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. 2020 Sep 18;7:2374289520953548. doi: 10.1177/2374289520953548

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Figure 5. — Flowchart depicting changes in the transfusion medicine services and workflow during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Routine services including blood bank, therapeutic apheresis, and donor center continued operations and were staffed by 1 to 2 trainees involved in prospective blood utilization reviews and supervision/management of apheresis patients and blood donors. With the initiation of an in-house COVID-19 convalescent plasma trial, our services required a significant diversion of transfusion medicine personnel and resources, with 3 additional trainees redeployed to assist. Their duties included triaging, screening, and collecting clinical information from plasma donors, donor recruitment, and research activities such as aggregation and analysis of data.