@article {Tolich, author = {Deborah Tolich and Moises Auron and Kelly McCoy and Marni Dargis and NurJehan Quraishy}, title = {Blood management during the COVID-19 pandemic}, year = {2020}, doi = {10.3949/ccjm.87a.ccc053}, publisher = {Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine}, abstract = {The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has required healthcare systems to implement strategies for effective healthcare delivery while managing blood supply chain disruptions and shortages created by infection-limiting practices that have reduced blood donations. At Cleveland Clinic, we have made multiple synchronous efforts: a call for increased blood collection, alignment of efforts among transfusion medicine departments (blood banks), enhanced monitoring and triage of blood product use, and increased education on patient blood management practices regarding blood utilization and anemia management. In addition, we created an algorithm to assess anemia risks in patients whose elective surgery was cancelled to optimize preoperative hemoglobin levels.}, issn = {0891-1150}, URL = {https://www.ccjm.org/content/early/2020/07/29/ccjm.87a.ccc053}, eprint = {https://www.ccjm.org/content/early/2020/07/29/ccjm.87a.ccc053.full.pdf}, journal = {Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine} }