Blood
The Blood and Tissue Bank provides substances of human origin to help people in need. Additionally, it also offers services to healthcare centres around the world.
Transfusion Services
The Banc de Sang i Teixits is the blood bank that supplies blood components for all hospitals and clinics in Catalonia. In addition:
Blood and Tissue Bank
It is responsible for the Technical Direction of over 60 hospitals and clinics in Catalonia.
Reference Centre
It commits to being the reference centre for resolving transfusion queries for all transfusion services in hospitals and clinics in Catalonia.
Transfusion Committees
Participates in hospital transfusion committees.
Hemovigilance
Carries out active haemovigilance throughout the Catalan territory.
Hemovigilance
It is a national programme consisting of a system for the detection, recording, and analysis of information on adverse effects and incidents of blood transfusion.
An application exists with the aim of optimising the effort to ensure that the information obtained on adverse effects and incidents of blood transfusion is complete, rigorous, and objective. (Manual of the new haemovigilance application)
Access the Hemovigilance application
* (Use Google Chrome. This application is only accessible from Authorised Centres)
Epidemiological Study
For more than 80 years, the transfusion of blood components has been a common practice in hospitals. Blood component use patterns are constantly changing due to developments in medical and surgical practice, the incorporation of new technologies and the use of alternatives to transfusion, as well as demographic changes in the population and initiatives on the part of the authorities to standardise health care.
It is for this reason that this observational, cross-cutting prospective study has been carried out based on a survey given over 28 days, distributed in 4 cut-off periods of 7 days during the years 2018 and 2019. In addition, the results have been compared with those obtained in the first epidemiological study carried out in Catalonia in 2007.
Consensus Protocol (TTP)
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a rare disease (10 cases/1,000,000 inhabitants/year) that presents as a severe thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) with significant organ involvement.
It behaves as a very serious disease if the appropriate treatment is not started early. Mortality without standard treatment reaches 90%.
The Blood and Tissue Bank has developed a consensus protocol together with:
- Bellvitge University Hospital
- Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital
- Clinic Hospital of Barcelona
- Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
- Mar Hospital
- Vall d'Hebron University Hospital
- Arnau de Vilanova University Hospital
- Joan XXIII University Hospital
- Girona Doctor Josep Trueta University Hospital
Catalogue of products and services
Blood components are collected, processed, prepared, and provided for both hospitals and the pharmaceutical industry.
Blood components
- Concentration of frozen red blood cells
- Concentrates of filtered erythocytes
- Concentration of leucodepleted red blood cells with added solution (concentration of filtered red blood cells with added solution)
- Concentration of single-donor platelets
- Division of the products into subunits
- Irradiation
- Fresh plasma
- Fresh plasma from a single donor
- Fresh plasma in quarantine
- Fresh deactivated plasma
- Non-fresh frozen plasma
- Pooled leukoreduced platelets
- Leucodepleted
Healthcare professional, you need to place an order
To place orders and requests, you need to access the tool within the Private Area. You can access it from here or, if you have any doubts or questions, get in touch with us.
suministrament@bst.cat
Your role as a professional is essential during the donation
Healthcare professionals must provide clear and accurate information to the donor about the donation process, as well as provide post-donation care to ensure their well-being and recovery.