at the time of distribution, the average daily inventory of RBCs and the time of the average daily inventory of RBCs to maintain the distribution in 24 local and municipal blood stations in China during the COVID-19 epidemic and non-epidemic periods were retrospectively analyzed. Results Compared with non-epidemic periods, the volume of qualified RBCs [(117 525.979 ±52 203.175)U] and the average daily distribution of RBCs [( 156. 468 ± 70. 186) U ] increased significantly, but the usage efficiency of inventory RBCs decreased(97.24%±0.51%) significantly (P0.5). Conclusion During the COVID-19 epidemic, the inventory management of RBCs operated well, the overall inventory remained relatively stable, the stock composition and storage period showed no significant change.

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