Whole blood and red blood cell units collected by facility type U.S. 2021

In 2021, there were an estimated 11,785,000 whole blood and red blood cell units collected in the United States. Of this total, around 11,419,000 units were collected from blood centers. This graph shows the total number of whole blood and red blood cell units collected in the United States in 2021, by facility type.

Total numbers of whole blood and red blood cell (RBC) units collected in the United States in 2021, by facility type (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Whole blood units	Apheresis RBC units*
Blood centers	9,490	1,922
Hospitals	351	9

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Release date

April 2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2021

Method of interview

Online omnibus survey

Supplementary notes

Data is from the National Blood Collection and Utilization Survey (NBCUS).
"In March 2022, all community-based (53) and hospital-based (83) blood collection centers, a randomly selected 40% of transfusing hospitals performing 100–999 annual inpatient surgeries, and all transfusing hospitals performing ≥1000 annual inpatient surgeries were sent a 2021 NBCUS survey to ascertain blood collection and transfusion data. Survey response rates were 92.5% (49/53) for community-based blood centers, 74.7% (62/83) for hospital-based blood centers, and 76.3% (2102/2754) for transfusing hospitals."
* Apheresis RBC units include allogeneic, autologous, directed, and concurrent collections.

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