“We need 10,000 donations per day,” warns the director of collection and production at the French Blood Establishment

“We need 10,000 donations per day”, launches Hervé Meinrad, director of collection and production at the French Blood Establishment, Saturday April 13 on franceinfo. To anticipate the numerous bridges in the month of May, the Etablissement Français du Sang has strengthened its collection offer from the month of April, “to allow French people to give wherever they are: at home, near their work or at their vacation spots”specifies Hervé Meinrad.

The EFS recorded a drop in donations between the end of March and the beginning of April, which is difficult to explain, according to the director of collection and production: “the collections are very sensitive to the context, vary depending on the period”. So to compensate for this drop in stock, the EFS will strengthen its collections around public holidays and during future bridges. Hervé Meinrad insists on the importance of regularity: “It’s important to donate regularly because products from blood donations have a very limited lifespan”it takes 42 days of storage for a blood bag.

Even if donations from all blood groups are important, the doctor of pharmacy especially calls on groups O- to donate their blood, who are universal donors, that is to say their blood can be transfused to anyone .