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Blood Bank

Blood Bank

Faculty/In-charge:

Dr. Swagata Biswas BTO, Medical Officer

 

Departmental Profile:- 

  • The Blood Bank in G. B. Pant Hospital started in the year 1980. G.B.P.H Blood Bank has come a long way from a humble beginning as an off-shoot of L N J PN Blood Bank. It is one of the most important service departments of the hospital catering to blood requirements for patients from surgical as well as medical departments. Blood Bank started 24 hours emergency services from the year 1989. In addition to meeting the regular requirements of GBPH patients, Our Blood Bank also kept pace with advances in the field of Transfusion Medicine. Being a tertiary care hospital with super specialty clinical departments, the transfusion services have always faced challenges and successfully adopted advanced Equipments, Techniques and procedures.

We take pride in being the first in the following areas:- 

  1. Blood Bank G. B. Pant Hospital is first amongst Delhi Govt. Blood Bank to start Blood Component separation services. The year 1996 saw the tragic out break of Dengue Fever, which soon took an epidemic proportion. During that time, there was no facility for Blood Component Separation in any of the Delhi Govt. Hospitals Blood Banks. Blood Bank G. B. Pant Hospital rose to the occasion to shoulder the responsibility. We were the first hospital notified by Delhi Government as Platelet Services Provider during Dengue Epidemic. Blood Bank G.B.P.H. still works like a Regional Transfusion Center with respect to Platelet products, thereby helping patients from other Govt., Private Hospitals & Nursing Homes in the NCR.
  2. We were the first Delhi Govt. Blood Bank to start Apheresis procedure in the year 1992. At that time, Plateletpheresis was being carried out at National level by only a very few other centers.
  3. We extended the facility of Apheresis to the patients with special Neurological Condition like “ MYSTHENIA GRAVIS ”etc with the support of Neurology Dept. of our Hospital in 1992. Therefore, we became the “First Blood Bank” in Delhi to start Therapeutic Plasmapharesis and to provide treatment to such patients. In some cases,, this is the only treatment available to many of these patients.
  4. From Sept., 2006, the facility of Therapeutic Apheresis was also extended to other GNCTD hospitals. We already have performed a range of procedures like LEUCOCYTAPHERESIS etc. and have the facility to perform many more like PBSC & Bone Marrow procedures if required, for GBPH and LNJPN patients. Currently the facility is being operated from Neurology department.
     

Blood Bank, G.B. Pant Hospital is always ahead in providing Blood and Blood components to other Blood Banks including Regional Transfusion Centers like LNJP Blood Bank & Indian Red Cross Society Blood Bank.

Citizen Information Guide:
Location
D-Block, First floor near Gate No.7, G. B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi

Nature of Services

  • Blood collection from Voluntary and Replacement donors- Only for GBPH indoor Patients.
  • Screening of blood for TTD-Only of collected Blood at GBPH Blood Bank.
  • Blood Grouping & Cross Matching- Only for GBPH indoor patients.
  • Preparation of Blood components.
  • Blood Components prepared are
  • Platelet Rich Plasma
  • Platelet Concentrate
  • Packed Red Blood cells
  • Fresh Frozen Plasma
  • Cryo Precipitate

Issue of Blood and Blood Components- 

  1. Issued only to GBPH indoor patients.
  2. To outside patients, only through R.B.T.C. or other Govt. Blood Banks.
  3. Platelet Preparations are the only blood Components being directly issued to out side patients.


Donor Apheresis-

  1. Platelet Pheresis.
  2. Plasma Pheresis.- These procedures are only for GBPH and GNCTD patients.

Therapeutic Cytapheresis (Located at Neurology Dept.-ICU#6)- Only for GBPH and GNCTD patients.

  • All these above facilities are available free of cost for indoor and GNCTD patients
  • except Apheresis procedures. Payment being charged to Nursing home/Pvt.Hospital
  • Patients and for Apheresis procedures as per currently prevailing GNCTD rules.

24X7 Operation 

  • Main Lab of Blood Bank is open 24 Hours on all days for Blood grouping, Cross matching and issuing of Blood and Blood Components to indoor patients, and Platelets products for patients from outside G.B.P.H.
  • However, Blood donation services are available only from 9.00 AM to 9.00 PM during Monday through Friday. This service is available between 9.00 AM and 5.00 PM on Saturdays.

Blood availability-

  • Blood is available to only indoor patients of GBPH. For the cases referred from Regional Transfusion centers, Blood is provided to Regional Transfusion Centers. Thereafter, the Regional Transfusion center cross matches and issues the blood to the requisitioner.

Blood Component Availability

  • Platelet Products are available (off the shelf) even to the patients from outside G. B. Pant. Hospital, from Govt. / Pvt. Hospital/Nursing Homes. However Private Patients and Patients from Private wards in Government Hospitals need to pay processing charges.

 Single Donor Apheresis

  • Pre-requisite: A healthy Donor with the same blood group as of Patient is required for all the procedures. Apart from meeting the requirements of Blood Donation, Donor also has to pass all screening tests.
  • Both Donor Plasma Pheresis procedure as well as Donor Platelet Pheresis procedure are available.

Products available are:

  • Single Donor Plasma
  • Single Donor Platelet
  • Patients from Nursing Home GBPH and Private Hospitals/Private Nursing Home are required to replace the Kit & pay the processing charges. However, the patients from General Wards are exempt from paying the processing charges but must replace/purchase the disposable kit from market. Patients producing BPL ration card are exempt from processing charges and are provided free kits. This service is available to all citizens of Delhi state.

Therapeutic Apheresis

  • Available Free of Cost to Indoor Patients of GBPH and LNJPN Hospital.

Documents Required

  1. For Replacement Blood Donation: Written request Slip from Treating Department, GBPH
  2. For issue of Blood & Blood Components: Blood requisition form from Treating Department, GBPH. Outside patients should get the requisition forms referred from the Regional Transfusion centers. For Platelets, Out side patients must provide requistion form from their Nursing Home/Hospital with proper stamp and signature of the Treating Clinician.
  3. Donor Apheresis: Donor Apheresis Requisition form from Treating Department/Hospital
  4. Therapeutic Apheresis: Referral for Therapeutic Apheresis by Treating Department

Charges for Services:

All charges are as per the guidelines provided by the GNCTD,H &FW DEPT.

  1. Free provision of Blood and Blood components to the patients from General Wards in GBPH. Patients from General Wards of other Government Hospitals who are referred by Regional Transfusion Centre will also be provided Blood and Blood components free of charge.
  2. Processing fee of Rs. 1050 per unit of Blood and Rs.300 for Blood Components for the patients from Private ward / Nursing Home of GBPH.
  3. Processing Charges for Platelet pheresis for all patients from GBPH Nursing Home & Private Hospital/Private Nursing Home is Rs. 1000 per sitting. In addition to these charges, all Patients not producing BPL ration card have to replace the Kit. In case the patient is not able to procure the kit, a payment of Rs.6500 has to be paid to the Hospital.
  4. These charges are as per the rates prevailing in October, 2008. These are subject to change as per competent authority's orders.

LIST OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY BLOOD BANK G.B.PANT HOSPITAL

  • Blood collection from Voluntary and Replacement donors- Only for GBPH indoor Patients.
  • Screening of blood for TTD-Only of collected Blood at GBPH Blood Bank.
  •  Blood Grouping & Cross Matching- Only for GBPH indoor patients.
  • Preparation of Blood components.
  • Blood Components prepared are
  • Platelet Rich Plasma
  • Platelet Concentrate
  • Packed Red Blood cells
  • Fresh Frozen Plasma
  • Cryo Precipitate

Issue of Blood and Blood Components-

  1. Issued only to GBPH indoor patients.
  2. Issued to outside patients, only through R.B.T.C. or other Govt. Blood Banks.
  3. Platelet Preparations are only being directly issued to out side patients.

Donor Apheresis-

  1. Plateletpheresis.
  2. Plasmapheresis.- These procedures are only for GBPH and GNCTD patients.
  • Therapeutic Apheresis (Located at Neurology Dept.-ICU#6)- Only for GBPH and GNCTD patients.
  • All these above facilities are available free of cost for indoor and GNCTD patients
  • except Apheresis procedures. Payment being charged to Nursing home/Pvt.Hospital
  • Patients and for Apheresis procedures as per currently prevailing GNCTD rules.
  • The information is updated on 24.07.12

Future plans :

  • To start round the clock blood donation services
  • To extend apheresis for emergency
  • To introduce NAT testing for viral markers
  • To start gamma irradiation of blood products
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