The Drugs Control Administration, Telangana has issued an advisory on 9th April 2020 in which it refers to the interim guidance released by WHO on maintaining safe and adequate blood supply.
Blood services should consider the sufficiency risk early to enable preparedness and response. Blood donation numbers should be closely monitored so that measures can be taken quickly to pre-empt any decline in donor attendance or to consider importation of blood and components.
Blood services should continually assess their blood stocks carefully in anticipation of uncertainty in the scale of collection activities and must take steps to ensure continuity of supplies.
The staffs who work in Blood bank are to be made aware about the infectious threat and actions taken to ensure the safety and reliability of the blood supply and the safety of staff and donors.
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