Tag: covid-19
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American Red Cross Scientific Affairs experience at AABB 2023
Paula Saa1*, PhD; Bryan Spencer2, PhD, MPH; Ed Notari1, MPH; Galen Conti1, MPH 1American Red Cross Scientific Affairs, Rockville, MD; 2American Red Cross Scientific Affairs, Boston, MA; *Corresponding author After a series of virtual meetings, we were all very excited to reconnect in person at the 2023 AABB annual meeting in Nashville, TN, where the…
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Motivating Donors: Lessons from Collecting COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma
Early in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, many blood centers began collecting and distributing COVID-19 convalescent plasma (CCP). Researchers from the American Red Cross conducted a survey of CCP donors during the first five months of the CCP collection period (April 27-September 15, 2020) to gather information about their donation experience and motivations. Read about their findings…