BLOOD RESERVES AND AVAILABILITY OF BLOOD PREPARATIONS IN UNIVERSITY CLINICAL CENTER TUZLA, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

According to WHO guidelines, recommendations for ensuring stable blood reserves include 10 to 20 donations per 1000 inhabitants [13]. Analyzing the production segment of platelet preparations, we find that different numbers of blood units, that is, the number of donors provides a certain number of platelet concentrates, as a therapeutic dose, with observed significant statistical difference shown in table 1. An analysis was made, in the observed period, of the need for blood products, correlation of demand and realized, issued units of preparations, at individual clinics, which is shown in table 2. In this study we intended to assess the needs for blood and its preparations at the level of our entire Institution of the University Hospital of Tuzla and individually by clinic, analyzing the number of reserved blood units and issued, i.e. realized.