Transfusion Medicine

Transfusion medicine is a multidisciplinary area concerned with the proper use of blood and blood components in the treatment of human diseases. The department provides round the clock facility with complete solutions to patients in need of blood component therapy, therapeutic apheresis, and immunohaematology laboratory diagnostics. Blood centre provides high-quality patient care and hospital services in support of clinical research programs. 

• Blood donation in a congenial environment with facility of post-donation counselling
• Availability of blood donor registry for both positive & negative group patients
• Plateletpheresis, multicomponent collections and therapeutic aphaeresis for indicated patients
• Availability of leukoreduced blood and blood components
• Blood grouping, cross-matching and antibody screening of all patients by latest automated technology
• Blood donor screening by both automated chemiluminescence technology & NAT technology
• Dedicated, regular Quality assurance program ensuring quality, adequacy & safety of blood transfusion
• Blood grouping, cross-matching and antibody screening of all patients by latest automated technology
• Blood donor screening by both automated chemiluminescence technology & NAT technology
• Dedicated, regular Quality assurance program ensuring quality, adequacy & safety of blood transfusion
• Transfusion management of critically ill patients, thalassemia, haemophilia, major surgeries, coagulopathies, autoimmune disorders, platelet disorders
• Specialized blood and blood components for paediatric and intrauterine transfusion

The therapeutic use of apheresis technology is done to remove disease causing substances or blood components and providing supportive and therapeutic solutions using state of the art apheresis equipment.

• Therapeutic Plasma Exchange
• Therapeutic Red cell Exchange
• Peripheral stem cell collection and cryopreservation
• LDL Apheresis
• Immunoadsorption using Specific Columns in ABO incompatible solid organ transplants.

Immunohematology Investigations

• Blood grouping
• Coombs test: Direct & Indirect
• Antibody screening & identification
• Minor phenotyping
• Resolution of blood group discrepancy
• Characterization of an antibody with regards to type, subtype, potency, thermal amplitude & specificity
• Complete serological evaluation of autoimmune hemolytic anemia and anternatal serology
• Facilities for elution & adsorption of antibodies
• Saliva testing for secretor status
• Complete work-up of a transfusion reaction