2019 figures: blood donation

Blood use

220'481

221'100 (2018)

units of red blood cell concentrates used

36'317

38'947 (2018)

units of platelet concentrates used

28'405

30'552 (2018)

units of freshly frozen plasma used

 

Blood procurement

271'624

277'808 (2018)

blood donations

1.46%

1.55% (2018)

expiration rate

Safety

12

6 (2018)

hepatitis C positive blood donations detected in time

30

34 (2018)

hepatitis B positive blood donations detected in time

1

3 (2018)

HIV-positive blood donations detected in time

74

 

units of HEV-positive blood detected in time

2019 figures: blood stem cell donation

Registered donors

35'949'876*

33'581'469 (2017)

142'900

129'472 (2018)

of those, new 14'745

14'566 (2018)

Registered cord blood units

791'071*

756'105 (2017)

4911

4771 (2018)

of those, new 143

107 (2018)

* Due to the complexity of data collection and evaluation, the most recent figures available are for 2018.