Investigation of coordinated development between blood banks and apheresis plasma collection banks

Abstract

Objective To explore the factors that affect the coordinated development of blood banks and apheresis plasma collection banks (hereinafter referred to as plasma banks), and explore feasible measures for the coordinated development of blood banks and plasma banks. Methods The blood information management system and blood source information management system were used to retrieve related data of blood and plasma donation from 9 cities in Shandong province from 2017 to 2021. The number of blood donors and plasma donors and the intersection of them were analyzed. The data analysis was performed using chi-square test, and a questionnaire survey was conducted to investigate the policies and information status, as well as expectations for coordinated development for blood and plasma donation. Results From 2017 to 2021, the total number of blood donors in 9 cities was higher than that of plasma donors, both have been increasing year by year, and the increase in plasma donors was significantly higher than that of blood donors (131.78% vs 23.90%, P<0.05). The intersection proportion of blood and plasma donors had increased from 0.45% in 2017 to 1.04% in 2021, with an increase of 131.11%. Among the administrative regions where the participating blood and plasma banks located, 94.2% have not released relevant policy to promote the coordinated development of blood and plasma donation. The majority (63%) expected blood banks and plasma banks to be set at a distance more than 50 km apart. The top four functional requirements for the interconnection between blood banks and plasma banks management information system were blood test results (94.61%), ID number (87.54%), blood and plasma donation records (85.51%) and health consultation/examination results (82.15%). The top four elements of coordinated development between blood and plasma banks were policy support (96.25%), information networking (92.36%), top-level design (87.44%) and cultural construction (86.58%). Conclusion The number of donors who donate both blood(mainly whole blood) and plasma has been increasing year by year, which deserves our close attention. To achieve the coordinated development of blood donation and plasma donation, policy support is the most crucial and fundamental means. Establishment of a standard system and the share of blood and plasma donation information is necessary for blood informatization construction. It was critical to promote the coordinated development of blood and plasma donation and ensure blood safety with improving legislation, formulating policies for coordinated development, strengthening top-level design, standardizing the publicity of blood and plasma donation and establishing the idea that blood and plasma donation are equally honorable.

Keywords

• blood bank
• apheresis plasma collection bank(plasma bank)
• coordinated development
• policy
• informatization construction