How to Choose a Proper Blood Bank?
It is not only donating blood overwhelmingly or blindly, we need to know the ways and the channels also to donate blood. It is equally important to know about the safety and the reliability of the blood bank. The blood bank should be well equipped with instruments and well trained people. Due to the increase in blood transmitted diseases, all the hospitals and doctors have become more alert while the blood transfusion. The operation of the Blood Bank and processing of whole human blood for components/manufacture of blood product shall be carried out under the active direction and personal supervision of component technical staff consisting of at least one person who is whole time employee and who is a Medical Officer, and possessing- a) Post Graduate degree in Medicine-M.D. (Pathology/Transfusion Medicines); or b) Degree in Medicine (M.B.B.S.) with Diploma in Pathology or Transfusion Medicines having adequate knowledge in blood group serology, blood group methodology and medical princi