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Blood Center Visakhapatnam

NTR Memorial Trust through it’s Blood Centres provides safe Blood and it’s components.
Goals :

  • Explore and identify innovative means and ways of improving functioning of Blood Centres.
  • Enhance the number of Blood Storage Centres in AP & Telangana.
  • Increase in providing free blood units and free medicines to Thalassemia Patients.

NTR Memorial Trust Blood Centres are operating in different locations since 2008, in close association with a number of Voluntary Donors, IT Companies, Pharma Companies, Educational Institutions, Hospitals, and etc. As a result of its unique approach and commitment to provide safe blood and products, NTR Memorial Trust Blood Centres are one of the finest establishments which are NABH accreditated as well as ISO 9000:2015 certified with modernized, automatic equipment and state of art facilities for Blood Donation, Component preparation, storage and issuance of Blood and its components.  Our Blood Centres are committed to operate 24/7 and 365 days to ensure timely availability of safe blood.

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NTR Memorial Trust Blood Centres mission is to enable availability of safe blood to the needy and free blood units to Thalassemia patients.

Our Blood Centres are mainly dependent on:

    • Voluntary In house Blood Donations 
    • Voluntary Blood Donation Camps
    • Blood donation drives through Mobile Vans

Voluntary In house Blood Donations: Any individual whose age is between 18 years to 60 years with Hemoglobin more than 12.5 gm/dl and weighing above 45 kgs are eligible to donate blood. One can donate blood on any day, any time as it is a 24/7 functioning Blood Centre. Our Blood Centres maintain highest standards of hygiene and cleanliness with air conditioned Donor Room and well experienced staff.

Blood Donation Drive: Our Blood Centres have a wide range of networks with various Software Companies, Pharma Companies, Educational Institutions, Private organizations, Business Groups, Housing Societies, Religious Groups, Youth Groups etc. and conduct drives at their respective locations. Our teams also conduct awareness camps to the employees/students on the importance of Blood donation before conducting blood donation drives.

Blood donation drives through Mobile Vans: Our mobile vans are well equipped with donor couches, emergency kits, and experienced staff to collect blood from donors at their doorstep.

Services:

Till date, we have collected 3,26,361 units of Blood and issued 5,42,333 Blood components to the needy and poor patients.

So far, we have issued 16,236 units to Thalassemia patients.

We issue 30% of our camp collections to the Government hospitals.

NTR Memorial Trust Blood Centres provides safe blood and blood components like:

Whole Blood, PRBC, RDPs, FFPs, Cryoprecipitate, SDP and Convalescent Plasma.

NTR Memorial Trust has also initiated a unique delivery system, where our delivery boy picks up the sample of the patients in hospitals, processes them at NTR Memorial Trust Blood Centres and delivers the required blood and blood components at the hospitals.

NTR Memorial Trust Blood Centres issues a unique Donor Card for each and every donor who donates blood.  With this Donor Card, a donor can avail a free unit of blood whenever required either for himself or to his family members in case of any emergency. The Card is valid for a period of one year from the date of issue.

To get blood from NTR Memorial Trust Blood Centres, one needs to have a Doctor’s prescription along with a properly labeled blood sample which should be submitted at reception of the Blood Centre.

Hyderabad
Visakhapatnam
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Further to expand our services to the Northern region of Andhra Pradesh, we have established a Blood Centre in Visakhapatnam in the year 2013.
Our Blood Centre stands first in both collections and issues of blood and its components in Visakhapatnam.

Highlights

  • No of Donations: 135671
  • No’ of Voluntary Blood Donation drives: 1190
  • No.of units issued to patients : 248853
  • Free issues to Thalassemia children : 840
  • Free Issues to Government Hospital Patients: 7886
  • Free Issues to Voluntary Donors : 240

ISO

9001:2015 certified

NABH

Accreditation

180571

Registered donors

102,245

Lives saved

WHO CAN/CAN'T DONATE BLOOD

Donating blood may reduce the risk of heart disease for men and stimulate the generation of red blood cells.

LET OTHERS BENEFIT FROM FROM YOUR GOOD HEALTH.

DO DONATE BLOOD IF.....

  • Your are between age group 18-60 years.
  • Your weight is 45 kgs or more.
  • Your hemoglobin is 12.5gm/dl.
  • Your last blood donation was 3 months earlier.
  • You should be healthy and have not suffered from malaria, typhoid or other transmissible disease in the recent past.
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DO NOT DONATE BLOOD IF......

  • Cold/fever in the past 1 week.
  • Under treatment with antibiotics or any other medications.
  • Cardiac problems, hypertension, epilepsy,diabetes (on insulin therapy),history of cancer,chronic kidney or liver disease,bleeding tendencies,venereal disease etc.
  • Major surgery in the last 12 months.
  • Vaccination in the last 28 days.
  • Had fainting attacks during last donation.
  • Have regularly received treatment with blood products.
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WOMEN

  • Female should not donate blood during pregnancy.
  • Had a miscarriage in the last 6 months or have been pregnant / lactating in the last one year.
  • Female can donate after 6 weeks following a normal delivery and when they are not breast feeding.
  • Female should not donate blood if they are having heavy menstrual flow or menstural cramps
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Due to Pandemic situation of Covid-19 our Blood Centres are conducting Volunteer Blood donations with all safety measures

VISAKHAPATNAM

11-4-2/1,Rockdale Layout, Waltair Main Rd, Ram Nagar, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh 530002

Contact: 089125 65858

Email: vizagbbadmin@ntrtrust.org

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          BENEFITS OF BLOOD DONATION

          Donating Blood does not have any side effects on your health. In turn,there are several benefits of donating Blood.they are as follows:

          Reduce the chance of heart disease

          Enhance the production of new red Blood Cells, Burns Calories

          Uncover Potential Health Problems

          Give you a sense of Significance

            BEFORE DONATION

          • Have a sumptuous meal
          • Avoid fatty foods
          • Get a good night’s sleep
          • Drink a lot of water
          • Avoid Alcohol

          AFTER DONATION

          • Drink plenty of fluids for the next 24-48 hrs
          • Avoid strenuous physical activities
          • If you feel light headed,take rest
          • Enjoy the good feeling that you may have saved 4 lives by donating blood

          BLOOD COMPONENTS

          Packed Red Blood Cells

          Random Donor Platelets

          Fresh Frozen Plasma

          Cryoprecipitate

          Single Donor Platelets / Apheresis

          Saline washed RBC’s

          Leukocyte reduced RBC’s

          Pediatric Units

          FAQ'S

          Why Should we Donate Blood?

          Blood donation gives a proud feeling of touching someone’s life in such a beautiful way. It’s an experience that no words can define. It reduces the chances of ischemic heart diseases (beginning of heart problems) as frequent donations reduce the accumulated and unwanted iron load from the body.

          Any Side Effects of Blood Donation?

          There will not be any Side effects after Blood Donation.

          If I get any disease by Blood Donation?

          No. Only sterile disposables are used to collect blood. These disposables can be used only one time. This totally eliminates any remote chance of catching any disease from blood donation.

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          How much Blood can I donate?

          Eligible Donors (between 18 to 60 years of age and leading a healthy life) with weight above 45 kgs. can donate up to 450 ml of blood. Your body can replenish this volume within 24 hours.

          When can I donate Blood?

          One can donate blood at NTR Trust Blood Centre any day & at any time between 8 am to 8 pm. You can donate any time in emergencies.

          Why should I become a regular Blood Donor?

          As you know, blood is a lifesaving medicine, which works wonders in certain medical treatments, and life threatening situations. It is an emergency medicine. Our society is today threatened by scarcity of blood. The only source of blood right now is human being.
          Professional donors, who donate blood for money, have contributed towards rapid spread of killer diseases like AIDS, Hepatitis B & Hepatitis C in the society. WHO strongly recommends the source of blood as only from a regular voluntary blood donor.

          What should I eat before Blood Donation?

          Eating light snacks or meal before blood donation makes you psychologically more comfortable. Avoid Fatty Food.

          What exactly happens during Blood Donation?

          Giving blood is a very simple and straight forward process. On arrival at a blood drive, you will be asked to fill a few details on a donor form. Your medical history will be taken by a medical personnel in an area which provides adequate privacy. We routinely take a small drop of blood to ensure that you aren’t anemic. After you pass this simple medical screening process, you will be escorted to a blood donation area. The actual blood donation takes about 10 minutes followed by a little rest and refreshments.

          What happens to the Blood that I donate?

          Blood Unit will be processed & separated into components like Red Cells, Plasma & Platelets. These Blood components are made available to patients at various Hospitals. All this is to ensure fastest response to the patient’s need. This is how each time you donate blood you save up to 3 lives.

          Why Blood Components?

          In modern medicine whole blood is not used frequently. By making blood components, all the useful parts of blood can be used. In whole blood, platelets die and clotting factors become ineffective and the patient receives unwanted and ineffective components..

          What you do for Blood Testing?

          Automatic and highly sensitive Robotic blood testing set up is used to test each and every unit of blood for HIV Virus (AIDS), Hepatitis B & C virus (Jaundice) Malaria Parasite, Syphilis and also blood groups. Bar Code systems, fully integrated computer network, real time information processing makes our lab only of its kind in India. This lab ensures highest level of blood safety to each unit of blood. Thanks to robotic machines the lab technicians also have minimal contact with the blood, which ensures their safety from blood transmitted disease.

          How costs are met?

          NTR Trust Blood Centre is run on a “Not for Profit” but self-sustaining basis. There is a service charge levied on blood that is distributed. This service charge is essential for meeting cost of raw material, testing, processing, and providing for depreciation and administration expenses. However NTR Trust is issuing free blood units to Thalassemia children, Government Hopsital patients, Retinablastoma Patients in LV Prasad Eye Institute. NTR Memorial Trust is committed to up lift the standards of blood banking and in turn the quality of Life of the common man in our society.

          What should I eat after Blood Donation?

          Drink some liquid like tea, cold drink, juice, etc. to replenish fluid and eat some snacks. All this will be available for you at the blood donation site.

          What care should I take after donation?

          • Eat and Drink something before leaving
          • Drink more liquids than usual in next 4 hours
          • Avoid consuming alcohol until you have eating something
          • Don’t smoke for next 30 minutes
          • Avoid climbing steps for next 30 minutes
          • If there is bleeding from the phlebotomy site, raise the arm and apply pressure
          • If fainting or dizziness occurs, either lie down or sit with the head between the knees
          • Resume all normal activities if no symptoms occur
          • Remove bandage next day

          What are the benefits we get by donating Blood?

          • Reduce the chance of Heart disease
          • Enhance the production of new Blood cells
          • Burns calories
          • Uncover potential Health Problems
          • Give you a sense of Significance

          How can I get Blood when required?

          To get blood you must have doctor’s prescription and properly labeled blood sample in plain tube and EDTA tube. Get the sample to NTR Trust Blood Centre and submit at cross match lab. Depending upon blood component you need it may take 45 minutes to 2 hours. You have to pay service charge as per the rate list. Blood can be sometimes in short supply and it is better to check with Blood Centre before you visit with blood sample.

          How much time will it take to get Blood?

          It takes about 1 hour to cross match the blood sample and provide you with needed component. When you need more than 1 component it may take a little more time as various technical and medical precautions are taken before handing over the component to you.

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            Packed Red Blood Cells

            Red Blood Cells transports oxygen to various organs and helps in exhaling carbon dioxide from body. Red Blood Cells contain protein called Hemoglobin that carries oxygen. Red Blood Cells transfusion is required to increase supply of oxygen to tissues.

            Red Blood Cells transfusion is required in case of acute blood loss (almost 30% of blood volume). Most frequently required during surgeries. Red Blood Cells are transfused to patients having certain blood disorders like Sickle cell anemia, Thalassemia, aplastic anemia etc.

            Red Blood Cells before issuing to patients requires cross match procedure. During Cross matching blood sample of patient is matched with blood sample of Voluntary Blood Donor. Blood in stock having compatibility with patients’ blood is issued.

            Random Donor Platelets

             

            Platelet helps in stop bleeding. When injury occurs, platelets bind together and form a plug inside blood vessel, at injury site. Normally, platelet ranges from 150,000-450,000 per mcL (microliter). The average platelet count is 237,000 per mcL in men and 266,000 per mcL in women. Platelet count less than 150,000 per mcL is termed as thrombocytopenia while platelet count above 450,000 mcL is termed as thrombocytosis.

             

            Platelet transfusion is required when platelet count falls down from normal range (thrombocytopenia) or because of some functional defects of platelets. This fall may be because of certain disease like dengue. Cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy also require platelets, very frequently.

             

            Platelets have shelf life of only 5 days and needs to be stored in agitator (shaking platform) at 20-24 degree celsius. Cross matching procedure is not required while issuing Platelets to patients.

            Fresh Frozen Plasma

            FFP is prepared by centrifugation of whole blood to separate platelet rich plasma (PRP); The PRP is further centrifuged to separate the plasma from the platelet concentrate. This plasma is then blast frozen to prevent loss of temperature-sensitive (“labile”) coagulation factors V & VIII. The separation of plasma within 6 hours of blood donation qualifies it to be called “fresh” and factors are best preserved in plasma blast frozen. FFP can be stored at -30 degree celsius for 1 year.

            FFP usage Indications

            • Management of preoperative or bleeding patients who require replacement of multiple plasma coagulation factors (e.g., liver disease, DIC)
            • Patients with massive transfusion who have clinically significant coagulation deficiencies.
            • Patients on warfarin (an anticoagulant (blood thinner) that reduces the formation of blood clots. Used to prevent heart attacks, strokes, and blood clots in veins and arteries.) Who are bleeding or need to undergo an invasive procedure before vitamin K could reserve the warfarin effect or who need to have anticoagulation therapy after the procedure.
            • For transfusion or plasma exchange in patients with Thromnotic Thrombocytopenic Puputa (TTP)
            • Management of patients with selected coagulation factor deficiencies, congenial or acquired, for which no specific coagulation concentrates are available.
            • Management of patients with rare specific plasma protein deficiencies, such as C-1-esterase.

            Cryoprecipitate

            When FFP is thawed at 4 degree celsius a precipitate is formed which is suspended in about 25 ml Plasma. This precipitate is called Cryoprecipitate. Cryoprecipitate is helpful to treat Factor V, Factor XIII and fibrinogen deficiencies. Cryoprecipitate contain more than 80 IU of Factor VIII/ 25 ml bag.
            Cryoprecipitate is mostly used for patients having Haemophilia-A, Van-Willebrand’s disease, liver disease, DIC, TTP, massive transfusion, etc.

            Single Donor Platelets / Apheresis

             

            NTR Memorial Trust Blood Centre has facility to provide single Donor Platelet. This includes a special procedure wherein Voluntary blood donor only donates platelets. In this process we can harvest large number of Platelets from a donor, which would reduce the donor exposure for patient by six to eight times. This results in fewer febrile non hemolytic reactions and reduced HLA immunization. Single Donor Platelet shows better response in “refractory” patients (those who don’t respond well to random donor platelet concentrates transfusion)

             

            Single Donor Platelets are required in following cases-

            • Apastic or hypo plastic anemia
            • Thrombocytopenia
            • Bone Marrow suppression following chemotherapy after leukemia
            • Myelo Dysplastic syndrome (MDS)
            • Non- Hodkin’s Lymphoma (NHL)
            • Dengue fever
            • Vascular surgery
            • DIC patients
            • Hypersplenism etc

            Saline washed RBC’s

            Saline washed Red Blood Cells are used for patients having history of severe allergic reaction after transfusion. This process is done to remove all the plasma components and the accumulated chemicals during storage. The said process is done under laminar air flow to ensure sterility and saline wash Red Cells should be used within 24 hours.

            Useful in cases of IgA deficiency and PNH

            Leukocyte reduced RBC’s

            Leucocytes (WBC) are present in varying concentrations in all cellular blood components. These can lead to alloimmunisation and other complications in immune compromised patients. NTR Trust Blood Bank have facility to prepare special blood products such as Leucocyte-reduced red cells to prevent or reduce the adverse effects of contaminating leucocytes.

            Leukocyte reduced RBCs are collected in special blood bags. This blood component is required for immune compromised patients, Thalassemia, intra uterine transfusions and neonates. This ensures 3 log reduction of leucocytes in RBCs that reduces chances of transfusion reactions

            Pre-Storage filtration eliminates accumulation of chemicals like cytokines.

            Pediatric Units

            In neonatal patients, when need for transfusion is required, only small volume is required. In such cases desired volume of blood components made available with closed systems. Remaining volume is again used for other pediatric patients. These components are useful for children, neonates and for intra uterine transfusions.