The report is available in English with a French summary - KCE
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28 Plasma <strong>KCE</strong> Reports 120<br />
Human resources <strong>is</strong>sues<br />
<strong>The</strong> nurses’ rate of activity <strong>is</strong> also a concern for the EFS: <strong>in</strong> practice, th<strong>is</strong> rate <strong>is</strong><br />
relatively low (<strong>in</strong> average around 55%), due to an <strong>in</strong>accurate d<strong>is</strong>tribution of donation<br />
centres across the country and/or an <strong>in</strong>adequate organization of collection, especially<br />
consider<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>French</strong> sociological profile. In practice the use of donation rooms has<br />
not been rationalized yet, and the total amount of donor accommodation <strong>in</strong> donation<br />
rooms <strong>is</strong> often not fully used.<br />
Pr<strong>in</strong>ciples on cost rationalization<br />
Dec<strong>is</strong>ion makers of the EFS have identified several key measures to improve cost<br />
efficiency of the donation system. All of these measures are not equally profitable for<br />
the donation system, but they all br<strong>in</strong>g a helpful contribution to the smooth runn<strong>in</strong>g of<br />
the whole process and to the best use of donated blood.<br />
<strong>The</strong> follow<strong>in</strong>g measures l<strong>is</strong>ted below have been ranked from the most profitable to the<br />
less profitable (from a cost / efficiency po<strong>in</strong>t of view) consider<strong>in</strong>g today’s workforce.<br />
• Rationaliz<strong>in</strong>g the use of donation rooms and ra<strong>is</strong><strong>in</strong>g the nurses’ rate of<br />
activity: which <strong>in</strong>volves a restructur<strong>in</strong>g of donation facilities and a better<br />
d<strong>is</strong>tribution of donation. Th<strong>is</strong> will automatically ra<strong>is</strong>e the nurses’ rate of<br />
activity<br />
• Implementation of apherese <strong>with</strong> additive solution: th<strong>is</strong> technique will<br />
improve <strong>in</strong>dividual rentability of blood donations<br />
• Unify<strong>in</strong>g and ra<strong>is</strong><strong>in</strong>g the volume of <strong>in</strong>dividual donation<br />
Communication Campaigns: Further Information <strong>in</strong> Appendix “France : Plasma<br />
collection <strong>with</strong><strong>in</strong> the framework of EFS”<br />
Key po<strong>in</strong>ts<br />
• <strong>The</strong> <strong>French</strong> system comb<strong>in</strong>es public law and private law rules <strong>in</strong> the field of<br />
collection, fractionation and supply. Plasma collection <strong>is</strong> not supported by<br />
public subsidies, and the sale price of plasma <strong>is</strong> fixed by the national health<br />
authorities. Delivery targets of the EFS will be ra<strong>is</strong>ed gradually over the next<br />
years.<br />
• EFS’s communication policy targets students and young adults.<br />
• <strong>The</strong> ma<strong>in</strong> driver for the collection centres <strong>is</strong> to improve HR management, to<br />
<strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong>dividual collection volume, and to realize economies of scale.