“Fewer than 85,000 blood bags are available today, when more than 100,000 would be needed to meet patient needs this winter“, details the French blood institute in a press release published a few days ago. “The harvest doesn’t stop during the holidays“, points out Hervé Meinrad, director of collection and production at the EFS, calling for the mobilization of the population
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Some “10,000 donations are needed every day to treat patients, for whom blood transfusions are the only alternative to be treated“, remember the EFS as a bonus. mobilization for blood donation must be dailyCarlo the shelf life of blood products is limited (7 days for platelets, 42 days for red blood cells).
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According to the EFS, the holidays, difficult weather conditions, preparations for celebrations or even seasonal epidemics all lead to a decline in attendance at donation sites.. This year the flu and the Covid-19 epidemics”strongly influence donors“, but also the EFS staff,”which sometimes forces us to cancel or reduce collections“, explains the establishment.
A list of collection points is available on the website dondesang.efs.sante.fr
or on the Blood Donation app.
