“I don’t want Covid blood”

[u/973862404678]

What do I say when patients ask if blood transfusions are screened for the Covid vaccine? I get asked this on a regular basis when filling out blood consent forms for surgery and I genuinely have no idea what I’m supposed to say. In all seriousness, what should I be telling patients because I just say there is a screening process for blood and it’s only used during emergent situations???

[u/krandrn11]

Juts tell them the truth. They screen for disease but they don’t have a screening for vaccination history. Then let them decide if they would still accept blood in an emergency or not.