TABLE 2.

Estimated number of PLT, plasma, and cryoprecipitate units distributed by blood centers, transfused by hospitals, and outdated in blood centers and hospitals in 2013 (expressed in thousands)

Activity	Blood centers	Hospitals	Combined totals	95% CI	2011 totals*	% Change 2011-2013
Distributed
Apheresis PLTs	2133	185	2318	2154–2482	2516	−7.9
Whole blood–derived PLTs†	75	55	130	23–237	222	−41.4
Total PLTs	2209	240	2448	2237–2659	2738	−10.6
Total plasma	4005	333	4338	3432–5244	5926	−26.8
Cryoprecipitate‡	857	120	978	798–1157	1690	−42.1
Blood center outdates§	205	34	239	200–278	301	−31.9
Transfused
Apheresis PLTs		2137		1773–2500	1970	8.5
Whole blood–derived PLTs†		128		83–172	199	−35.7
Total PLTs (includes directed units)		2281		1915–2646	2169	5.2
Total plasma		3624		3304–3943	3882	−6.6
Cryoprecipitate‡		1095		916–1274	1094	0
Hospital outdates¶		395		345–446	521	−24.2

^*2011 totals were obtained from the 2011 NBCUS Report.²⁰

^†Whole blood–derived PLTs are expressed as apheresis equivalents.

^‡Cryoprecipitates are expressed as individual unit equivalents.

^§Blood center outdates are units that were outdated at nonhospital and hospital-based blood centers.

^¶Hospital outdates are units that were outdated at transfusing hospitals.