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Blood Services
Blood Services
Blood Services of the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS)
The Blood Services of the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) is one of the significant areas of focus. The program plays a crucial role in ensuring an adequate supply of safe blood and blood products to patients in need, particularly during disasters or any other crisis.
Transfusion of blood is an essential part of modern health care management. IRCS has a robust blood processing and testing infrastructure, with over 100 blood centres across 17 States/UTs and blood storage centers across the country. IRCS has modernized facilities for its blood processing and testing activities, ensuring the safety and quality of blood and blood products.
The Blood Centre operates round the clock and provides services to needy patients. It was designated as a Regional Blood Centre by the State Government in 1996 and has been designated as a Model Blood Bank in 2010 by the National AIDS Control Organization, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India. It is certified by BIS for ISO 9001:2015 and accredited by NABH & NABL.
This Blood Centre focuses on encouraging voluntary blood donation. It collects approximately 30,000 units of blood annually. The percentage of voluntary blood collection is 100% in the IRCS Blood Centre. The Blood Centre provides about 70% of the total blood collection free of service charges to patients admitted in Govt. Hospitals in Delhi, HIV/AIDS patients, patients below the poverty line, thalassemia patients, hemophilia patients, and sickle cell anemia patients. 900 thalassemia patients are registered with IRCS, NHQ (about 50% of all the thalassemic patients in Delhi).
The IRCS (NHQ) Blood Centre is fully equipped to collect blood at its premises and also has mobile teams that frequently hold Blood Donation Camps. The blood, after collection, is tested for HIV I & II, HBs Ag, HCV, VDRL & Malaria. Blood grouping with Rh D and Antibodies Testing (three-cell panel) is done by fully automated advanced technology. To ensure effective utilization of blood, besides supplying whole blood, Red Cross also has the facility of component separation, providing different components of blood, like fresh frozen plasma, platelet-rich plasma, platelet concentrate, packed cells, cryoprecipitate, and platelet apheresis.
A total number of 515 units were collected from the voluntary donors in a camp conducted in BITS, Pilani, Rajasthan, from 2nd to 5th Feb. 2024. This has been an annual feature for the last over 3 decades.
During Dengue Viral Haemorrhagic fever the demand for platelets increased manifolds. IRCS, NHQ Blood Centre organised 60 blood donation camps and 2977 units of lifesaving platelet concentrate was prepared and issued to both Government and Private hospitals in and around Delhi round the clock for patients.
A total of 539 blood donors were provided by JBM (Neel Foundation) in 03 camps organized by them.
During the year 2023-24, 48769 total Blood/Blood components were prepared. 14714 units of blood components were issued free of cost to the patients admitted in Government Hospitals, thalassaemic and haemophilic patients.
13643 units of blood were issued against processing charges to the patients admitted in private hospitals/ nursing homes.
Total Blood Collection (2019-20 to 2023-24), IRCS, NHQ Blood Centre, New Delhi
| S. No | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a. Voluntary Donors in Red Cross | 2466 | 8727 | 6922 | 2929 | 2282 |
| b. Voluntary Donors in Camps | 22920 | 14906 | 15440 | 20436 | 19062 |
| c. Replacement Donor in Red Cross | 658 | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 26044 | 23633 | 22362 | 23065 | 21344 |
| a + b. % of Vol. Blood Collection | 97.47% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| c. % of Replacement Donor | 2.52% | – | – | – | – |
| Total Number of Camps | 365 | 282 | 290 | 366 | 368 |
| Blood Components Prepared | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | FFP | Plasma | Platelet Concentrate | PRP | Red Cell | Cryoprecipitate | Total Blood Component Prepared |
| 2022-23 | 7724 | 15112 | 5611 | 161 | 23056 | 62 | 51726 |
| 2023-24 | 8772 | 1224 | 6671 | 62 | 21024 | – | 48769 |
| Year | Blood Components Prepared | Total Blood Component Prepared | FFP | Plasma | Platelet Concentrate | PRP | Red Cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 7724 | 15112 | 5611 | 161 | 23056 | 62 | 51726 |
| 2023-24 | 8772 | 1224 | 6671 | 62 | 21024 | – | 48769 |
| S. No | Blood Component /Whole Blood/Red Cell Issued | Free (A) | Paid (B) | Total (A + B) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blood Component | 655 | 7012 | 7677 |
| 2 | Whole Blood/Red Cell | 14049 | 6631 | 20680 |
| Total Issued (1+2) | 14714 | 13643 | 27924 |
| Excess of Surplus Plasma /FFP to Reliance Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd. |
|---|
| 1. Excess of Plasma/FFP to Reliance Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd. (2023-24) – 19150 |
IRCS NHQ Blood Center timings for blood donation:
Monday – Saturday (except 2nd Saturday): 9 AM – 7 PM
2nd Saturday, Sunday, Public Holidays: 10 AM – 6 PM
The NHQ Blood Center is open 24/7 for issue of blood.
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Voluntary Blood Donation facility available at IRCS Blood Centre National Headquarters. Contact on duty technician at
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National Voluntary Blood Donation Day
Every year on 1st October, we observe National Voluntary Blood Donation Day. It is an important day to encourage healthy individuals to donate blood and help save lives.
March 20, 2021: Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, inaugurated a Nucleic Acid Testing (NAT) Testing Facility at the IRCS NHQ Blood Centre, ensuring the highest quality blood donations.
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Highlights of major camps:-
IRCS(NHQ), Blood Centre organized a Mega Blood Donation Camp on 24th April, 2019 to celebrate ‘Manav Ekta Diwas’ at Sant Nirankari Mandal , Bhurai where 1321 blood units of blood was collected from devotees of Sant Nirankari Mandal.
IRCS, Blood Centre also provided volunteers for the stall and IEC materials including standee, backdrop, and posters on blood donation awareness in Health Mela. Blood Donation Camp was conducted on alternate days by IRCS, Blood Centre and RML Hospital where mobile van of IRCS, NHQ Blood Centre was stationed. In this Health Mela 252 donors were registered in E- raktkosh and out of them 164 donors donated their blood voluntarily.
Indian Red Cross Society, NHQ, Blood Centre organized a blood donation camp in Supreme Court of India on ‘Swami Vivekananda Jayanti’ on 12th January 24. The Chief Justice of India, Hon’ble Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud inaugurated the blood donation camp. 81 people from Supreme Court of India voluntarily donated blood in the camp.
Highlights of major camps:-
Mega Blood Donation Camp– 24 April, 2019
IRCS(NHQ), Blood Centre organized a Mega Blood Donation Camp on 24th April, 2019 to celebrate ‘Manav Ekta Diwas’ at Sant Nirankari Mandal , Bhurai where 1321 blood units of blood was collected from devotees of Sant Nirankari Mandal.
IRCS, NHQ Blood Centre participated in the Health Mela organized by Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University at Talkatora Stadium from 5th to 10th October, 2023 to mark its Silver Jubilee Celebrations. IRCS, NHQ, Blood Centre provided Mobile Blood Donation Van for Blood Donation Camp and managed a stall in collaboration with the Blood Transfusion Service (BTS). \
A blood donation camp was conducted under the leadership of IRCS(NHQ), Blood Centre and supported by different Govt. hospitals of Delhi including AIIMS, AIIMS (CNC), Safdarjung hospital, DDU hospital, RML hospital, SSK hospital, Ambedkar hospital, Kasturba hospital, Sushrut Trauma Centre etc.
Different hospital contributed by providing manpower including doctors, technicians, staff nurse, counsellor, social worker, attendants. Some Thalassaemia parents also volunteered in the camp.
Related Resources
Prof Philippe Vandekerckhove, Global Advisory Panel (GAP) President, CEO, Belgian Red Cross-Flanders along with his team met Secretary General, IRCS in his office on 15 July 2019 to discuss the risk management and corporate governance needs of the IRCS blood services.
