March 2, 2020

Coronavirus Disease 2019: Coronaviruses and Blood Safety

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

• With concerns around asymptomatic transmission, authors offer recommendations for blood safety in areas with known spread. They also provide inactivation methods for coronaviruses in blood products and laboratory tissue culture. 

Chang et al. (Feb 21, 2020) Coronavirus Disease 2019: Coronaviruses and Blood Safety. Transfusion Medicine Review 29, 203s. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmrv.2020.02.003