COVID-19
Conditions
Brief summary
Data about the links between Coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) and the safety of blood products during the pandemic is inadequate. During the COVID-19 pandemic, high volumes of patients receiving blood products due to post-terminal surgical complications depleted stores for the entire hospital, resulting in surgeons unable to acquire emergent blood products. Data from this study can be used to develop a policy on how to handle blood shortage issues during this and future pandemics. Also, this data can be used to determine future policies on use of blood products from COVID-19-positive donors.
Detailed description
* To identify the circumstances associated with observed delays in receiving blood products to use in emergent cases. * Determine the cost/benefit of moribund patients receiving massive transfusion during the COVID-19 pandemic. * Quantify COVID-19 diagnosis and complications in patients arriving with no indication of disease at index admission as relative to in hospital or blood product exposure.
Interventions
OTHERDocument delays and frequencies of inadequate blood products for emergent cases
The COVID-19 pandemic is contributing to delays in blood product acquisition and inadequate blood product supplies for emergent cases in hospitals
Sponsors
Methodist Health System
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
\>\_18 years of age Surgical patients treated at Methodist Dallas Medical Center(MDMC)
Exclusion criteria
\<18 years of age Prisoners Pregnant women
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Time frame | 1 year | Dates of inadequate or delayed blood products for emergent cases during the timeframe of the COVID-19 pandemic (March 2020 to March 2021) to be compared relative to number of days or cases where no shortages were noted |
Countries
United States
Contacts
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORJennifer Burris, Pharm D
Methodist Health System
Outcome results
None listed