Rotary Blood Bank
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| Founded | 2002 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Sudarshan Agarwal |
| Type | Blood bank |
| Focus | Voluntary Blood Donations |
| Location | |
Area served | NCR, India |
| Method | Camp |
| Slogan | No one shall suffer in and around Delhi for want of Blood |
| Website | http://www.rotarybloodbank.org |
Rotary Blood Bank is India's largest and most modern 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]
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. Collages and Organizations, where any person can donate blood. Blood collections are collected by two Mini Buses which provides a mobile medical facility.
Processing of blood
After collection of blood from in-house/camp, it is processed in the lab; where a 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 during 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
References
- ↑ "Rotary Blood Bank- "No one shall suffer in and around Delhi for want of blood"". Rotary Blood Bank website.
- ↑ "Blood banks Under Central government" (PDF). Delhi.gov.in. 2009.