Rotary Blood Bank
Founded2002
FounderSudarshan Agarwal
TypeBlood bank
FocusVoluntary Blood Donations
Location
Area served
NCR, India
MethodCamp
Websitehttp://www.rotarybloodbank.org

Rotary Blood Bank is India's largest blood bank, located in the Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi, India.[1]

Background

Rotary Blood Bank was established in 2002 and is under the supervision of the Central Government.[2] In September 2021, Rotary revealed its plan to extend its services to other parts of the country. It has blood banks in cities including Kakinada, Hyderabad, and Visakhapatnam.[3] The blood bank signed an MoU with Shri Vishwakarma Skill University for providing certificate programme in phlebotomy technician and OJT in medical lab technology programmes.[4]

Blood collection center

At the 56-57 Tughlakabad Institutional Area facility are available collection stations for 5-50 people giving blood donations at a time.

Camp

Rotary collects blood from organized groups e.g. Colleges and Organizations, where any person can donate blood. Blood collections are collected by two Mini Buses which provide a mobile medical facility.[5]

Processing of blood

After collection of blood from in-house/camp, it is processed in the lab; where an erst while state-of-art facility is available after initial screening. Here blood separated in major three components e.g. Red cells, Plasma and Platelets. In last few years there is a large demand for Platelets from September to December to treat Dengue fever.

System/equipments

  • MCS+ Hemonitics for Platelet Apheresis
  • Mitis 2 automated blood grouping system
  • Cryofuge 6000 refrigerated centrifuge
  • Ortho AutoVue Ultra for blood grouping and cross matching
  • VITROS 3600 used for testing infectious marker
  • Platelet agitator

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Rotary Blood Bank- "No one shall suffer in and around Delhi for want of blood"". Rotary Blood Bank website.
  2. ↑ "Blood banks Under Central government" (PDF). Delhi.gov.in. 2009.
  3. ↑ Rao, K. Srinivasa (17 August 2021). "Rotary Blood Bank keen on adding donors in rural areas". The Hindu.
  4. ↑ "New principal takes charge". Tribuneindia News Service.
  5. ↑ Menon, Shailesh. "Blood banks run dry as collection dwindles to a trickle". The Economic Times.
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