Ongoing since the pandemic, a blood platelet shortage is reaching critical levels as deliveries are being rationed among local hospitals.
People donate blood at Bloodworks Northwest on March 17, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. , a blood bank and medical research institute headquartered in Seattle, is unable to send full orders of platelets to cancer and surgery centers because there are not enough donors. The medical laboratory stated it was running dangerously low on Type O positive, O negative, and platelet donations.
“Right now, we’re giving half units to patients, and maybe saving the full units of platelets for people who are bleeding actively,” Panch said.The platelet rationing could also lead to delays in elective surgery at local hospitals. “It’s very concerning. We don’t know when the next person is going to be sick or there’s going to be some sort of tragic accident,” Ralph said. “Those are the things we can’t schedule out, so we have to make sure the supply exists for when those things happen.”
Bloodworks Northwest joined 30 other blood centers across the country to organize the Blood Emergency Readiness Corps. It is a first-in-the-nation partnership to ensure the local blood supply is consistent.
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