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Transfusion Medicine

Transfusion Medicine

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 units in terms of transfusion-transmitted infections for which we have a highly sensitive screening test based on the principle of chemiluminescence 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 patients overall well being in the highest regards and adhere strictly to SOPs (standard operating procedures) and GMP (good manufacturing practices).
 

Services Rendered by the department: From January'22 to November'23

S.No. Particular 2022 2023 (till Nov)
1 Donor grouping (including apheresis) 10331 9964
2 Donor ICT (including apheresis) 10331 9964
3 Donor Du (including apheresis) 832 658
4 Patient grouping 5158 5083
5 Patient ICT 3315 3279
6 Patient DCT 1079 914
7 Patient Du 276 284
8 Plasma Exchange 579 698
9 Transplant workup 508 412
10 Cross matching 17674 16929
11 Donation 9524 9160
12 Transfusion Transmitted Infectious (TTI) marker done 10331 9964
13 Leucodepleted PRBC (LD-PRBC) prepared 8544 8240
14 Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP) prepared 8544 8240
15 Random Donor Platelet Concentrate (RDPC) prepared 2802 2673
16 Leucodepleted RDPC (LD-RDPC) prepared 153 221
17 Leucodepleted SDPC (LD-SDPC) prepared 706 692
18 Cryoprecipitate (CRYO) prepared 5402 7572
19 Cryo Poor Plasma (CPP) prepared 5402 7572
20 Leucodepleted PRBC (LD-PRBC) issued 8576 8175
21 Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP) issued 7648 11363
22 Random Donor Platelet Concentrate (RDPC) issued 2510 2326
23 Leucodepleted RDPC (LD-RDPC) issued 153 221
24 Leucodepleted SDPC (LD-SDPC) issued 655 664
25 Cryoprecipitate (CRYO) issued 8275 7781
26 Cryo Poor Plasma (CPP) Issue 4503 7462
27 Antibody identification 123 112
28 Antibody Titer 293 252
29 Therapeutic Phlebotomy 22 14

New services & facilities added to the department : Nil

Educational Activities

  • Regular teaching and training program
  • Department has organized 2-day CME and Workshop on Serological approach to red cell antibody identification 19th & 20th April 2023.
  • Department has organized CME on “Transfusion Support in Liver Disease Patients” on 15th Sep 2023.
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Courses offered by the Department

Course Candidates admitted Candidates passed
PDCC in Immunohematology and Blood Banking Dr. Harish Bhardwaj Dr. Apoorva Maheshwari
Dr. Himani Aneja
PDCC in Apheresis Technology and Blood components Therapy None  

Departmental Achievements

India's first Delhi Plasma Bank was established COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Bank during the COVID-19 pandemic 2020.

 

Faculty

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