Vox Sanguinis International Forum on Transfusion Services about Response to COVID-19. Vox sanguinis Lozano, M., Yazer, M., Jackson, B., Pagano, M., Rahimi-Levene, N., Peer, V., Bueno, J., Jackson, R., Shan, H., Amorim, L., Lopez, M. E., Boquimpani, C., Sprogoe, U., Bruun, M., Titlestad, K., Rushford, K., Wood, E., McQuilten, Z., de Angelis, V., Delle Donne, M., Murphy, M., Staves, J., Cho, D., Nakamura, F., Hangaishi, A., Callum, J., Lin, Y., Moghaddam, M., Gharehbaghian, A. 2020

Abstract

Question 1 Demographics: a. Beer Yaakov, Israel. b. Large academic medical center. c. 956 beds. d. 9034 RBC units issued in 2019, approximately 9000. e. 4831 confirmed SARS-CoV-2 cases and 17 deaths (March 31, 2020, 12:40 pm, data from the Israeli Ministry of Health). f. 9,136,000 inhabitants. g. The spread of SARS-CoV-2 in Israel is still increasing, but as of yesterday the rate of increase is declining sharply (from almost 30% of samples tested per day at the peak to 12% yesterday).

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