169 Mapping opportunities and threats for the future demand of red blood cells in the Netherlands Table S2: Copy of three-question scenario survey via Qualtrics sent to experts in Step 2b Q1 Please rank--by dragging and dropping--which themes you consider to be important for Sanquin›s Blood Bank to consider for the future. (Number 1 is the most important.) ______ Blood supply organization. This includes opportunities/threats related to the current blood bank, including leadership strengths/weaknesses, strengthening or creating (inter)national collaborations, and research. ______ Change in perceptions. This includes positive and/or negative perceptions of donors and other stakeholders towards Sanquin. ______ Commercialization. This includes blood products in an open market with competitive prices and the opportunities/threats thereof, including reducing the Dutch RBC unit to be more comparable to other countries or having products in ‘gold,’ ‘silver,’ and ‘bronze’ categories. ______ Digitalization. This includes opportunities/vulnerabilities related to e-health, and data, such as big data or omics data. ______ Disruptive events. This includes economical (govt stops funding blood), ecological (natural disasters or infectious diseases), or operational (massive power failure, pathogen reduction technology fails) events ______ Changing legislation. This includes opportunities/threats related to legislation, especially to opening of borders and privacy laws. ______ Societal context. This includes opportunities/threats related to the society (e.g. becoming more individualized), political (e.g. radical changes in government leading to radical changes to blood-related matters), and economical (e.g. blood donors willing to also donate money). ______ Precision medicine. This includes opportunities/threats related to focusing on personalized blood management (e.g. personalized donation or transfusion trigger) and on specialized patients who need specialized products. ______ RBC improvement or alternative applications. This includes many opportunities for the improvement of RBCs (e.g. enhanced functions, such as resistance to oxidative stress) and alternative applications for RBC (e.g. drug delivery). ______ RBC replacements. This includes many replacement products, such as cultured RBCs, cellular products/therapies, artificial oxygen carriers, or something that immediately stops/reduces blood loss.
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