Declining blood collection and utilization in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Department of Health and Human Services National Blood Collection and Utilization Survey (NBCUS) has been conducted biennially since 1997. Data are used to estimate national blood collection and utilization.

Study design and methods

The 2013 Department of Health and Human Services NBCUS is a cross-sectional survey of all US blood collection centers and hospitals as listed in the 2012 American Hospital Association Annual Survey database that perform at least 100 inpatient surgical procedures annually. The study objective was to estimate, with 95% confidence intervals (CIs), the number of blood and blood components collected and transfused in the United States.

Results

In 2013, a total of 14,237,000 whole blood and apheresis red blood cell (RBC) units (95

SUBMITTER: Chung KW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5928513 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature