Our mission is To provide safe and quality transfusion products and services timely, as well as contributing to education, research and training of medical and paramedical personnel in the field of transfusion medicine so as to benefit the overall wellbeing of the patient The Department of Transfusion Medicine is committed to provide the highest quality of Transfusion support both in terms of diagnostic and therapeutic modes of treatment round the clock and advanced Immunohematological testing to the patients and the donors. A brief outline of the department and its role in the hospital are mentioned as under:
- Blood donors form the backbone of any transfusion medicine service. Our aim is to increase the percentage of repeat voluntary donors who form a steady source of the safest blood. This is will help us in reducing the burden on patient's relatives from distant places for replacement donation.
- We appreciate and encourage voluntary donors by increasing the awareness and education regarding blood donation and also honor them and register them in our endeavor to form a voluntary donor database.
- The second most important aspect is to provide safe blood units in terms of transfusiontransmitted infections for which we have a highly sensitive screening test based on the principle of chemiluminescence and Nucleic Acid Testing to reduce the number of false negatives.
- The third important aspect is precise serological testing in patients and donors samples for which we have gel techniques, extended phenotyping and antibody screening and typing facilities which enables us to select the best match unit for the patient.
- The fourth important aspect is to provide units which meet the highest standards of quality as set by the accreditation authorities for which we have a strict and regular quality control of the products and the equipment.
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- The fifth important aspect is the therapeutic mode of intervention for which we have the facility of plasma exchange, cascade plasmapheresis, therapeutic apheresis and therapeutic phlebotomy. In addition to that we have transfusion medicine experts who have an active discussion with the clinicians regarding problems faced in multitransfused, transplant patients and in work up and treatment of patients undergoing ABOi liver and renal transplant patients.
- The most important aspect is of hemovigilance i.e. vein to vein scrutiny of the unit collected and transfused. To serve this purpose we introduced the concept of pink sheet which maintains the transfusion record of all the patients and a transfusion follow up form which is recorded for all events of transfusion and a regular reporting and active participation in the hospital transfusion committee.
- To sub serve the aforementioned aims we have a dedicated and a well-trained staff who all hold patient's overall wellbeing in the highest regards and adhere strictly to SOPs (standard operating procedures) and GMP (good manufacturing practices).
Educational Activities
Details of the Educational activities (CME/Conf/workshop) hosted by the department in 2025 under following headings:
- A. Name of the Activity: CME cum Workshop on 'The Art & Science of Antibody Titres' Date of the Activity: 7th - 8th April 2025
- B. Name of the Activity: CME on Therapeutic Apheresis: The Evolving Role of Plasma Exchange in Medicine
Date of the Activity: 30th July 2025
- C. Name of the Activity: CME on TheraPhere: Workshop on Therapeutic Apheresis
Date of the Activity: 18th September 2025
