Securing Safe Plasma for Fractionation the Duty of any Country

In an international framework of cyclical plasma products shortage, it is surprising to consider the amount of plasma that is thrown out of the transfusion services due to either a lack of updated quality procedures or an absence of consideration for its potential added value through fractionation. Even though the preparation of Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP) is warranted in almost all countries - including the less developed - by at least some leading blood collection facilities, the number of countries having actually reached a fractionation grade plasma quality remains too limited in the twenty-first century.