Rotary Blood Bank

Rotary Blood Bank is India's largest and most modern blood bank, located in the Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi, India.[1]

Rotary Blood Bank
Founded2002
FounderSudarshan Agarwal
TypeBlood bank
FocusVoluntary Blood Donations
Location
Area served
NCR, India
MethodCamp
Websitehttp://www.rotarybloodbank.org

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. Colleges and Organizations, where any person can donate blood. Blood collections are collected by two Mini Buses which provide 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 from 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
  1. "Rotary Blood Bank- "No one shall suffer in and around Delhi for want of blood"". Rotary Blood Bank website.
  2. "Blood banks Under Central government" (PDF). Delhi.gov.in. 2009.
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