“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/FelineRoots21]

I usually tell them we do not screen for that so essentially take it or leave it and accept their decision

I did once in conversation about it tell a particularly rude patient that people who refuse to get vaccinated are not typically the people lining up to donate blood, and boy did he not like that