Staff

In-charge	1
Blood Bank Officer	1
Technical Supervisor	1
Technician	9
Medico Social Worker	1
Clerk	1
Attender	1

Statistics:

Sl No.	Tests conducted	No. of Tests
1	No. of ABO grouping	18,274
2	No. of Rh Grouping	18,274
3	No. of cross matching	19,417
4	No. of samples in which antibodies identified	13
5	No. of samples tested for - HIV	6,986
6	No. of samples tested for - HBsAg	6,986
7	No. of samples tested for - HCV	6,986
8	No. of samples tested for - VDRL	6,986
9	No. of samples tested for - Malaria	6,986
10	No. of samples tested for - Coomb’s	940
BLOOD DONORS
11	Total blood donors	6,986
12	Issue of whole blood	1,563
BLOOD DONATION CAMPS
13	Blood Donation camps conducted	29
14	Total blood donors – camps	1,399
15	Blood grouping camps conducted	7
BLOOD COMPONENTS
17	Name of the blood component	Prepared	Issued
	Total Components	13,184	13,293

ACTIVITIES:

The Department organised World Blood Donor’s Day 2014 on 18.06.2014 and felicitated ten regular voluntary blood donors which was followed by in-house Blood Donation Camp.

STAFF ACHIEVEMENTS:

CME / CONFERENCES/TRAINING/WORKSHOP:

Dr Kirana Pailoor

• Chaired sessions on ‘Current concept in platelet transfusion’ in the ‘CME in transfusion medicine’ at KMC, Manipal and ‘Rational use of blood components’ in the “Trans hematology CME” at KSHEMA, Deralakatte, Mangalore.
• Presented a poster on “Frequency of ABO blood groups in the neonates at a tertiary care centre” in the state conference KARNEOCON” held at TMA Pai Convention Centre.

Dr Charu Khosla: attended Blood Bank refresher training course at Trans Transfusion Medicine Centre, NIMHANS, Bangalore from 05.02.2015 to 07.02.2015, organised by Karnataka State AIDS Prevention Society, Bangalore.

Mr Shafeeque: Attended three-day refresher course from 27.01.2015 to 29.01.2015 for NACO assisted Blood Bank technicians at Transfusion Medicine Centre, NIMHANS, Bangalore, organised by Karnataka State AIDS Prevention Society, Bangalore.

PUBLICATIONS:

• Rai P, Pailoor K, Murali Keshava S, D’Cunha O, Lakshmi C, Fernandes H, Jayaprakash CS, “A retrospective study of transfusion transmitted infections amongst blood donors in the blood bank of a tertiary care centre” IJPRP 2014; 3(1): 13-18.
• D’Souza G, Pailoor K, Murali Keshava S, “Blood donor deferral due to anaemia –a study in the blood bank of a tertiary care centre in Mangalore”, IJFMP 2014; 7(3):109-113.