A one-day workshop on quality management system of blood banks was held under the joint aegis of Chhattisgarh State AIDS Control Society Raipur and Pt Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Medical College here on Saturday. Detailed discussion on the maintenance of equipment meant for keeping blood safely, legal aspects for injecting blood on patients and organic preservation was held at the workshop.
Director health services and Chhattisgarh State AIDS Control Society Dr Kamalpreet Singh, director medical education Dr Subir Mukherjee and superintendent of Dr BRAmbedkar Hospital Dr Vivek Choudhary expressed their views at the workshop.
Dr Kamalpreet Singh said that marked first referral blood storage units were being run at community health centres. Blood storage units would be opened in other community health centres also, so that people from rural areas could get safe blood at development block level. Singh said that the Food and Drugs Control department inspects the blood banks at regular interval, to maintain the quality of blood.
Singh said that it was necessary to impart training to blood bank in-charges and technicians. Special attention needed at the time of taking blood and injecting blood on the patients. 10 to 12 per cent technicians needed to be trained in the storage of blood. In order to promote voluntary blood donation, people from all communities and voluntary organizations should come forward. After training the number of blood banks that do component separation would be increased.