Rotary Blood Bank
{{Short description|Indian organization}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox non-profit
| name = Rotary Blood Bank
| formation = {{start date and age|2002}}
| image = Rotary International Logo.svg
| type = Blood bank
| founder = Sudarshan Agarwal
| location = 56-57 Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi in India
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| area_served = NCR, India
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| focus = Voluntary Blood Donations
| method = Camp
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| license = No.-504 (Regional Blood Transfusion)
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| website = {{URL|http://www.rotarybloodbank.org}}
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Rotary Blood Bank is India's largest blood bank, located in the Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi, India.{{cite news|title=Rotary Blood Bank- "No one shall suffer in and around Delhi for want of blood"|url=http://www.rotarybloodbank.org/|newspaper=Rotary Blood Bank website}}
Background
Rotary Blood Bank was established in 2002 and is under the supervision of the Central Government.{{cite news |date=2009 |title=Blood banks Under Central government |url=http://www.delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/32be0300426442b88ffa9f49442c8380/Blood+Bank1.pdf?MOD=AJPERES |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055833/http://www.delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/32be0300426442b88ffa9f49442c8380/Blood+Bank1.pdf?MOD=AJPERES |archive-date=2016-03-04 |newspaper=Delhi.gov.in}} In September 2021, Rotary revealed its plan to extend its services to other parts of the country. It has blood banks in cities including Kakinada, Hyderabad, and Visakhapatnam.{{cite news |last1=Rao |first1=K. Srinivasa |title=Rotary Blood Bank keen on adding donors in rural areas |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/rotary-blood-bank-keen-on-adding-donors-in-rural-areas/article35949130.ece |work=The Hindu |date=17 August 2021 |language=en-IN}}
The blood bank signed an MoU with Shri Vishwakarma Skill University for providing certificate programme in phlebotomy technician and OJT in medical lab technology programmes.{{cite news |title=New principal takes charge |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/new-principal-takes-charge-344801 |work=Tribuneindia News Service |language=en}}
Blood collection center
At the 56-57 Tughlakabad Institutional Area facility are available collection stations for 5-50 people giving blood donations at a time.
Camp
Rotary collects blood from organized groups e.g. Colleges and Organizations, where any person can donate blood. Blood collections are collected by two Mini Buses which provide a mobile medical facility.{{cite news |last1=Menon |first1=Shailesh |title=Blood banks run dry as collection dwindles to a trickle |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/blood-banks-run-dry-as-collection-dwindles-to-a-trickle/articleshow/75055560.cms |work=The Economic Times}}
Processing of blood
After collection of blood from in-house/camp, it is processed in the lab; where an erst while state-of-art facility is available after initial screening. Here blood separated in major three components e.g. Red cells, Plasma and Platelets. In last few years there is a large demand for Platelets from September to December to treat Dengue fever. {{cn|date=January 2021}}
=System/equipments=
- MCS+ Hemonitics for Platelet Apheresis
- Mitis 2 automated blood grouping system
- Cryofuge 6000 refrigerated centrifuge
- Ortho AutoVue Ultra for blood grouping and cross matching
- VITROS 3600 used for testing infectious marker
- Platelet agitator