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

Name & Qualifications	Designation	Areas of Interest	Email ID / ORCID ID / Research-gate Page
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)	Associate 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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Name & Qualifications

Designation

Areas of Interest

Email ID / ORCID ID / Research-gate Page

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)

Associate 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
MD (Transfusion Medicine)		3 years	12	Postgraduate course in Transfusion Medicine
Ph.D (Transfusion Medicine)		3 years	2

Name of the course	Curriculum	Duration of course	Present number of students	Objectives/ brief description of the course

Research

Projects

Title	Co-PI	Principal Investigator	Collaboration, if any (Department and institute)	Funding Agency	Projects Status

Projects (Extramural)

Title	Site-Investigators	Principal Investigator	Intramural/ Extramural	Collaboration, if any (Department and institute)	Funding Agency	Projects Status

Collaboration

Collaboration for	Collaboration with Department and institute	Services offered/ work undergoing in collaboration

Collaboration for	Collaboration with Department and institute	Services offered/ work undergoing in collaboration

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