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.
Searches / Collections / Transplants
247
230 (2018)
searches started for Swiss patients
153
144 (2018)
transplantations for patients in Switzerland
151
136 (2018)
blood stem cell grafts from abroad for Swiss patients
61
61 (2018)
collections from donors in Switzerland