Rotary Blood Bank

Short description: Indian organization

Rotary Blood Bank

Founded| 2002
Founder| Sudarshan Agarwal
Type| Blood bank
Focus| Voluntary Blood Donations
Location|

* 56-57 Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi in India

Area served

| NCR, India
Method| Camp
Website| http://www.rotarybloodbank.org

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

## Contents

* 1 Background
* 2 Blood collection center
* 3 Camp
* 4 Processing of blood
* 4.1 System/equipments
* 5 See also
* 6 References

## Background

Rotary Blood Bank was established in 2002 and is under the supervision of the Central Government.[2] In September 2021, Rotary revealed its plan to extend its services to other parts of the country. It has blood banks in cities including Kakinada, Hyderabad, and Visakhapatnam.[3] The blood bank signed an MoU with Shri Vishwakarma Skill University for providing certificate programme in phlebotomy technician and OJT in medical lab technology programmes.[4]

## 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.[5]

## Processing of blood

After collection of blood from in-house/camp, it is processed in the lab; where an erst while 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. [citation needed]

### 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

## See also

* Blood donation in India

## References

1. ↑ "Rotary Blood Bank- "No one shall suffer in and around Delhi for want of blood"". Rotary Blood Bank website. http://www.rotarybloodbank.org/.
2. ↑ "Blood banks Under Central government". Delhi.gov.in. 2009. http://www.delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/32be0300426442b88ffa9f49442c8380/Blood+Bank1.pdf?MOD=AJPERES.
3. ↑ Rao, K. Srinivasa (17 August 2021). "Rotary Blood Bank keen on adding donors in rural areas" (in en-IN). The Hindu. https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/rotary-blood-bank-keen-on-adding-donors-in-rural-areas/article35949130.ece.
4. ↑ "New principal takes charge" (in en). Tribuneindia News Service. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/new-principal-takes-charge-344801.
5. ↑ Menon, Shailesh. "Blood banks run dry as collection dwindles to a trickle". The Economic Times. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/blood-banks-run-dry-as-collection-dwindles-to-a-trickle/articleshow/75055560.cms.

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