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2024

Blood harvesting in Russia increased by 6% and reached 2.6 million liters

The volume of blood harvesting in Russia in 2024 increased by 6% and amounted to about 2.6 million liters. This was announced on February 24, 2025 by Olga Eichler, head of the Department of Blood and Extreme Medicine of the FMBA of Russia. According to her, the collected volume is enough to meet the needs of medical institutions. Blood components are used in transfusions during operations, treatment of severe injuries, oncological and hematological diseases.

According to TASS, in 2024 the federal register of blood donors was replenished by almost 440 thousand people. The total number of donors increased by 3% compared to 2023, which indicates the active work of the blood service.

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Olga Eichler noted that in 2024 various events were held aimed at informing the population and attracting new donors. Many of these initiatives were implemented in conjunction with the Blood and Bone Marrow Donation Focal Point and the National Foundation for Health Development.

Harvested blood and its components are extremely important for the health care system. They are used in various fields of medicine: with emergency assistance to victims of accidents and disasters, during complex surgical interventions, in the treatment of cancer, as well as to help patients with bleeding disorders and other hematological pathologies.

Components of donor blood (red blood cells, platelets, plasma) are used in various medical conditions. For example, red blood cell mass is necessary for massive blood loss and anemia, platelets in the treatment of certain cancers and clotting disorders, and plasma in burns, shock conditions and liver diseases.^[1]

"Roselectronics" has developed a mobile point for the preparation and transportation of blood

Holding Roselectronics"" State Corporation Rostec on October 8, 2024 presented a sample mobile point of procurement, transportation and storage blood and its components. The key customer of the product is. FMBA of Russia More. here

2023: Growth of donor blood production in the Moscow region by 3.6 tons to 76 tons

The procurement of donated blood in the Moscow region in 2023 increased by 3.6 tons compared to 2022 and exceeded 76 tons. This was reported in the press service of the Ministry of Health of the Moscow Region on January 12, 2024.

They recalled that donor blood and its components are necessary for victims of road accidents, patients with severe blood loss and burns, injuries, patients with oncology and blood diseases, newborns with various pathologies. The main institution of the blood service in the Moscow region is the Moscow Regional Blood Center.

The procurement of donor blood in the Moscow region in 2023 increased by 3.6 tons

In the Moscow region, great attention is paid to the development of the donor movement, "says Maria Appalup, chief physician of the center. - We regularly carry out various outbound actions, including at large enterprises. You can also donate blood from us, in the Moscow Regional Blood Center, where donor reception is organized seven days a week. Thanks to this, annually we manage to increase the amount of blood harvested and its components. At the same time, most donations are made free of charge.

In 2023, residents of Voskresensk, Shchelkovo and Orekhovo-Zuevo completed the most donations. Moreover, their indicators exceeded the maximum level of development of blood donation and its components, announced by WHO. Dubna was also among the five leaders of the donor movement. Earlier, during the first action this year in the science city, it was possible to prepare over 47 liters of donated blood.

As noted in the Moscow Region Ministry of Health, every year there are more donors in the region and the amount of prepared blood and its components is increasing. In addition, in 95% of cases, these are gratuitous donations, the department emphasized.^[2]

2021

Moscow purchased 170 devices for collecting donated blood

On December 24, 2021, the Moscow mayor's office announced the purchase of about 170 pieces of equipment for the procurement of donated blood. The technique was received by the O.K. Gavrilov Blood Center, the N.V. Sklifosovsky Research Institute of Emergency Medicine, City Clinical Hospital No. 52 and eight other city hospitals.

Among the equipment supplied are automatic processors for fractionating blood doses. They are designed to automatically divide whole blood into several components: plasma, platelets, white blood cells and red blood cells. Such automated solutions received   by the N.V. Sklifosovsky Research Institute of Emergency Medicine make it possible to speed up the process of dividing blood into components by 1.5 times, said Anastasia Rakova, Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Social Development.

On December 24, 2021, the Moscow Mayor's Office announced the purchase of about 170 pieces of equipment for the preparation of donor blood

In addition, special cryobanks of long-term storage have appeared in the capital's medical institutions, with the help of which blood components can be stored for up to 10 years without losing their properties, as well as intraoperative reinfusion devices, which allow returning its own red blood cells to the patient right during the operation.

Donated blood is used during childbirth and operations with large blood loss, in the treatment of cancer and many other diseases in children and adults. In the context of the coronavirus pandemic, the blood plasma of those who have recovered has begun to be used for innovative methods of treating COVID-19. The need for donor blood components persists. In Moscow, people with any group and any Rh factor who want to become donors are ready to accept in the medical organizations of the Moscow Department of Health.

It is assumed that due to the new equipment in the Moscow departments of transfusiology, the strategic supply of blood components stored at ultra-low temperatures will increase without losing their properties for up to 10 years.^[3]

Moscow allocated 700 million rubles for the procurement of donor plasma for the treatment of COVID-19

Moscow has allocated about 696.3 million rubles for the procurement of donor plasma for the treatment of coronavirus (COVID-19) infection. This was announced on September 28, 2021 by the press service of the mayor and the government of the capital following a meeting of the presidium of the city government. Read more here.

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