Supplemental findings of the 2017 National Blood Collection and Utilization Survey.
Matthew R P SapianoJefferson M JonesAlexandra A SavinkinaKathryn A HaassJames J BergerSridhar V BasavarajuPublished in: Transfusion (2021)
Between 2015 and 2017, blood donations declined slightly because of decreases in donations from younger donors, but the number of donations from older donors increased. The price hospitals pay for blood has continued to decrease. Plasma transfusions have decreased, but the proportion of plasma transfusions involving group AB plasma have increased.