Supply chain operations management in pandemics: A state-of-the-art review inspired by COVID-19

MU Farooq, A Hussain, T Masood, MS Habib - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pandemics cause chaotic situations in supply chains (SC) around the globe, which can lead
towards survivability challenges. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented …

A socio-economic optimization model for blood supply chain network design during the COVID-19 pandemic: An interactive possibilistic programming approach for a …

EB Tirkolaee, H Golpîra, A Javanmardan… - Socio-Economic …, 2023 - Elsevier
In uncertain circumstances like the COVID-19 pandemic, designing an efficient Blood
Supply Chain Network (BSCN) is crucial. This study tries to optimally configure a multi …

Take-home messages from the COVID-19 pandemic: Strengths and pitfalls of the italian national health service from a medico-legal point of view

M Bolcato, MT Aurilio, A Aprile, G Di Mizio… - Healthcare, 2020 - mdpi.com
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of the Coronavirus disease-
2019 (COVID-19) infection a pandemic on 11 March 2020. As of the end of October 2020 …

Management of blood supply and demand during the COVID-19 pandemic in King Abdullah Hospital, Bisha, Saudi Arabia

AIO Yahia - Transfusion and Apheresis Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Maintaining blood supply is essential since blood transfusions are lifesaving in
many conditions. The 2003 infectious outbreak of SARS-CoV had a negative impact on …

COVID-19 challenges: can industry 4.0 technologies help with business continuity?

A Hussain, MU Farooq, MS Habib, T Masood… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has halted economic activities and made business dynamics
much more challenging by introducing several additional operational, structural, and …

Convalescent plasma bank facility location-allocation problem for COVID-19

VK Manupati, T Schoenherr, SM Wagner, B Soni… - … Research Part E …, 2021 - Elsevier
With convalescent plasma being recognized as an eminent treatment option for COVID-19,
this paper addresses the location-allocation problem for convalescent plasma bank facilities …

Transfusion service response to the COVID-19 pandemic

E Gehrie, CA Tormey, KW Sanford - American journal of clinical …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Emergency preparedness has been an emphasis for blood banks for the past several years,
driven largely by the proliferation of high-profile mass shootings and the recognition that …

Operational recommendations for scarce resource allocation in a public health crisis

MR Ehmann, EK Zink, AB Levin, JI Suarez… - Chest, 2021 - Elsevier
The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic may require rationing of various medical resources
if demand exceeds supply. Theoretical frameworks for resource allocation have provided …

Blood component utilization in COVID‐19 patients in New York City: transfusions do not follow the curve

RA DeSimone, VA Costa, K Kane, JL Sepulveda… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Blood suppliers and transfusion services have worked diligently to maintain an
adequate blood supply during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Our experience has shown that …

A novel capacity sharing mechanism to collaborative activities in the blood collection process during the COVID-19 outbreak

MRG Samani, SM Hosseini-Motlagh - Applied Soft Computing, 2021 - Elsevier
Because of government intervention, such as quarantine and cancellation of public events at
the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak and donors' health scare of exposure to the virus in …