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Please, everyone located in Mumbai, do tell your friends and family members to donate blood. Thanks a lot.
Blood Bank
Facts About Blood Donation
Voluntary blood donation motivated solely by humanitarian considerations is undoubtedly the safest and most effective way of providing blood of assured quality.
Blood can be donated by socially conscious individuals for its use by unknown patients (Voluntary Blood Donors) or by relatives of patients who require blood (Replacement donors).
The Propaganda Officer, Medical Social Workers, and doctors at the Blood Bank perpetually strive to encourage voluntary blood donation.
A large number of organizations from the private and public sectors, as well as educational institutes and social service groups, regularly organize blood donation camps in favor of the K.E.M. Blood Bank.
Approximately, one hundred and fifty blood donation camps are conducted annually.
Despite the enormous need for blood and the consequent large pool of relatives of patients requiring blood, the K.E.M. Blood Bank collects 50 - 60% of its annual collection of approximately 30,000 blood units from voluntary donors and the rest from replacement (relative) donors.
Why You Should Donate Blood
Who Can Donate Blood
Autologous Blood Donations
Excuses That You Should Not Make and Reasons Why Not
How to Donate Blood
Pheresis & Apheresis
WHY YOU SHOULD DONATE BLOOD
There is an ever-present need for blood transfusions, and the demand usually exceeds the supply. The shortage of blood is particularly acute during the summer (vacation) months.
Blood donation is a precious, life-saving gesture made by socially conscious, humanitarian individuals.
Each unit can be used to save the lives of not one but up to six or eight different patients. Blood collected at the K.E.M. Blood Bank is separated into components viz. Red cell concentrate, Platelet concentrate, Plasma, and Cryoprecipitate. Each of these has specific uses and is transfused to different patients according to their needs. For example, Red cell concentrates are used for patients with anemias, platelet concentrates or cryoprecipitates for patients with bleeding disorders, and plasma for patients with disseminated intravascular coagulation. Plasma is also fractioned further into more products viz Albumin, Gammaglobulin, and Factor IX complex concentrate, at the NPFC. These are used to treat more patients.
Blood is perishable and has a limited shelf-life. Therefore there is a need for regular blood donation to ensure a constant, uniform supply of blood to patients.
Blood donated is not "lost" since the body quickly replaces the blood given, thus making the donor eligible for repeated donations at approximately three-month intervals.
All FDA-licensed blood banks ensure safe blood donation procedures whereby there is no risk of developing diseases like Hepatitis or AIDS by donating blood. All the blood collection sets as well as the lancets used for testing donors are completely sterile, used just once for that donor, and are thereafter discarded.
All voluntary blood donors are given a card that can be utilized for obtaining one unit of blood for themselves or their immediate dependent relatives. This card is valid lifelong.
WHO CAN DONATE BLOOD
General conditions of the donor
Age: 18 to 55 years
Weight: Not less than 45 kgs
Hemoglobin percentage: Not less than 12.5 gm%
Conditions that make donors temporarily unfit for donation
Jaundice: Unfit for one year after full recovery.
Malaria: Unfit for one year after full treatment.
Typhoid: " " " " " "
Surgical Operations: for one year after any major operations.
Transfusion of blood or its products: for one year after receiving the transfusion.
Immunizations: usually for three weeks after vaccinations.
Pregnancy: Defer until one year after childbirth.
Drug ingestion: If on any medications, please inform the medical officer.
Cough, cold, fever: Please inform the medical officer who will decide the period of deferral.
Conditions that make donors permanently unfit for donation
Severe allergic diseases
Diabetic patients
Myocardial infarction
Hypertension
Active Tuberculosis
Renal diseases
Venereal (Sexually Transmitted) Diseases
Malignancy
Epilepsy
Two or more vasovagal (fainting) attacks after blood donation
High-risk individuals for HIV
Known carriers of Hepatitis B virus
If you have practiced unsafe sex, please do not donate blood.
— You could be a carrier of HIV and could transmit it to innocent patients through blood transfusions. We do test all blood units for HIV; however, even with the best of kits, this virus can escape detection during the early phases of the infection (window period).
AUTOLOGOUS BLOOD DONATIONS
Individuals who need to undergo planned surgical operations but who are otherwise fit and healthy can donate blood for their own use (Auto = self) prior to the operation. They need to be evaluated by their surgeons and the blood bank medical officers to verify their suitability for the blood donation.
EXCUSES THAT YOU SHOULD NOT MAKE AND REASONS WHY NOT
"I am too old."
"If you are between 18 to 55 years and in good health - you can donate."
"But I'm too small."
"Not if you are 45 kgs or more."
"But it will make me weak."
"After a short rest and a snack, you are able to resume your normal duties. The body also quickly replaces the blood given, thus what is donated is not lost from the donor."
"But is it safe to give blood."
"We assure you that it is completely safe to donate blood. All the blood collection sets as well as the lancets used for testing your blood are sterile, used just once, and then discarded."
"You wouldn't want my blood - I am common 'O' group."
"We constantly need donors of all blood groups."
"But I've recently been ill."
"Just wait until you are well again. If in doubt, contact our Medical Officer."
"Okay, but I'm anemic."
"We check for anemia before every blood donation."
"But I've had hepatitis."
"Your blood is acceptable one year after full recovery."
"All you get is a tiny prick that too only momentarily, and a local anesthetic is available."
"I'm too busy, and it is too inconvenient."
"It only takes 10 to 15 minutes, every three months to be a regular blood donor."
HOW TO DONATE BLOOD
Please contact the Blood Bank Officer, the Propaganda Officer, or the Medical Social Workers of the Blood Bank, KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, preferably between 8 am to 5 pm from Monday to Friday and from 8 am to 1 pm on Saturdays.
The blood bank remains open at other times also, and the Resident Pathologist on duty at the Blood Bank or the Hospital AMO on duty may be contacted.
Telephone: 4135189 or 4136051
PHERESIS OR APHERESIS
Apheresis is a Greek word which means "to separate" or "take away." In apheresis, a component of blood is removed from an individual (donor), and the remainder is returned back to that donor. Platelet-pheresis, which is the removal of platelets, and plasmapheresis, the removal of plasma, are the two most commonly performed types of pheresis.
Routine, regular pheresis commenced at the Blood Bank in 1993 when the PCS Ultralite (Haemonetics), an automatic machine for the collection (separation) of platelet-rich plasma, was installed. More recently, in 1998, a more sophisticated and versatile pheresis machine, TheBaxteCell Separator CS 3000 Plus, was installed. This automatically separates and packs Platelet concentrates and Plasma from the donor's blood, and the red cells are returned back to the donor. Several liters of blood are processed in each session. Platelet concentrates obtained are approximately 6 times more concentrated than units obtained from a single donor giving whole blood.
Benefits of Pheresis
- Manifold benefits to donors as well as patients (recipients).
Donor-related benefits
- Donor gives away only the desired component and retains the others.
- Donor can undergo pheresis much more frequently than whole blood donation, e.g., plasmapheresis can be done safely even twice a month.
Recipient (patient) related benefits
- Components obtained by pheresis are more concentrated, e.g., apheresis platelets from a single donor are equivalent to 6-8 units of platelets prepared from whole blood.
- Risks associated with receiving platelet transfusions obtained from multiple donors (allo-immunization) are greatly minimized since only one or very few donors are usually required.
Care of the pheresis donor
- Only reliable, high-quality equipment is used.
- The donor is continuously monitored throughout the procedure by trained medical personnel.
- Donors are accepted only if they are in perfectly good health and have blood counts, serum proteins, etc., in the normal range.
- All donors are informed in detail about the procedure and possible risks. Thereafter, only is the consent taken, and the pheresis performed.
Please click on the following link for the blood bank: http://www.shivajipark.com/vital/blood-eye.html.
Thank you very much.
Regards,
Priya
Hope all friends in Mumbai are fine. Please do revert.
Please, everyone located in Mumbai, do tell your friends and family members to donate blood. Thanks a lot.
Blood Bank
Facts About Blood Donation
Voluntary blood donation motivated solely by humanitarian considerations is undoubtedly the safest and most effective way of providing blood of assured quality.
Blood can be donated by socially conscious individuals for its use by unknown patients (Voluntary Blood Donors) or by relatives of patients who require blood (Replacement donors).
The Propaganda Officer, Medical Social Workers, and doctors at the Blood Bank perpetually strive to encourage voluntary blood donation.
A large number of organizations from the private and public sectors, as well as educational institutes and social service groups, regularly organize blood donation camps in favor of the K.E.M. Blood Bank.
Approximately, one hundred and fifty blood donation camps are conducted annually.
Despite the enormous need for blood and the consequent large pool of relatives of patients requiring blood, the K.E.M. Blood Bank collects 50 - 60% of its annual collection of approximately 30,000 blood units from voluntary donors and the rest from replacement (relative) donors.
Why You Should Donate Blood
Who Can Donate Blood
Autologous Blood Donations
Excuses That You Should Not Make and Reasons Why Not
How to Donate Blood
Pheresis & Apheresis
WHY YOU SHOULD DONATE BLOOD
There is an ever-present need for blood transfusions, and the demand usually exceeds the supply. The shortage of blood is particularly acute during the summer (vacation) months.
Blood donation is a precious, life-saving gesture made by socially conscious, humanitarian individuals.
Each unit can be used to save the lives of not one but up to six or eight different patients. Blood collected at the K.E.M. Blood Bank is separated into components viz. Red cell concentrate, Platelet concentrate, Plasma, and Cryoprecipitate. Each of these has specific uses and is transfused to different patients according to their needs. For example, Red cell concentrates are used for patients with anemias, platelet concentrates or cryoprecipitates for patients with bleeding disorders, and plasma for patients with disseminated intravascular coagulation. Plasma is also fractioned further into more products viz Albumin, Gammaglobulin, and Factor IX complex concentrate, at the NPFC. These are used to treat more patients.
Blood is perishable and has a limited shelf-life. Therefore there is a need for regular blood donation to ensure a constant, uniform supply of blood to patients.
Blood donated is not "lost" since the body quickly replaces the blood given, thus making the donor eligible for repeated donations at approximately three-month intervals.
All FDA-licensed blood banks ensure safe blood donation procedures whereby there is no risk of developing diseases like Hepatitis or AIDS by donating blood. All the blood collection sets as well as the lancets used for testing donors are completely sterile, used just once for that donor, and are thereafter discarded.
All voluntary blood donors are given a card that can be utilized for obtaining one unit of blood for themselves or their immediate dependent relatives. This card is valid lifelong.
WHO CAN DONATE BLOOD
General conditions of the donor
Age: 18 to 55 years
Weight: Not less than 45 kgs
Hemoglobin percentage: Not less than 12.5 gm%
Conditions that make donors temporarily unfit for donation
Jaundice: Unfit for one year after full recovery.
Malaria: Unfit for one year after full treatment.
Typhoid: " " " " " "
Surgical Operations: for one year after any major operations.
Transfusion of blood or its products: for one year after receiving the transfusion.
Immunizations: usually for three weeks after vaccinations.
Pregnancy: Defer until one year after childbirth.
Drug ingestion: If on any medications, please inform the medical officer.
Cough, cold, fever: Please inform the medical officer who will decide the period of deferral.
Conditions that make donors permanently unfit for donation
Severe allergic diseases
Diabetic patients
Myocardial infarction
Hypertension
Active Tuberculosis
Renal diseases
Venereal (Sexually Transmitted) Diseases
Malignancy
Epilepsy
Two or more vasovagal (fainting) attacks after blood donation
High-risk individuals for HIV
Known carriers of Hepatitis B virus
If you have practiced unsafe sex, please do not donate blood.
— You could be a carrier of HIV and could transmit it to innocent patients through blood transfusions. We do test all blood units for HIV; however, even with the best of kits, this virus can escape detection during the early phases of the infection (window period).
AUTOLOGOUS BLOOD DONATIONS
Individuals who need to undergo planned surgical operations but who are otherwise fit and healthy can donate blood for their own use (Auto = self) prior to the operation. They need to be evaluated by their surgeons and the blood bank medical officers to verify their suitability for the blood donation.
EXCUSES THAT YOU SHOULD NOT MAKE AND REASONS WHY NOT
"I am too old."
"If you are between 18 to 55 years and in good health - you can donate."
"But I'm too small."
"Not if you are 45 kgs or more."
"But it will make me weak."
"After a short rest and a snack, you are able to resume your normal duties. The body also quickly replaces the blood given, thus what is donated is not lost from the donor."
"But is it safe to give blood."
"We assure you that it is completely safe to donate blood. All the blood collection sets as well as the lancets used for testing your blood are sterile, used just once, and then discarded."
"You wouldn't want my blood - I am common 'O' group."
"We constantly need donors of all blood groups."
"But I've recently been ill."
"Just wait until you are well again. If in doubt, contact our Medical Officer."
"Okay, but I'm anemic."
"We check for anemia before every blood donation."
"But I've had hepatitis."
"Your blood is acceptable one year after full recovery."
"All you get is a tiny prick that too only momentarily, and a local anesthetic is available."
"I'm too busy, and it is too inconvenient."
"It only takes 10 to 15 minutes, every three months to be a regular blood donor."
HOW TO DONATE BLOOD
Please contact the Blood Bank Officer, the Propaganda Officer, or the Medical Social Workers of the Blood Bank, KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, preferably between 8 am to 5 pm from Monday to Friday and from 8 am to 1 pm on Saturdays.
The blood bank remains open at other times also, and the Resident Pathologist on duty at the Blood Bank or the Hospital AMO on duty may be contacted.
Telephone: 4135189 or 4136051
PHERESIS OR APHERESIS
Apheresis is a Greek word which means "to separate" or "take away." In apheresis, a component of blood is removed from an individual (donor), and the remainder is returned back to that donor. Platelet-pheresis, which is the removal of platelets, and plasmapheresis, the removal of plasma, are the two most commonly performed types of pheresis.
Routine, regular pheresis commenced at the Blood Bank in 1993 when the PCS Ultralite (Haemonetics), an automatic machine for the collection (separation) of platelet-rich plasma, was installed. More recently, in 1998, a more sophisticated and versatile pheresis machine, TheBaxteCell Separator CS 3000 Plus, was installed. This automatically separates and packs Platelet concentrates and Plasma from the donor's blood, and the red cells are returned back to the donor. Several liters of blood are processed in each session. Platelet concentrates obtained are approximately 6 times more concentrated than units obtained from a single donor giving whole blood.
Benefits of Pheresis
- Manifold benefits to donors as well as patients (recipients).
Donor-related benefits
- Donor gives away only the desired component and retains the others.
- Donor can undergo pheresis much more frequently than whole blood donation, e.g., plasmapheresis can be done safely even twice a month.
Recipient (patient) related benefits
- Components obtained by pheresis are more concentrated, e.g., apheresis platelets from a single donor are equivalent to 6-8 units of platelets prepared from whole blood.
- Risks associated with receiving platelet transfusions obtained from multiple donors (allo-immunization) are greatly minimized since only one or very few donors are usually required.
Care of the pheresis donor
- Only reliable, high-quality equipment is used.
- The donor is continuously monitored throughout the procedure by trained medical personnel.
- Donors are accepted only if they are in perfectly good health and have blood counts, serum proteins, etc., in the normal range.
- All donors are informed in detail about the procedure and possible risks. Thereafter, only is the consent taken, and the pheresis performed.
Please click on the following link for the blood bank: http://www.shivajipark.com/vital/blood-eye.html.
Thank you very much.
Regards,
Priya