The department of Transfusion Medicine and Blood Bank at SSPH & PGTI is committed to provide safe blood and blood components support to patients. The department endeavours to provide blood components such as packed red cells, platelets concentrates, fresh frozen plasma, cryoprecipitate, single donor apheresis platelets, granulocytes and peripheral blood hematopoietic progenitor cells. Safety of blood and blood components are ensured with careful donor interview and examination with screening of donated blood for HIV 1 & 2, Hepatitis B & C, Malaria and Syphilis using appropriate technology. Name of the Faculty Faculty Details Dr Seema Dua Designation: Additional Professor & Head Qualification: MBBS, MD (Pathology) Registration No: MCI 5526 Special Interest: Blood Component Therapy, Transfusion Transmitted Infection Screening Dr Satyam Arora Designation: Additional Professor Qualification: MBBS, MD (Transfusion Medicine) Registration No: MCI/08-32717 DMC: 37784 Special Interest: Clinical Transfusion, Immunohematology, Cellular Therapy, Clinical Apheresis" Dr Anupa Pokhrel Designation: Assistant Professor Qualification: MBBS, MD (Transfusion Medicine) Registration No: MC/R/15913
The department is committed to provide 24 x 7 availability of blood components such as Packed Red Blood Cells (PRBC), Platelets Concentrates (PC), Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP), Cryoprecipitate, Cryo Poor Plasma (CPP), Single Donor platelets and plasma products, Granulocytes and buffy costs, Hematopoietic Stem cells
Reconstituted Whole Blood (Exchange Transfusion), Paediatric PRBC units for transfusing neonates
The blood products at SSPH & PGTI are tested for Anti HIV 1 & 2, HBsAg, Anti HCV, Malaria and Syphilis. In addition to the above mandatory testing all the blood components are also tested for Anti HBc (core). The compatibility testing for these components are done on Gel technology.
The Department has established a state of art immunohematology lab to provide all extensive testing for rare blood groups and the alloantibodies. In addition the lab routinely provide extensive work up for AIHA, Cold Agglutinins and PNH.
The department also provides therapeutic cervices such as therapeutic phlebotomy for polycythemia/ haemochromatosis, therapeutic plasma exchange, therapeutic cytapheresis, and peripheral stem cell harvests.
The department participates in quarterly BEQAS (Blood Bank External Quality Assurance Scheme) to ensure adequate quality of its blood components and testing facility.
The department is empanelled for reporting to Hemovigillance Program of India and reporting all patient transfusion reactions and donor adverse reaction to the national program.
The department provides regular transfusion support to the institutional Thalassemia and Hemophilia center.
DNB in Immuno Hematology and Blood Transfusion (IHBT)- Annual intake of 2
| S. No. | Project | Type of work | Type (Institutional/ Regional/ National/ International) |
| 1 | A Phase II, Open Label, Randomized Controlled Trial to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of Convalescent Plasma to Limit COVID-19 Associated Complications in Moderate Disease (PLACID Trial) | Original Work Extra Mural Project | National |
| 2 | Human Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies to COVID-19 | Original Work Extra Mural Project | International |
| 3 | Awareness toward need for regular blood donation and attitude of voluntary blood donors blood donation during covid 19 pandemic | Original Work | National |
| 4 | Pediatric COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Use Registry Study | Original Work | International |
| 5 | Seroprevalence of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 among admitted children at a tertiary pediatric care center in state of Uttar Pradesh | Original Work | Institutional |
| 6 | Characterization and Seroprevalence of antibodies among the SARS-CoV-2 Convalescent Plasma Donors | Original Work | Institutional |
| S. No. | Project | Type of work | Type (Institutional/ Regional/ National/ International) |
| 1 | Survey of Blood Centers providing Transfusion support to Neonatal and Pediatric group of patients across India | Original Work | National |
| 2 | Incidence of TTI reactivity in Parental versus Non-Parental Replacement Blood Donors: An experience from a Pediatric Tertiary care center from North India | Original Work | Institutional |
| 3 | Indication of Transfusion of Blood and Blood components for Pediatric and Neonatal group of patients in India | Original Work | National |
| 4 | Red Cell Transfusions Support in Pediatric Blood Cancers at a Tertiary Pediatric Care Center | Original Work | Institutional |
| 5 | Validation of Syringe Based Small Volume Transfusion Set | Original Work | Institutional |
Pubmed Link:- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Satyam+Arora
