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Irish Blood Transfusion Service

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 November 2021

Tuesday, 9 November 2021

Questions (663)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

663. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the volume of available blood in the hospital service for each of the past ten months. [54607/21]

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The Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) is the national organisation responsible for collecting, processing, testing and distributing blood and blood products in Ireland. It’s remit is to provide a safe, reliable and robust blood service to the Irish health system.

The IBTS has advised that it is not possible to provide figures on the volume of blood available in the hospital service on a monthly basis, as the volume of blood available to hospitals varies on a day to day basis.

However, the IBTS has advised that it has issued a total of 104,552 Red Cell Units and 19,336 Platelet Units to hospitals over the past 10 months. The monthly breakdown of these issues is as follows:

Month

Red Cell Issues

Platelet Issues

January

9977

1792

February

9658

1630

March

10754

2044

April

10778

2020

May

10198

1941

June

10610

1918

July

11187

2014

August

10707

1952

September

10920

1999

October

9763

2026

The IBTS has confirmed that the blood supply to hospitals has been maintained throughout the pandemic.

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