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Need For Blood Banks

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2. Need for Blood Bank

As a blood transfusion service deals with different functions related to donors and patients, it is imperative to keep in mind the safety of both donors and recipients. The blood transfusion service has to be planned and organized in such a way that it fulfils its ideal aims and objectives i.e.

Recruitment of blood donors - voluntary & replacement
Care of donor, donated unit and the recipient
Maintain adequate blood stock
Provide clinically effective blood components
Optimal use of available blood

In India, blood transfusion services are mostly hospital-based. In a hospital-based blood transfusion service, each hospital runs its own blood collection programme with or without central regulation. This system utilizes existing institutions and does not require creation of separate blood transfusion centres. As the organization of voluntary blood donation in hospital-based system is usually unsatisfactory, replacement donors form the main source of blood supply in the hospital. Replacement donors are usually friends and family members of the patient and are under pressure to donate blood. A voluntary donor system is far more satisfactory as there is no compulsion and the donor is motivated to donate blood.

Different aspects of a blood transfusion service that need organization are

Utilization of space assigned or planning of premises of a blood transfusion centre / service
Requirement of staff
Procurement, standardization and maintenance of equipment, reagents and other consummables
Donor recruitment and motivation programme
Autologous donor programme
Donor blood collection
Laboratory procedures

serological techniques
screening for transfusion - transmitted diseases

Documentation and record maintenance
Implementation of quality assurance scheme
Inventory control, storage and transportation
Biosafety guidelines
Medicolegal aspects - Licensing from Drug Controller of India (DCI)
Continuing education, training and teaching for medical, technical, nursing and other paramedical staff
Research and development in Transfusion Medicine
Formulation of Hospital transfusion committee and conducting medical audits.
Guidelines for clinical use of blood and blood components