Donated blood can be life saving for individuals who have lost large amounts of blood because of serious accidents, civil and military conflicts, widespread tragedies or surgery, as well as, for individuals who have become severely anemic or have dangerously low platelet counts because of certain hematological diseases such as sickle cell anemia or treatments such as cancer therapy. Therefore, blood is an important concern to the society. A Blood Bank is place where blood is collected from donors, typed, separated into components, stored, and prepared for transfusion to recipients. A blood bank may be a separate free-standing facility or part of a larger laboratory in a hospital.Typically, each donated unit of blood (whole blood) is separated into multiple components, such as red blood cells, plasma and platelets. Each component is generally transfused to a different individual, each with different needs. THQ Hospital Arifwala's Blood Bank runs transfusion service 24/7 in order to facilitate patients pertaining to their treatments, surgeries & other related illness requirements. This serves as the back bone of the hospital catering to the emergencies, trauma cases, viral endemics and support to Dialysis Centre. A Blood Transfusion Committee over seas the blood transfusions and issues relating to Blood Banking.
Facilities
Following blood testing services available:
- Blood Grouping
- Blood Screening (HCB, HBS Ag, Malaria, HIV, TP)
- Cross Matching
Equipments
Following equipment available for testing:
- Centrifuge
- Microscope
- Plasma extractor
- Water Bath
- Hot Air Owen
- Agglutination viewer
- Blood Mixer/ Shaker
- Weighing Machine
- Blood Storage Cabinet
- Refrigerator
- Plasma Freezer