tngovbloodbank.in : Online Blood Bank Management System TANSACS Tamilnadu

Name of the Organisation : Tamil Nadu Blood Transfusion Council TANSACS (tngovbloodbank.in)
Type of Announcement : Online Blood Bank Management System Tamil Nadu

Home Page : http://www.tngovbloodbank.in/index.aspx

Online Blood Bank Management System :
TANSACS and Tamil Nadu Blood Transfusion Council jointly work for the promotion of Voluntary blood donation and ensure the availability of safe and quality blood, accessible to the needy

With support of the Red Cross Society, Youth Red Cross, Red Ribbon Clubs, Social Welfare Organization etc. to promote the voluntary blood donation movement

Support capacity building and trained staff sufficiency at all blood banks for rendering self-sufficient and quality blood transfusion services

Assist quality management programmes for blood transfusion services

Why one is not allowed to donate blood before attaining the age of 18 years?
Physiologically there is no harm in donating blood in the early age. The reason is legal, 18 being the age of consent in our country.

Blood is collected from a vein. Naturally, it is rich in carbon dioxide content. What purpose does it serve? Why is blood not collected from an artery to get blood rich in oxygen content?
Though the blood collected from a vein is rich in carbon dioxide, it is transfused in the vein of the recipient and is automatically oxygenate in course of normal circulation and therefore serves the required purpose.
Blood is not collected from artery for the following reasons : Veins remain in the upper surface of the body muscle and can be easily identified while arteries remain in the sub-surfaces and therefore cannot be easily identified. Blood pressure in vein is low compared to that in artery. Puncturing of artery causes bleeding at higher pressure and velocity leading to trouble in stopping the bleeding after donation which is not a problem in case of vein.

Why is my finger pricked before donation?
To estimate “haemoglobin” content in blood. This is the component of the red cells which transport oxygen in the human body to all the organs and tissues. If the level is low, it is not wise to give blood.

What physical tests are performed before blood donation?
1. Weighing (not less than 45 kg)
2. Hb estimation (12.5gm/100ml by copper sulphate method)
3. Measurement of blood pressure (systolic 160/100 mmHg; diastolic 90/60 mmHg)
4. Checking heart beats (60 – 100 times per minute), condition of liver, lung and spleen
5. Body temperature (37oC)

Why blood is not collected from a person having a haemoglobin content of less than 12.5 gm/l00ml?
Hemoglobin in the blood carries oxygen from the respiratory organs (lungs ) to the rest of the body (i.e. the tissues) where it releases the oxygen to burn nutrients to provide energy to the organism, and collects the resultant carbon dioxide to bring it back to the respiratory organs to be dispensed from the organism. Hence blood with less Hb content than the prescribed (12.5gm/100ml) does not help the patient much in carrying oxygen to cells.

The Maximum life span of RBC is 120 days, why is then blood is preserved in blood bank for only 35 days?
Donated blood contains cells ranging from 1 to 120 days’ life span RBC. Naturally, cells having such varied life spans cannot be preserved for 120 days in the bag since in that case there will only be a few living cells Present. In order to get a considerable number of living cells present in the blood for transfusion, 35 days shelf life has been found to be optimum with CPDA and CPDA1 solution on the basis of various experiments. Furthermore, cells which can remain alive for 120 days within the human body cannot survive for such period in an artificial environment.

Contact us :
TAMILNADU STATE AIDS CONTROL SOCIETY
TAMILNADU STATE BLOOD TRANSFUSION COUNCIL,
417, Pantheon Road,Egmore
Chennai-600 008,Tamilnadu, India
E-mail: bloodsafetytansacs@gmail.com