Blood Bank
Blood Bank
History And Back Ground
Voluntary blood donation has been an integral part of the KMCH, Blood Bank, which was started on 1981 with the aim to fulfill the Blood crisis in our hospital.
The Blood Bank conforms to all the mandatory regulations laid down by the drugs & cosmetics act 1940 & the drugs and cosmetics rules.
Blood components separation started from September 2009, Round the clock we provide the services.
Organization
Annually 4000 volunteers has been donating blood. Where our requirement of issuing blood has been 5000 units per year approximately.
Available Blood Components
| 1 | Whole Blood |
| 2 | Packed Cell (Red Cells) |
| 3 | Fresh frozen plasma (FFP) |
| 4 | Platelets |
Tests Done & Services
| 1 | Voluntary Blood donation camps | |||||||||||
| 2 | Screening T.T.D.S |
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| 3 | Cell grouping & serum Grouping | |||||||||||
| 4 | Cross matching (Compatibility) | |||||||||||
| 5 | Hb% Estimation for Blood donors | |||||||||||
| 6 | Special tests like |
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| 1. | Training for laboratory technicians |
| 2. | Training for nursing students |
| 3. | Training for staff Nurses |
| 4. | Course for P.G. M.D (Pathology) students |
| 5. | Training for medical officers (Govt Blood bank medical officers) |
| 6. | Component separation |
Blood Donation & Camps
We receive mainly from voluntary blood donors and other donors are family donors, directed donors, autologous donors. Donors will be selected as per standard operating procedure.
We conduct blood donation camps with the help of NGO’s of average about 4-6 camps per month.
24 hr’s services
We provide round the clock service to all the departments which require blood at appropriate time in KMCH. We arrange blood from other Government Hospitals in Chennai, which we don’t have and we issue the blood to other government hospitals which they are in need.
Contact Us
Email : kmchbloodbank@gmail.com
Phone : 044 – 28364955
Blood Bank
