Transfusion Medicine
Faculty
Services
Courses & Short term Trainings
Research
Collaboration
Expansion plan
Transfusion Medicine
Vision
To ensure adequate and safe blood transfusion services meeting highest quality standards and to achieve academic and research excellence.
Mission
- The Department of Transfusion Medicine aims to provide safe and effective transfusion services to the needy. It supports the patients from Uttarakhand and also surrounding areas of Uttar Pradesh.
- To provide quality education to enrolled students using interactive and innovative experiential learning strategies
- To ensure high standards of research in the field of transfusion medicine
Faculty
| Photo | Name & Qualifications | Designation | Areas of Interest | Email ID / ORCID ID / Research-gate Page |
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 | Dr. Gita Negi MBBS, MD, FAIMER Fellowship, Fellowship in Transfusion Medicine | Professor & Head | Clinical :- Transfusion Medicine. Medical Education, Quality Management System Research :- Quality systems, Regenerative medicine, Apheresis | gita.tm@aiimsrishikesh.edu.in |
 | Dr. Daljit Kaur MBBS, MD Transfusion Medicine(PGIMER,Chandigarh) | Associate Professor | Clinical :- Immunohematology, Apheresis, Clinical Transfusion Medicine, Quality Mangement System Research :- Platelet Transfusion Practices, Immunohematology, Clinical Transfusion Medicine, Quality MangementSystem,Haemovigilance,Therapeutic Apheresis | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7785-7342 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Daljit_Kaur6 |
 | Dr. Ashish Jain MBBS (KGMU Lucknow), MD Immunohaematology and Blood Transfusion (SGPGIMS Lucknow) | Assistant Professor | Clinical :- Therapeutic Apheresis, Immunohematology, Coagulation testing, Clinical Transfusion Medicine, Bone Marrow Transplantation Research :- Molecular Testing, Coagulation studies, Transfusion Transmitted Infections, Apheresis, Immunohematology, Stem Cell | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8200-2576 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ashish_Jain82 |
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Services
Existing facilities-
- Have a fully functional blood bank with following facilities:
- Whole blood collection- In house as well as in Voluntary blood donation camps
- Blood donor counselling and notification
- Components preparation like SAGM Packed red blood cells (PRBC), Leuco-reduced red blood cells, Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP), Platelet Concentrates preparation (Random Donor Platelets preparation by buffy coat method), Cryoprecipitate, Cryo poor plasma, modified blood components like washed red cells, paediatric RBC preparation and Leucofilterated RBC. Centre has 100 % component preparation facility.
- TTI (Transfusion Transmitted Infection) testing of the collected blood units by Chemiluminescence immunoassay and NAT (nucleic acid testing)
- Fully automated immunohematology laboratory that provide facility of blood grouping, Direct Antiglobulin test, Indirect Antiglobulin test, Minor Phenotyping, Antibody screening & Identification and crossmatching
- Good storage capacity of Blood Components
- Having Apheresis facility for providing Plateletpheresis(Single donor apheresis platelets unit ), granulocytopheresis, lymphocytapehersis, leucapheresis and plasmaphereis facility
- Peripheral Blood Stem Cell collection
- Therapeutic work in the form of practicing modern clinical transfusion practices, therapeutic plasma exchanges for different indications, therapeutic phlebotomy and autologous transfusion
- PRP therapy and platelet gel therapy for different indications in collaboration with various departments
- Intrauterine Transfusion in collaboration with Obstetrics and Gynaecology department
- NACO training centre for Blood Banks of Uttarakhand
- Participation in hemovigilance program of India and donor vigilance program of India
- Regular updating of stock in e-raktkosh porta
Courses & Short term Trainings
| Name of the course | Curriculum | Duration of course | Present number of students | Objectives/ brief description of the course |
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| MD (Transfusion Medicine) | 3 years | 12 | Postgraduate course in Transfusion Medicine | |
| Ph.D (Transfusion Medicine) | 3 years | 2 |
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Research Projects
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Projects (Extramural)
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Collaboration
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Expansion plan
Short term plans-
- To start the facility of Peripheral Blood Stem Cell preservation
- Facility of gamma irradiation of blood components for Intrauterine transfusion, exchange transfusion and immunocompromised patients and candidates of Bone Marrow Transplantation
- To start the facility of mobile blood donation camps
- To start the facility of thromboelastography for monitoring the functional hemostatic status of the patients
- Pneumatic tube system for receiving and dispensing blood units
- Computerization in blood bank through advanced level Blood Bank Software with iris recognition etc
Long term plans-
- Diploma and Certificate courses for Medical Officers and Technicians
- PDCC course for post MD students in the field of Immunohematology and apheresis