Table 3.
Measures to overcome blood supply shortages.
| Country | Change in donor eligibility criteria | Collaboration with military and governmental institutions | Continuation of donation drives | Home blood collection | Donor transportation | Extending shelf-life of platelets | Blood supply from unaffected cities | Activation of contingency plans | Degree of effectiveness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omana | √ | √ | √ | √ | Very much | ||||
| Tunisia | √ | √ | Somewhat | ||||||
| Jordan | √ | √ | √ | √ | Somewhat | ||||
| Sudan | √ | Very much | |||||||
| Palestine | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | Very much | |||
| Saudi Arabiaa | √ | √ | Somewhat | ||||||
| Saudi Arabiaa | √ | √ | √ | Somewhat | |||||
| United Arab Emirates | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | Very much | |||
| Islamic republic of Iran | √ | √ | Very much | ||||||
| Morocco | √ | √ | √ | Very much | |||||
| Qatar | √ | √ | √ | √ | Somewhat | ||||
| Libya | √ | √ | Somewhat | ||||||
| Yemen | √ | Neutral | |||||||
| Pakistan | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | Very much | ||
| Lebanon | √ | Somewhat | |||||||
| Bahraina | √ | √ | √ | Very much |
UAE; United Arab Emirates.
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Highlights practices for hospital based blood banks and may not reflect other blood banks in the reporting country.