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Govt hospitals must be given surplus blood on priority: SBTC
Updated On: 11 January, 2023 07:33 AM IST | Mumbai | Suraj Pandey
Body issues circular on learning that centres are sending extra blood to other states at high cost
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Blood centres must provide surplus blood free of cost to government hospitals. Representation pic
The State Blood Transfusion Council (SBTC) has issued new guidelines on the bulk/surplus transfer of blood units to other states. As per SBTC’s circular, blood centres must give priority to government hospitals and then to other states, after obtaining a no-objection certificate from officials. The circular comes in the wake of the SBTC learning that bulk/surplus blood was being transferred to other states, that too at a high cost.
According to the SBTC, there have been reports about centres not maintaining the required temperature while transferring surplus blood and blood components from one centre to another. It has also come to light that excess processing charges are being made out for when a centre in one state transfers blood and blood components in bulk to a centre in another state. These issues were discussed in the 49th governing board meeting of the SBTC. The guidelines state that blood centres should collect the vital liquid as per their requirements based on the average of the past three months’ consumption and avoid excess collection to avoid wastage.
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