HNBTS: facts & figures

ORGANIZATION

Number of employees: ~1300

  • Medical staff: ~100
  • Non-medical (university degree): ~100
  • Non-medical health professionals: ~800
  • Administration, technical staff: ~300

Blood provision network: 23

  • Regional centres: 5 (in Region’s capital)
  • Local banks: 23 (in County’s capital)

ACTIVITY
Full-blood collection:

  • Donation: ~42-43 / 1,000 inhabitants
  • ~270,000 donors, ~420,000 units / year
  • Donors’ female / male ratio: 40% / 60%
  • First-time donors: 60,000 / year
  • Excluded donors: 60,000 / year (14%)

Location of collection (% of total units):

  • Mobile teams: 80%, centres: 20%

Screening tests for full-blood:

  • Obligatory: HBsAg, a-HCV, a-HIV 1-2, syphilis
  • Non-obligatory: a-HBc (first-time donors)

Stocks:

  • Red blood cell: 5,000 – 10,000 units

Examinations for clinical transfusiology:

  • ~600,000 samples / year

Blood components for transfusion (unit/year):

  • Red blood cell: ~400,000