Department of Transfusion Medicine in Chettinad Hospital functions in the diagnostic wing. It is furnished with state-of-the-art equipment and functions 24 hours a day, providing outstanding care for the patients as well as the donors. It was established as a Blood storage center in the year 2005. The licence for operating blood bank, separation of blood components and apheresis were granted by Drug Controller in 2006, 2008 and 2013 respectively (Licence number: 270/28C).
The Blood bank is furnished with latest technology high throughput equipment including Refrigerated centrifuges, Deep freezers, Gel card centrifuge, incubator & reader, Cryobath, Plasma bath, Platelet agitator, Dielectric tube sealer, Sterile connecting device, Blood collection monitors, Plasma expresser, Laminar air flow cabinets, ELISA reader and washer, Hemocue equipment and sophisticated donor couches. Large storage facilities are also available. An active component preparation section is available, and components are prepared in more than 98% of collections.
The Serology section has an Automated System (Gel Technology) for reporting of blood groups and other immunohaematological tests. The department participates in External Quality Assessment Scheme (BEQAS) conducted by National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers. The transfusion services are monitored by the Hospital Transfusion Committee in terms of the quality of transfusion, patient care, facilities and performance.
It is staffed by a proficient team of qualified, trained and committed medical officers, staff nurses and technicians. The Head of Pathology is the Technical Director & a designated Professor Pathology is the Medical Director of the blood bank, in addition to the technical supervisors, technicians and staff nurses who constitute the team. The team has undergone an all-inclusive training in the technical aspects of blood banking.
The blood bank also has facilities for Plasma & single donor plateletpheresis to cater to patients with GBS, Dengue fever, Thrombocytopenia. The blood bank provides exchange transfusion therapy for patients with Rat Killer poisoning. Blood Bank provides support to patients with Hemophilia and related bleeding disorders and Thalassemia.
All the donor blood samples are screened for transfusion transmissible infections such as HIV, Hepatitis B and C, Syphilis and Malaria before they are issued for transfusion.
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