The Association of Sociodemographic Characteristics of Blood Donors with Primary Preventive Measures (PPM) During COVID-19 Pandemic

Date

2022-1

Type

Article

Journal title

المجلة العلمية لجامعة طرابلس

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 1

Author(s)

Pages

1 - 17

Abstract

The recent COVID-19 epidemic outbreak is an ongoing crisis that is causing global uncertainty on an unrivaled scale. During this outbreak, blood banks worldwide continue serving patients at risk of a contagious status. Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the relation between the sociodemographic characteristics including age, gender, education level, income, and job type with primary preventive measures including avoiding the crowd, washing hands, wearing masks, wearing gloves, and social distancing during COVID-2019 pandemic. Additionally, the other goal was to help the central blood bank/Tripoli (CBB/T) to assign suitable donors for collecting COVID-2019 Convalescent Plasma (CCP), which is used to treat COVID-19 patients.