Federal Act
on Medicinal Products and Medical Devices
(Therapeutic Products Act, TPA)

¹ Any per­son hand­ling blood or blood products must:

a.

re­cord all of the pro­cesses which are im­port­ant for safety;

b.

main­tain the re­cords in such a man­ner as to be able to trace the data back to the per­son who donated or re­ceived the blood;

² For each ex­trac­tion of blood, the fol­low­ing shall in par­tic­u­lar be re­cor­ded:

a.

the sur­name, first name and the date of birth of the blood donor;

b.

the date on which the blood was taken;

c.

the test res­ults and their in­ter­pret­a­tion.

³ For a per­son ex­cluded from donat­ing blood, the fol­low­ing shall be re­cor­ded:

a.

the sur­name, first name and the date of birth;

b.

the date and the reas­ons for ex­clu­sion.

⁴ For a per­son to whom blood or blood products are to be ad­min­istered, the fol­low­ing shall be re­cor­ded:

a.

the sur­name, first name and the date of birth;

b.

the date of ad­min­is­tra­tion;

c.

the la­belling and the ori­gin of the blood or blood products.

⁵ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall reg­u­late the de­tails. In par­tic­u­lar, it may grant ex­emp­tions from the ob­lig­a­tion to re­cord in the case of auto­log­ous blood dona­tions.