title: [Blood transfusion - safety of the inventory].
abstract: Over the years, transfusion medicine has been faced to many different problems, notably those related to transmission of pathogens. Major progresses have been accomplished in terms of security. However, nowadays, the discipline is confronted to the day-to-day variability and availability of blood products. More and more donors are excluded from blood donation due to various reasons, and the donor selection criteria have increased over the years, influencing the number of donors able to give blood. This paradox represents one of the constraints that transfusion medicine should resolve in the future. This paper presents some aspects either common or different between France and Switzerland.
authors.affiliation: Transfusion interrégionale CRS, 1066 Epalinges Vaud, Suisse; Université de Lausanne, faculté de biologie et de médecine, 1015 Lausanne, Suisse. Electronic address: Jean-daniel.tissot@itransfusion.ch.
authors.forename: Jean-Daniel
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Tissot
authors.affiliation: Établissement français du sang Bretagne, 35000 Rennes, France.
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Danic
authors.affiliation: Établissement français du sang Pays-de-la-Loire, 49100 Angers, France.
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schneider
mesh_terms: D001782:Blood Donors / Q000941:ethics / Q000523:psychology / Q000600:supply & distribution; D058731:Blood Safety / Q000592:standards; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000592:standards; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D005602:France; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D065227:Transfusion Reaction