Department of Transfusion Medicine and Blood Centre

About Us

The Department of Transfusion Medicine (DTM) in SRM Medical College Hospital & Research Centre was started initially as SRM Blood Bank in the year 2004.
It was established to cater to the needs of SRM Hospital. Initially, our blood collection rate was around 2000 units per annum.
We evolved into a full-fledged operational blood bank with an equipped blood component separation facility in the year 2006 with dedicated medical officers, technical personnel, and staff nurses.
We have started doing Apheresis procedures using automated cell separator machines from the year 2019.
As per the Drug & Cosmetic Act and NBTC guidelines, the blood bank has been renamed to the Department of Transfusion Medicine & Blood Centre.
The Department of Transfusion Medicine and blood centre is a state-of-the-art licensed blood centre with a 24-hour facility, which offers the entire spectrum of services from donor screening.
Blood collection to component separation of blood components including packed Red Blood Cells, Fresh Frozen Plasma, Platelet concentrates, and Cryoprecipitate.
Platelet pheresis is regularly done to provide single donor platelets (SDP) for needy patients. The blood centre also has the facility to do the leucodepletion of red cells.
We provide safe blood components to the patients by screening the blood units for transfusion transmissible infectious diseases using the fully automated Chemiluminescence Immuno Assay (CLIA) method.
The immunohaematological techniques are performed using both semi-automated column agglutination technology and a high throughput fully automated platform.
We conduct Voluntary Blood donation camps and awareness drives in our SRM Institute of Science and Technology campus and also outside our institute.

Our Vision

To become the model blood centre in the state & strive to provide excellent services to the patients and community
To become one of the best Immuno-haematology units with well-equipped laboratory facilities

Our Mission

Increase the number of voluntary blood donors by conducting regular camps and creating awareness among them thereby achieving our goal of 100% voluntary blood donation
To strictly bind to good manufacturing practices as per NABH guideline
Extramural research projects in the field of Immuno hematology and blood transfusion
Conducting national/regional conferences and CME programme to improve the academic skills of the staff and students in the field of Transfusion Medicine
The blood centre continually strives to maintain high-quality standards in the provision of safe blood to meet the needs of the patient

Academics

Medical: Undergraduate (MBBS Students) interns & Post Graduate (MD students) posting in blood centre.
Allied health Sciences: Immunohematology and blood transfusion is a subject course (theory and practical) for the B.Sc. Medical Laboratory Technology (B.Sc. MLT) students for the V semester.
B.Sc. Nursing and other Allied health Sciences courses are posted regularly in the blood centre.

Infrastructure

Laboratory Services
- Blood Grouping & Rh typing
- DCT & ICT
- Antibody titres
- Blood crossmatching
- Antibody screening and Identification
- Blood component pre-transfusion testing and issue
- Post transfusion reaction investigations and reporting
Blood Donor services
Blood Donor services
- Pre and post donation counselling
- Voluntary blood donor screening and medical examination
- Blood collections including plateletpheresis.
- Conducting Voluntary blood donation camps and awareness drive
Therapeutic Services
Therapeutic Services
- Therapeutic phlebotomy.

Faculty

Dr. R. Raj Bharath

MD (Transfusion Medicine), PhD(Inter-Disciplinary)

Professor & Head

Dr.B.Sakthipriya

MD (Immuno Haematology & Blood Transfusion)

Assistant Professor

Dr. Kingsley S

MBBS, MD

Associate Professor

Dr. Vijay Anand V

MBBS, MD

Senior Resident

Dr. Tamilarasi

MBBS, MD

Senior Resident

Dr. Cerline

MBBS

Junior Resident

Dr. Bhuvaneswari R

MBBS

Junior Resident

Research

S.No	Faculty Name	Publications
1	R. Raj Bharath, Rudrappan Krishnan Veeran.	Role of Plant Based Lectins in Identifying Rare Bombay Blood Group Pharmacognosy Journal, Vol Issue 1, Jan-Feb, 2016.
2	Rudrappan, R.Raj Bharath	Evaluating the knowledge and practices of nurses and paramedics in blood transfusion services – A survey in the states of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, India. Journal of Education and Health Promotion 2019; 8:48.
3	R. Raj Bharath, P Arumugam	The prevalence of secretor status and co-expression of lewis antigen in voluntary blood donors - Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2016
4	R. Raj Bharath, V Krishnan	A study in the seroprevalence of hepatitis B core antibody and other transfusion transmitted infections in blood donors - International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2017
5	Ahamed SI, R. Raj Bharath	Role of Platelet Transfusion and its Misuse in Managing Dengue Fever. Int J Sci Stud 2015;3(3):110-113
6	Arumugam, Swathandran Hamsavardhini , Ravishankar J. , R. Raj Bharath	Resolving ABO discrepancies by serological workupan analysis of few cases. International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences \| March 2017 \| Vol 5 \| Issue 3.
7	Rudrappan, R. Raj Bharath, Gupta D, Mohan L.	A comparative analysis of factors influencing haemoglobin content in RBC units. Transfusion and Apheresis Science. 2021 Dec;60(6):103214.
8	R. Raj Bharath, Nair KKM, Gupta D, Bindhu RV	Assessment Of Lewis Negative Phenotype As A Risk Factor For Multi Vessel Disease In Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome. Transfusion Clinique et Biologique. 2021 Dec 30:S1246- 7820(21)00531-0.