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Table 5.

Procedures that were undertaken for staff management during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Country	Staff self-deferral if feeling unwell or for history of exposure	Measuring staff temperature	Use of surgical masks for the staff	Use of N95 masks for the staff	Reducing number of staff on shifts
Oman^a	√		√
Tunisia	√		√		√
Jordan	√			√	√
Sudan	√		√		√
Palestine	√	√	√
Saudi Arabia^a	√		√		√
Saudi Arabia^a	√	√	√		√
United Arab Emirates	√	√	√		√
Islamic Republic of Iran	√	√	√	√	√
Morocco	√		√		√
Qatar	√	√	√
Libya	√		√		√
Yemen	√	√	√
Pakistan	√	√	√	√	√
Lebanon	√	√	√		√
Bahrain^a	√	√	√	√	√

UAE; United Arab Emirates.

Highlights practices for hospital based blood bank and may not reflect other blood banks in the reporting country