Introduction

 The  Department  of   Transfusion  Medicine  at   AIIMS  is 
 running  a  full   time  Blood   Bank in the Institute and also
 organizing teaching, research activities. Blood Bank is
 open round    the  clock   and   is  one   of  the   Regional  
 Blood Transfusion Centre for south Delhi.

 Blood Donation

 AIIMS Blood  Bank  is  collecting blood from all the healthy 
 donors who  wants  to donate blood in the Blood Bank  and
 in   the  Blood Donation Camps  organised  in  and  outside
 Delhi

 Timings for blood donation in Blood Bank

            9.00 AM to 6.00 PM               Week days

            9.00 AM to 5.00 PM               Saturdays

 Total Blood Collection in the year 2005 : 32310 units

Replacement

20594

63.74%

Voluntary

8932

27.64 %

Others

2784

  8.62 %

         Blood Components

         Blood Component centre of Blood Bank is making 
         and  providing the following components to the
         patients

            Reconstituted Whole Blood

            Packed RBC

            Semi Packed RBC

            Washed RBC

            Leucoepleted RBC

            Fresh Frozen Plasma

            Plasma

            Platelet Concentrate

            Leucodepleted / Irradiated Platelet Concentrate

            Single Donor Platelets

            Cryoprecipitate

            Cryopreservation Of Blood
            Stem cell (Autologous, allogenic)

            Red Cell Aphresis.

Blood Donation Camps

In 2005 Blood Bank Organised 107 Blood Donation Camps in and outside Delhi and collected 8326 units of Blood from voluntary Blood donors.

 
 
 Dr. Kabita Chatterjee has been selected as a member  of National Blood Transfusion  Council and an expert for Accreditation of Blood Bank.

Main Blood Bank AIIMS New Delhi will be conducting Blood Bank 'Raining for Blood Safety:2006-07 for Delhi and Uttranchal'.

A manaul "Step by Step procedure in Transfusion Medicine" Compiled by staff of main blood bank published by Jaypee Publication in June."