The long holiday, the impact of multiple factors of the epidemic, and the large ischemia of the Taiwan blood bank may affect the operation after the year

The Spring Festival holiday has been for nine consecutive days, but many places in Taiwan have reported a large ischemia in blood banks. Taipei Blood Donation Center pointed out today (4) that due to the long holiday, the epidemic and cold rain and other climatic attacks, the amount of blood donated in various places has declined sharply, and now there are only 4.1 days left, which is seriously insufficient from the safety stock of 7 days, which will hit the operation and blood consumption after the year, and encourage the people to donate blood by rolling their sleeves.

The epidemic lasted for two years, Liu Junhong, director of the planning department of the Taipei Blood Donation Center, said that this year is worse than last year's blood collection situation, of which type A only has 2.8 days left and type O has 4.1 days of inventory, but after nine days of continuous holidays, the amount of blood in hospitals around the world has gradually rebounded, and it is afraid that the supply will exceed demand.

He said that because many companies before the end of January were affected by the epidemic of the Omicron variant strain, they began to take diversion to work, and the blood donation activities were not as effective as in the past, coupled with the fact that climate factors began to turn cold and rainy, the people's willingness to donate blood was low, and finally encountered the "longest annual leave in history" After the start of the nine-day Spring Festival holiday, Taipei has become like an "empty city", making the ischemic situation worse.

According to the statistics of the Taipei Blood Donation Center, there are only 4.1 days left in the blood inventory today, and the medical blood situation is worrying, and the safety stock is seriously insufficient for 7 days. Last year, the blood collection situation of the epidemic was also poor, but under the appeal of Shi Jingzhong, an obstetrician and gynecologist at National Taiwan University, the blood bank was able to recover before the Lunar New Year, but this year the condition was even worse.

Liu Junhong said that he had expected Chinese New Year's Eve hoped to achieve at least 10 days of reserves, but now it is only 5.5 days, and there is still a difference of 4 days. In the past week, the whole taiwan needed 16,000 bags of blood, Liu Junhong said, now the Spring Festival week, only 5,000 bags of blood, up to 31%, there are more than 10,000 bags of blood gaps. Patients who use blood routinely, such as hematology and oncology, wait for surgery, or even those who use blood urgently will be greatly affected.

The Taipei Blood Donation Center said that in order to provide people with peace of mind to donate blood in a safe and secure environment, strengthen the frequency of disinfection of the working environment, implement various epidemic prevention measures, and encourage the public to allocate space to donate blood at various blood donation points to help patients with blood. (Lin Jingxian/Editor)