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. 2020 Mar;60 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):S17-S37.
doi: 10.1111/trf.15715.

Supplemental findings of the 2017 National Blood Collection and Utilization Survey

Mathew R P Sapiano  1 , Jefferson M Jones  1 , Alexandra A Savinkina  1   2 , Kathryn A Haass  1 , James J Berger  3 , Sridhar V Basavaraju  1
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Supplemental findings of the 2017 National Blood Collection and Utilization Survey

Mathew R P Sapiano et al. Transfusion. 2020 Mar.

Abstract

Introduction: This report provides supplemental results from the 2017 National Blood Collection and Utilization Survey on characteristics of the donor population, autologous and directed donations and transfusions, platelets, plasma and granulocyte transfusions, pediatric transfusions, severe donor-related adverse events, cost of blood units, hospitals policies and practices, and inventory, dosing, and supply.

Methods: Weighting and imputation were used to generate national estimates including number of donors, donations, donor deferrals, autologous and directed donations and transfusions, severe donor-related adverse events, platelet and plasma collections and transfusions, number of cross-match procedures, irradiation and leukoreduction, and pediatric transfusions.

Results: Between 2015 and 2017, successful donations decreased slightly by 2.1% with a 10.3% decrease in donations by persons aged 16-18 years and a 14.4% increase in donations by donors aged >65 years. The median price paid for blood components by hospitals decreased from $211 to $207 for leukoreduced red blood cell units, from $523 to $517 for leukoreduced apheresis platelet units, and from $54 to $51 for fresh frozen plasma units. Plasma transfusions decreased 13.6%, but group AB plasma units transfused increased 24.7%.

Conclusion: Between 2015 and 2017, blood donations declined slightly because of decreases in donations from younger donors, but the number of donations from older donors increased. The price hospitals pay for blood has continued to decrease. Plasma transfusions have decreased, but the proportion of plasma transfusions involving group AB plasma have increased.

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