Transfusion medicine is a multidisciplinary area concerned with the appropriate use of blood and blood components in the treatment of human diseases. No other department in a hospital carries the same degree of responsibility as that of the blood bank, for in no other department has two way responsibility to blood donors as recipients.

Our mission is to make available appropriate adequate quantity and high quality of safe blood and blood components to "Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere" in medical community. We adhere to quality norms and focus on donor satisfaction.

Our goals are to annihilate the scarcity for blood and ensure availability of safe Blood Components round the clock and to m otivate and maintain a permanent well-indexed record of voluntary blood donors.

Standards in techniques and quality control are precisely and meticulously maintained as per norms given in the Drugs and Cosmetics Acts, by the regulatory authority, Director Drugs Controller ( India ), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, and also internationally recommended methods. The department runs round the clock and blood and its products are supplied as and when requested. Blood donation is accepted from voluntary blood donors and the relatives and friends of the patients. Autologous blood donation (blood donation for one's own use) is also accepted. The blood donors are informed and educated about the infections transmitted by the transfusion of blood components. 100% of collected blood is processed into components like Red cells concentrate, Platelet concentrate, Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP) and Cryoprecipitate. The use of components is better and cost effective.

The Blood Bank is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment, which enables use of advanced techniques for processing/screening of blood and its components. All mandatory screening for the transfusion transmissible diseases like HIV1 and HIV2, HBV, HCV are done with the more sensitive and specific CMIA and ELISA method. All units are screened for VDRL and Malarial parasite.

Red Cells in an additive solution (RCA) - Red cells in additive solution like SAGM or ADSOL is a product which is used in variety of indications like surgery, anemia, trauma, child birth etc. As a thumb rule one unit would increase the hemoglobin by 1 gm%

Donors leukocytes present in cellular blood components are linked to wide range of transfusion adverse reactions mainly non-hemolytic reactions, HLA alloimmunisation and platelet refractoriness. Methodology adapted to prepare leukocytes reduced components are by using Top and Bottom quadruple bags and OPTI System, Washing of red cells and Apheresis.

Platelet concentrate is Platelets in around 50 ml of plasma. The indications are lack of platelets or dysfunctional platelets. Platelets are prepared from platelet rich plasma-platelet yield is 5*10 10 , from buffy coat - platelet yield is = 6-7*10 10 with leukocytes reduced to = 10 7 (log 1, 99% leuko-reduction) and plateletapheresis.

It is done by Amicus Cell Separator (Baxter-Fenwall). In apheresis, a component of blood is removed from an individual (donor) and the remainder is returned back to that donor.

Pheresis, Platelets (SDP) is more potent and effective type of platelet concentrate in around 250-300 ml of plasma, platelet yield is 3*10 11. Though the indications are same as PC it would increase the platelet count by 30000-60000/cu mm in a patient.