S.No	Name of Junior Resident	Joining Session
1	Dr Aryabhatt Sadhu	Jun-19
2	Dr Radhe Shyam Mehar	Jun-19
3	Dr Arun Bhandari	Jun-19
4	Dr Himanshi Devi	Dec-19
5	Dr Nand Kumar	Dec-19
6	Dr Basanta Khatiwada	Dec-19
7	Dr Devi Prasanna Mohanty	Jun-20
8	Dr Shruti	Jan-22
9	Dr Anupriya	Jan-22

1. 14^th June 2018 – World Blood Donor Day Celebration

 COMMUNITY EDUCATION: It is a well-known fact that blood cannot be manufactured. It is a living tissue with limited shelf life and availability and it can only be obtained through one's blood donation. To maintain the supply of safe blood, recruiting and retaining of voluntary non-remunerated blood donors is essential. For this purpose, Blood centre, Main Hospital of AIIMS New Delhi was always at the forefront in organizing voluntary blood donation camps. Events like "Nukkad Nakat, Cyclothon, Walkathon, Marathon, Flash Mob' were also organized to promote and propagate the message of Voluntary Blood Donation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                   

 

 

Publications, Presentations, Regional and Global Collaborations, Research

Publications:

Journal articles:

1. Kumar R, Pandey HC, Jain R, Coshic P, Jain P. Retrospective comparison between non-treponemal and treponemal tests for screening of blood donors for syphilis and their correlation with donor history in a tertiary care teaching hospital. Transfus Apher Sci 2020; 10.1016/j.transci.2020.102814.
2. Kumar R, Jain R, Coshic P, Pandey HC. Utility of a combined approach using audit, education and information technology tools to improve transfusion practices. ISBT Science series 2020, doi:10.1111/voxs.12577
3. Pandey HC, Coshic P, CSC, Arcot PJ, Kumar K. Blood supply management in times of SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic – challenges, strategies adopted, and the lessons learned from the experience of a hospital‐based blood centre. Vox Sang. 2020, doi.org/10.1111/vox.13019.
4. Senapati J, Aggarwal, Louise L, …Pandey HC et al. Transfusion practices during the COVID-19 pandemic: An experience from a hematology daycare in India. Transfus Apher Sci 2020. doi.org/10.1016/j.transci.2020.103025.
5. Pandey HC, Dhiman Y, Chippy CS, Coshic P, Jain P. Seroprevalence of SARS-Coronavirus 2 among asymptomatic healthy blood donors from healthcare and non-healthcare settings: Implications for safety of blood donors and blood collection staff during blood donation. Transfus Apher Sci 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.transci.2021.103118 (accepted, pre-proof).
6. Dhiman Y, Coshic P, Pandey HC et al. Deterrents in recruitment of COVID-19 convalescent plasma donors: Experience from a hospital-based blood centre in India. Trans Med 2021. https://doi.org/10.1111/tme.12768 (accepted, in production).
7. Al Riyami AZ, Burnouf T, Yazer M, Triulzi D,….Pandey HC et al. International Forum on the Collection and Use of COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma: Responses. Vox Sang. 2021 May 20. doi: 10.1111/vox.13114.
8. Al Riyami AZ, Burnouf T, Yazer M, Triulzi D,…. Pandey HC et al. International Forum on the Collection and Use of COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma: Protocols, Challenges and Lessons Learned: Summary. Vox Sang. 2021 May 20. doi: 10.1111/vox.13113.
9. Jain R, Kumar R, Coshic P, Pandey HC, Jain S. Effectiveness of personal communication strategy in motivating replacement donors to become voluntary blood donors. ISBT Science Series 2021, 16 (2), 196-203.
10. Jain R, Kumar R, Pandey HC, Coshic P. Pre-Release Visual Inspection of Blood Components: A Stitch in Time Saves Nine. Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12288-021-01416-x
11. Arcot PJ, Pandey HC, Coshic P, Jain P, Kumar S, Chakroborty S. Comparative evaluation of ADVIA Centaur® XP chemiluminescence system for screening of HBV, HCV, HIV and syphilis in Indian blood donors. Transfus Apher Sci. 2021 Nov 12:103318. doi: 10.1016/j.transci.2021.103318

 

 

List of oral papers/posters presented

SN	Authors	Title of presentation	Name of the conference	Date	City/Country
	Chippy CS, Pandey HC, Seth T, Coshic P, Thapliyal RM, Sharma V	High dose IVIG & steroid for incompatible transfusion in a case with multiple alloantibody	HEAMATOCON 2019 60th Annual conference of Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion	November 7-10 2019	New Delhi
2.	Chippy CS, Pandey HC, Thapliyal RM, Sharma V	Pan reactivity in antibody screen and identification: is it justified to transfuse least incompatible red cells?	TRANSMEDCON 2019 - 8th Annual Conference of Indian Society of Transfusion Medicine	January 9 – 11, 2020	Mumbai
3.	Jain R, Kumar R, Coshic P, Pandey HC	Audit of Blood Transfusion Requisitions and role of implementation of blood bank software clinician module with resident training in improving transfusion practice at a tertiary care hospital	TRANSMEDCON 2019 - 8th Annual Conference of Indian Society of Transfusion Medicine	January 9 – 11, 2020	Mumbai
4.	Kumar R, pandey HC, Jain R, Coshic P	Retrospective comparison between non-treponemal and treponemal tests for screening of blood donors for syphilis and their correlation with donor history at tertiary care hospital.	TRANSMEDCON 2019 - 8th Annual Conference of Indian Society of Transfusion Medicine	January 9 – 11, 2020	Mumbai
5.	Meena SK, pandey HC, Thapliyal RM, Sharma V	Use of adsorption studies to detect underlying alloantibodies in AIHA Patients – experience of a referral center	TRANSMEDCON 2019 - 8th Annual Conference of Indian Society of Transfusion Medicine	January 9 – 11, 2020	Mumbai
6.	Pandey HC	Retrospective analysis of differences in red cell usage across different age groups and specialties in a tertiary care hospital	TRANSMEDCON 2019 - 8th Annual Conference of Indian Society of Transfusion Medicine	January 9 – 11, 2020	Mumbai
7.	C Chippy, H Pandey, M Mahapatra, R Chaurasia, G Patidar, P Coshic, R Thapliyal, V Sharma	Prospective observational study to find the prevalence & to serologically characterize autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) patients in a tertiary care teaching center	36th International congress of ISBT	12-16 DEC 2020	Virtual Congress
8.	H C Pandey, M Varghese, A Rana, R Kumar, P Kumar	Estimation of Incidence Rates & Residual Risks of HIV, HBV and HCV in Indian Settings Using NAT Window Period Yield Cases	36th International congress of ISBT	12-16 DEC 2020	Virtual Congress
9.	H C Pandey, P Coshic, R Kumar, N Jamshed, R Subramaniam	Evaluation of radio frequency identification technology for inventory management and patient identification before transfusion	36th International congress of ISBT	12-16 DEC 2020	Virtual Congress
11.	Mona Vijayaran, Mukul Aggarwal, Stitha P. Gudala, Jasmita Dass, Hem C. Pandey, Tulika Seth, Manoranjan Mahapatra	CMV infection in an infant presenting as steroid refractory AIHA	HEMATOCON2020 VIRTUAL	21-22 NOV 2020	Virtual Conference

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abstracts

1. Chippy CS, Pandey HC, Seth T, Coshic P, Thapaliyal RM, Sharma V. High Dose IVIG & Steroid for Incompatible Transfusion in a Case with Multiple Alloantibody. Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus (2019) 35: S150
2. Vijayaran M, Aggarwal M, Gudala SP…Pandey HC et al. CMV Infection in An Infant Presenting as Steroid Refractory Aiha in 61st Annual Conference of Indian Society of Hematology & Blood Transfusion (ISHBT) November 2020. Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus 36, 81 (2020)
3. Pandey HC, Coshic C, Kumar R et al. Evaluation of radio frequency identification technology for inventory management and patient identification before transfusion. Vox Sanguinis (2020) 115 (Suppl. s1), 95
4. Pandey HC, Varghese M, Rana A et al. Estimation of incidence rates & residual risks of HIV, HBV and HCV in Indian settings using NAT window period yield cases. Vox Sanguinis (2020) 115 (Suppl. s1), 194
5. Chippy C, Pandey HC, Mahapatra M et al. Prospective observational study to find the prevalence & to serologically characterize autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) patients in a tertiary care teaching centre. Vox Sanguinis (2020) 115 (Suppl. s1), 248

        Book chapters:

1. Chaurasia R, Coshic P, Pandey HC, Patidar G. Transfusion medicine in Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease 10^th edition (Southeast Asia Edition). Editor: Manoj K Singh, Vinay Kumar. Elsevier India 2020, 1348-56.

     

Presentations:

SN	Title of talk	Name of the CME/conference	Date	City/Country (only if outside India)
1.	Inventory Management During COVID-19 Pandemic	45th Annual Conference, ISBTI, TRANSCON 2020	27th Feb 2021	Chennai (Virtual event)
2.	Pre-transfusion testing and compatibility issues	NHM “Training of Trainers for Strengthening of Blood Services and e-Rakt Kosh” for blood bank officials of Haryana	18th March 2021	Noida (Virtual event)
3.	Advancing transfusion safety: evidence-based practices	Workshop on - Medication safety: Going beyond the “Rights”	18th March 2021	Noida (Virtual event)
4.	Panel discussion on “False positivity, donor notification, donor re-entry and donor deferral & its impact”	CME on "Blood Safety and Quality: Infectious Diseases"	5th April 2019	New Delhi
5.	Pre-transfusion testing and compatibility issues	NHM “Training of Trainers for Strengthening of Blood Services and e-Rakt Kosh” for blood bank officials of Madhya Pradesh	13th June 2019	Noida
6.	Pre-transfusion testing and compatibility issues	NHM “Training of Trainers for Strengthening of Blood Services and e-Rakt Kosh” for blood bank officials of Telangana	31st July 2019	Noida
7.	Pre-transfusion testing and compatibility issues	NHM “Training of Trainers for Strengthening of Blood Services and e-Rakt Kosh” for blood bank officials of Uttarakhand	28th August 2019	Noida
8.	Significance of DAT in neonatal hyperbilirubinemia – interpretation and management	CME on “Advancements & New Horizons in Pediatric Transfusion Practices”	31st August 2019	New Delhi
9.	Panel discussion on “Perinatal and neonatal transfusion practices”	CME on “Advancements & New Horizons in Pediatric Transfusion Practices”	31st August 2019	New Delhi
10.	Panel Discussion on “National Blood and Plasma policy-Towards strengthening Transfusion services in India”	CME on ‘Introducing PBM- Transition from Product to Patient Centric Approach’	29-30th November 2019	Jaipur
11.	Pre-transfusion testing and compatibility issues	NHM “Training of Trainers for Strengthening of Blood Services and e-Rakt Kosh” for blood for blood bank officials of Telangana	19th December 2019	Noida
12.	Pre-transfusion testing and compatibility issues	NHM “Training of Trainers for Strengthening of Blood Services and e-Rakt Kosh” for blood for blood bank officials of Maharashtra	23rd January 2020	Noida
13.	Pre-transfusion testing and compatibility issues	NHM “Training of Trainers for Strengthening of Blood Services and e-Rakt Kosh” for blood for blood bank officials of Chhattisgarh	4th February 2020	Noida
14.	Pre-transfusion testing and compatibility issues	NHM “Training of Trainers for Strengthening of Blood Services and e-Rakt Kosh” for blood for blood bank officials of Chhattisgarh	3rd March 2020	Noida
15.	ABO blood group discrepancies and their resolution	Advanced Immunohematology Wet Workshop’	01.02.19	New Delhi
16.	Application of immunohematology tests in neonatology and pediatrics	“Hands-on Workshop” on “Basics in Immunohematology”	02.02.19	Noida
17.	Problem Solving: Hemolytic disease of newborn (HDN)	“Hands-on Workshop” on “Basics in Immunohematology”	02.02.19	Noida
18.	Weak D-Clinical Significance & Approach to Identification	CME cum workshop on “Advanced Immuno-hematology in Transfusion Medicine”	15.02.19	New Delhi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ongoing Research projects:

Departmental projects:

1. Prospective observational study to assess the prevalence of platelet refractoriness and its reasons in patients receiving multiple platelet transfusion in an Indian setting
2. Incidence of delayed adverse events in blood donors following whole blood donation in Indian setting
3. Retrospective analysis of differences in red blood cell usage across different gender, age groups and specialties in a tertiary care hospital
4. Characterization of initially reactive discordant results tested by chemiluminescence (CLIA)and nucleic acid testing (NAT)during blood donor screening for hepatitis-B and hepatitis-C
5. Incidence of adverse transfusion reactions and analysis of factors associated with these reactions: A four-year experience from a tertiary care hospital from India
6. 6.      Diagnostic accuracy of using cell free fetal DNA isolated from mother's plasma for determination of fetal Rh D status during antenatal period as compared to determination of D status using serological tests in cord blood (Funded intramurally 5 lac)

Collaborative research projects with other departments

1. H1-MR Spectroscopy based evaluation of metabolic abnormalities in anterior cingulate cortex, hippocampus and amygdala in treatment naïve patients with unipolar and bipolar depression and its relationship with peripheral glutaminase.
2. Analyzing the effect of novel Pyrazole-based small molecule inhibitor on endosomal TLR-induced signaling activation in healthy peripheral blood mononuclear cells
3. Analyzing the effect of novel Pyrazole-based small molecule inhibitor on cell surface TLR-induced signaling activation in healthy peripheral blood mononuclear cells
4. Evaluation of immunomodulatory activities of Toll-like receptor signaling inhibitors in lupus peripheral blood mononuclear cells
5. Evaluation of the potential impact of determination of paternal RhD zygosity and non-invasive fetal RhD genotyping using circulating cell-free fetal DNA from maternal plasma in the antenatal monitoring of alloimmunized pregnant women: A pilot study on cost-benefit analysis
6. Determination of reference ranges for healthy individuals for new red blood cell and reticulocyte parameters in Indian population

 

International Voluntary Blood donor day 2019
National Voluntary Blood Donation Day 2019
Mega Blood Donation Camp 2020
Voluntary Convalescent plasma donation camp 2020
International Women's Day Celebration 2021
Mega Camp 2021
AZADI KA AMRIT MAHOTSAV  HAR GHAR TIRANGA, HAR GHAR RAKTDATA

Laboratory Services

Our blood bank, is divided into various sections:

1. Donor services
2. Apheresis services (donation and therapeutic)
3. Serological Laboratory
4. NAT lab
5. Component processing laboratory
6. Cross match and issue section
7. Immunohematology laboratory

 

DONOR SERVICES:

Committed to motivation, recruitment and retention of regular voluntary blood donors. Blood donations are taken both In-House (At Blood Centre) and at camps organized across NCR Region in association with various Government, Defence and Non-Government Organizations.

 

Donor Services
Year	Total No of Units Collected	Total No of Camps Organized
2018	33266	105
2019	51470	115
2020	38021	73
2021	36078	44

  

Timings for blood donation at Main Blood Bank :: 

 

Monday to Friday	9.00am to 5.30pm
Saturday	9.00am-4.30pm

 

 

APHERESIS SERVICES:

Apheresis is separation of whole blood into components. It is done by a specialized equipment celled 'Cell Separators'. It has both blood donor and therapeutic applications.

 

Donor Applications:

Collection of Single Donor Apheresis Platelets (SDAP) which are used for transfusion in patients with thrombocytopenia and Source Plasma, which was used extensively in COVID-19 pandemic as Convalescent Plasma when collected from those recovered after SARS CoV-2 infection.

 

Therapeutic Applications:

Used for Therapeutic plasma Exchange (TPE) in various conditions, Lipid or LDL Aphereis in patients with pathological triglyceride levels, hematopoietic stem cell harvest for bone marrow transplant, red cell exchange and others.

Same therapeutic principle in used, often in addition with Glycosorb to bring down the level of ABO antibodies in patients due to receive ABO incompatible renal graft.

SEROLOGY LABORATORY:

Blood collected from healthy donors is screened for infectious markers of Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, HIV and Syphilis using Chemiluminiscence technique and Malariausing rapid antigen testing. These tests ensure high sensitivity and specificity and are as per the national mandatory guidelines. The donors testing reactive for any such viral markers are informed about the test results, counseled and referred for treatment.

 

NAT LAB:

We were one of the first institutes to start screening of all the collected blood units by nucleic acid testing using ID-NAT, which was inaugurated in 2008. During all these years, we have been upgrading the lab with newer technologies as and when they were available. This lab is fully automated with versatility, user-friendly software while minimizing lab space and minimizing operator interaction.

COMPONENT PROCESSING LABORATORY:

DrAmbikaNanu started component preparation in the 1970s. We are one of the transfusion services who are processing almost 100% of the collected blood into components. The following components are available round the clock:

-         Packed red cells

-         Fresh frozen plasma

-         Platelet concentrates

-         Buffy coat pooled platelets

-         Cryoprecipitate

-         Cryo-poor plasma

 

Following modifications are also available on request of clinician:

-         Leucodepleted red cells

-         Leucodepleted platelets

-         Irradiated blood and blood products

-         Pediatric units

-         Blood for intrauterine and neonatal exchange transfusions.

Quality control of all blood products is done regularly as per the regulatory guidelines.

CROSS MATCH AND ISSUE SECTION: 

CrCross match and issue section deals with request for different blood components from clinicians. Packed red blood cells are issued after screening of irregular antibodies and a full cross match. Platelets and plasma components are issued as per patient requirement.The turn around time varies from less than 15 minutes for emergency transfusion to 4-5 hours for routine cases.

IMMUNOHEMATOLOGICAL LABORATORY:

The department started performing antibody screening from the year of 1988. Currently, the laboratory is equipped with fully automated immunohematological analyzer for blood grouping and antibody screening which is based on Erythrocyte Magnetization technology, which is done for all the patients.The laboratory also performs various tests such as DCT, ICT, resolution of various blood group discrepancies, antibody identification, work up of transfusion reactions, saliva secretor status, adsorption, elution studies and immunohematological support in various clinical conditions such as AIHA patients, multi transfused patients and various solid organ and bone  marrow patients.

Other Services

 

We also provide autologous PRP (platelet rich plasma) for orthopedic ailments such as arthritis, non-union of fracture and rotator cuff injury.

 

For organizing blood donation camps and enquiry regarding blood donation:

Phone: 011-26593726
Email: aiimsbloodbank@gmail.com
For other enquires:
Phone: 011-26594438

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