2018 figures: blood donation
Blood use
221 100
226 276 (2017)
units of red blood cell concentrates used
38 947
37 490 (2017)
units of platelet concentrates used
30 552
29 303 (2017)
units of freshly frozen plasma used
Blood procurement
277 808
282 421 (2017)
blood donations
1,5%
1,9% (2017)
expiration rate
Safety
6
12 (2017)
hepatitis C positive blood donations detected in time
34
39 (2017)
hepatitis B positive blood donations detected in time
3
2 (2017)
HIV-positive blood donations detected in time
2018 figures: blood stem cell donation
Registered donors
33 581 469*
30 973 000 (2016)
129 472
116 652 (2017)
of those, new 14 566
13 863 (2017)
Registered cord blood units
756 105*
745 000 (2016)
4771
4667 (2017)
of those, new 107
69 (2017)
* Due to the complexity of data collection and evaluation, the most recent figures available are for 2017.
Searches / Collections / Transplants
230
233 (2017)
searches started for Swiss patients
144
138 (2017)
transplantations for patients in Switzerland
136
131 (2017)
blood stem cell grafts from abroad for Swiss patients
61
56 (2017)
collections from donors in Switzerland