Blood Bank Services
Marine City Medical College & Hospital’s Blood Bank is a place for collecting, screening, processing, and storing whole blood, packed red blood cells, platelet concentrate, gathered as a result of blood donation, preserved for patient use in this hospital and other hospitals on request. Our Blood Bank located in 1st Floor of the hospital.
We provide blood and blood product by standard protocol in all aspects of blood screening, grouping, compatibility testing, component preparation, storage, and transportation. Temperature of preserved blood and blood component is strictly maintained in each step.
Precautions To Be Taken Prior To Blood Donation
- Not to donate on an empty stomach
- A gap of 20-30 minutes is desirable for a meal.
- Good sleep on the previous night/day
- Not to donate if you have fever or taking any antibiotics or aspirin or blood thinner
- Drink water before donation
- Not to take alcohol 24 hours’ prior donation
- Not to smoke half an hour after blood donation
- Avoid vigorous exercise/playing tennis for at least 2-3 hours after donation as this can cause bleeding from the site of donation.
COLLECTION OF BLOOD
Prior to blood donation at MCMCH Blood Bank, the donor gets a medical examination including medical history, hemoglobin estimation, weight check, height check and blood group determination. The donated blood is routinely screened for hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV & malaria. The potential risk of acquiring HIV or hepatitis through transfusions has made it a common practice to screen the blood prior to transfusion.
We perform testing to determine the blood type of the donor and screen the blood for transmissible infections for patient’s safety, and finally cross match with the patient’s blood to identify compatible blood products for blood transfusions. All our materials used in blood donation are strictly sterile and disposable. For a random donor collection, we usually collect the whole blood and prepare different components from that whole blood units like PRBC, Platelet Concentrate(RDP) etc.
Blood Components Available In Blood Bank
- Whole Blood
- Packed Red Blood Cell (PRBC)
- Washed Packed Red Blood Cell (Washed PRBC)
- Platelet Concentrate
