1. Create national policies for capacity building.

2. Establish national system for inventory management.

3. Change operating structure of blood supply organizations to improve ability to react to emergencies.

4. Make structural changes to improve supply chain.

5. Integrate blood supply organizations into emergency planning activities.

6. Include blood-related scenarios in emergency drill and exercise programs.

7. Ensure that blood suppliers have appropriate priority within emergency communications, transportation, and restoration of utilities.

8. Define structure for comprehensive unified crisis management related to blood supply.

9. Ensure that blood centers are considered essential services during emergencies.

10. Create national stockpile of key supplies, equipment, and reagents to support continued blood supply organization function during emergency.