Blood and Tissue Safety and Availability

Ensuring that safe blood and tissue products are available when they are needed is important to the health and wellbeing of Americans. The Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy (OIDP) coordinates HHS activities related to blood and tissue safety and availability.

Recent Updates:

Continued stabilization of blood collections and transfusions in the United States: Findings from the 2021 National Blood Collection and Utilization Survey
Supplemental findings of the 2021 National Blood Collection and Utilization Survey
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on blood donation and transfusions in the United States in 2020
National Blood Collection and Utilization Survey: September 2023 Federal Register Notice for Comment
Proceedings of the 2022 NHLBI and OASH State of the Science in Transfusion Medicine Symposium
Executive Summary of the 2022 NHLBI and OASH State of the Science in Transfusion Medicine Symposium*

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