title: Can the supply and demand for plasma-derived products ever be reconciled? Self-sufficiency from the viewpoint of a blood transfusion service.
abstract: Sufficiency is the balance between supply and demand. The problems of estimating future demands and of maintaining adequate supplies of blood for the preparation of blood products, will be discussed from the viewpoint of a well-established blood transfusion service.
authors.affiliation: Finnish Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Helsinki.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leikola
mesh_terms: D001771:Blood Banks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D001793:Blood Preservation; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000600:supply & distribution; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004355:Drug Stability; D005169:Factor VIII / Q000600:supply & distribution* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005387:Finland; D006467:Hemophilia A / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D012537:Scandinavian and Nordic Countries
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D005169:Factor VIII