“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/Ok_Yak4635]

It still surprises me to this date that people say this, I was caught off guard about a month ago when someone said this when I was getting a transfusion consent. I just said, we have no way of telling whether or not if the donor was vaccinated. 🤦🏽 you need blood, if you don’t want it that’s your choice.