When presenting with flu-like illnesses, the existing eligibility criteria set within the guidelines, bar such individuals from donating blood. All the same, when healthy-looking ‘asymptomatic’ rather 'innocent blood donors' [IBDs] come forward to donate blood, they’ll pose a serious threat to the health of the blood community. These IBDs may be completely unaware of their viral status at the time of donation. We, therefore, created a "Can I Donate?" self-estimation tool [SAT] within the context of the outbreak of COVID-19, to facilitate an estimation of the seriousness of the present pandemic, its implications for blood safety and to encourage self-deferral by these IBDs if they found themselves to be unsuitable for blood donation.

在出现类似流感的疾病时，指南中设定的现有资格标准禁止此类人献血。同样，当看起来健康的“无症状”而非“无辜的献血者” [IBD]提出献血时，它们将对血液社区的健康构成严重威胁。这些IBD在捐赠时可能完全不知道其病毒状态。因此，我们创建了“我可以捐赠吗？” 在COVID-19爆发的背景下进行自我评估的工具[SAT]，以帮助评估当前大流行的严重性，其对血液安全的影响，并鼓励这些IBD自我认定为自我延误不适合献血。