TABLE 1.
Estimated numbers of whole blood and RBC units collected, transfused, and outdated in 2021 and 2019 (expressed in thousands) in the United States, as reported to the National Blood Collection and Utilization Survey.
| Blood centers |
Hospitals | Combined totals |
95% CI | 2019 totalsa |
% change 2021–2019 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collections | ||||||
| Whole blood units | ||||||
| Allogeneic, nondirected | 9490 | 351 | 9842 | (9491–10,193) | 9777 | 0.7% |
| Autologous | 2 | 1 | 3b | (2–3)c | 5 | −40.0% |
| Directed | 4 | 5 | 9 | (6–13) | 9 | 0.0% |
| Apheresis RBC unitsd | 1922 | 9 | 1931 | (1771–2090) | 1800 | 7.3% |
| Total supply | 11,419 | 366 | 11,784 | (11,392–12,177) | 11,590 | 1.7% |
| Rejected on testing | 117 | 4 | 121 | (108–133) | 103 | 17.5% |
| Rejected for other reasonse | 610 | 20 | 630 | (551–709) | 608 | 3.6% |
| Total available supply | 10,692 | 342 | 11,033 | (10,647–11,420) | 10,879 | 1.4% |
| Transfusions | ||||||
| Allogeneic, nondirected | 10,752 | (10,346–11,159) | 10,834 | −0.8% | ||
| Autologous | 2f | (1–2)g | 9 | −77.8% | ||
| Directed | 10 | (2–18) | 9 | 11.1% | ||
| Total transfusions | 10,764 | (10,357–11,171) | 10,852 | −0.8% | ||
| Outdated whole blood or RBCs | 159 | 146 | 305 | (254–356) | 349 | −12.6% |
a
2019 totals were obtained from the 2019 NBCUS report.5
b
Estimate is rounded from 2649 to 3000.
c
Lower bound of the 95% CI is rounded from 2219 to 2000; upper bound of the 95% CI is rounded from 3080 to 3000.
d
Apheresis RBC units include allogeneic, autologous, directed, and concurrent collections.
e
Units rejected for other reasons do not include outdated units.
f
Estimate is rounded from 1615 to 2000.
g
Lower bound of the 95% CI is rounded from 810 to 1000; upper bound of the 95% CI is rounded from 2420 to 2000.