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Program Description: Blood product inventory relies on a healthy donor population to donate on a frequent basis and blood product usage to remain steady. The COVID19 pandemic of early 2020 paralyzed the United States. Mandated social distancing to reduce the spread of Sars-Cov-2 resulted in widespread cancellation of blood drives nationally. This program will address how one hospital-based transfusion service took measures to combat a sudden inventory shortage at the beginning of the crisis in the United States. This eCast will also discuss ways in which regional and national blood centers took action to continue to collect in the midst of widespread mandated social distancing policies.