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- Blood donations have played a critical role in advancing public health understanding, especially highlighted during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, which showed the potential for blood services to contribute to public health surveillance and research.
- The International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) created a Public Health Research Toolkit to support blood services and researchers in expanding their involvement in public health initiatives.
- This toolkit offers resources and templates for blood services to leverage donor data, engage in research studies, and establish biobanks, ultimately aiming to enhance recognition and funding for public health contributions.
Article Abstract
Background And Objectives: Data provided from blood donors have contributed to the understanding of public health epidemiology and policy decisions. A recent example was during the severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic when blood services monitored the seroprevalence in blood donors. Based on this experience, blood services have the opportunity to expand their role and participate in public health surveillance and research. The aim of this report is to share available resources to assist blood services in this area.
Materials And Methods: The Surveillance, Risk Assessment and Policy (SRAP) Sub-group of the International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) Transfusion Transmitted Infectious Diseases (TTID) Working Party developed a Public Health Research Toolkit to assist blood services and researchers interested in expanding their role in public health research.
Results: The ISBT Public Health Research Toolkit provides resources for what blood services can offer to public health, examples of donor research studies, the utility of donor data and website links to public health agencies. The toolkit includes a customizable template for those interested in establishing and managing a biobank.
Conclusion: The ISBT Public Health Research Toolkit includes resources to increase the recognition of the role blood donors can play in public health and to help blood services gain commitment and funding from various agencies for new research and surveillance.
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