title: [How do I assess requirement of a blood bank and its kind for a healthcare establishment?].
abstract: Access to blood components is required for healthcare establishments, particularly for emergency situation and hospital blood bank was often a response to this requirement. However, the complexity of regulation and economic pressures lead healthcare establishment to review regularly their need for a blood bank. This assessment requires analysis of need for transfusions in terms of delay, quantity and clinical situations to which they must respond. When a blood bank is required, three kinds could be under consideration: emergency blood bank, intermediate blood bank and issuance blood bank. According to requirements, advantages and disadvantages of each kind, healthcare establishments would select the most suitable one.
authors.affiliation: Établissement français du sang Rhône-Alpes, site de Grenoble, 29, avenue du Gresivaudant, 38701 La Tronche, France. Electronic address: bruno.lafeuillade@efs.sante.fr.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lafeuillade
authors.affiliation: Centre hospitalier de Voiron, 14, route des Gorges, BP 208, 38506 Voiron cedex, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tixier
authors.affiliation: Établissement français du sang Rhône-Alpes, site de Beynost, 1390, rue centrale, 01708 Miribel, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bliem
authors.affiliation: Établissement français du sang Rhône-Alpes, site de Gerland, 1-3, rue du Vercors, 69384 Lyon cedex 07, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Meyer
mesh_terms: D001771:Blood Banks / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D004630:Emergencies; D005602:France; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans
keywords: Blood components; Delays; Délai; Dépôt de sang; Emergency; Hospital blood banks; Produits sanguins labiles; Sécurité transfusionnelle; Transfusion; Transfusion safety; Urgence vitale