2021 numbers: blood donation
Blood use
217'049
212'947 (2020)
units of red blood cell concentrates used
38'898
35'715 (2020)
units of platelet concentrates used
27'765
26'681 (2020)
units of freshly frozen plasma used
Blood procurement
268'202
266'161 (2020)
blood donations
0.90%
1.82% (2020)
expiration rate
Safety
8
9 (2020)
hepatitis C positive blood donations detected in time
20
34 (2020)
hepatitis B positive blood donations detected in time
2
0 (2020)
HIV-positive blood donations detected in time
64
43 (2020)
units of HEV-positive blood detected in time
2021 numbers: blood stem cell donation
Registered donors
38'861’554
37'579'935 (2019)
171’709
162'164 (2020)
of those, new 12'188
20'701 (2020)
Registered cord blood units
803’755
799'804 (2019)
5’241
5077 (2020)
of those, new 171
170 (2020)
Searches / Collections / Transplants
246
235 (2020)
searches started for Swiss patients
158
154 (2020)
transplantations for patients in Switzerland
155
143 (2020)
blood stem cell grafts from abroad for Swiss patients
65
70 (2020)
collections from donors in Switzerland