Thank you for coming in today for blond donation. This information sheet explains How you can help us make the donation process safe for yourself and patients who might receive your blood. Please read this information before you donate and if you have any questions now or at any time during donation, please ask blood center staff.

Accuracy and honesty are essential:

Your complete honesty in answering all questions is very important for the safety of patients who receive your blood.

Blood donation process:

To determine if you are eligible to donate we will ask questions.

Age: 18-60 y

Weight: 50 kg or more

Hemoglobin: 12.5 gm/dl  (Male) 

                        12.0  gm/dl (Female)

Your health, travel and medication history would be asked

Questions would be asked to see if you might be at risk for Hepatitis, HIV on AIDS Your blood pressure, body weight and hemoglobin level in your blood would be checked.

• If you are eligible to donate, we will cleanse your arm with (iodine/alcohol). If you are allergic to iodine, please tell us

• New, sterile, disposable needle would be used to collect your blood

• Sexual contact my spread contagious diseases like HIV, therefore you would be asked about safe sex practice 

Fore apheresis donation :

Do not donate if you have the following :

• Have AIDS or have ever had a positive HIV test

• Male donor who has had sexual contact with another male

• Male / female donor, have taken money, drugs or other payment for sex

• Have had syphilis or Gonorrhea in the past 12 months.

Have any of the following conditions that can be signs/symptoms of HIV/AIDS

• Unexplained weight loss on night sweats 

• Blue or purple spots in your mouth

• Swollen lymph nodes for more than one month Cough that won't go           

• away/shortness of breath 

• Diarrhea that won't go away

• Fever

• Have diabetes and on insulin

• Pregnancy, lactation, during menstrual period

Remember that you can give HIV/AIDS on HBV or HCV to someone else through blood transfusion even if you feel well and have a negative test for HIV or HBV or HCV.

To protect patients and to ensure safe blood, your blood is tested for Hepatitis B,C, HIV, malaria and syphilis. You will be notified and asked to & come to the Transfusion Medicine Department for collecting your report if any of the test results comes positive.

Post-donation instructions: 

• Drink one liter more fluid than your usual 

• Exercise, outdoor sports and driving should be avoided on the day of donation 

• Please take care of your arm from which blood is donated as per instructions given by blood center staff.

• Nutritious and iron rich food should be taken 

• Avoid alcohol before and unto 24 hours after donation.

• Avoid smoking before and unto one hour donation.

• Avoid heavy meal before and after donation.

Evercare Hospital Chattogram Transfusion Medicine Department (Blond Bank) is a place for the following facilities:

1. Blood grouping: Done by Column Agglutination Technique using Gel Card                                                                                                                     Both forward (typing of RBC) and reverse (typing of Plasma) grouping done.

2. Solving ABO discrepancy/Blood group confirmation

3. Detection of A1, A2 As blood group

4. Detection of Bombay blood group

5. Detection of weak D antigen by D4 test

6. Detection of anti-D antibody and titration

7. Rhesus phenotyping and detection of probable Rhesus Genotype.

8. Detection of allo-antibody to RBC by Indirect Coombs test Method

9. Direct Coombs test(DCT) / Direct antiglobulin test (DAT) by column agglutination technique and also by (DAT) traditional tube testing. 

10. Indirect Coombs test (ICT)/Indirect Anti - globulin lest (IAT)

11. Cross matching by Indirect Coombs test method using Card (column agglutination technique)

12. Finding Compatible blood unit for multitransfused patients who has developed red cell allo- antibody

13. Anti-A ashbody titer

14. Anti-B antibody titer

15. Screening for HBs, Ag rapid test

16. Screening for anti HCV rapid test 

17. Screening for anti-HIV rapid test

18. VDRL/RPR

19. Therapeutic phlebotomy

20. Single donor platelet (SDP) collection by Apheresis method

21. Collection of autologous peripheral blood stem cell

22. Therapeutic plasma exchange

23. Preparing autologous PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) forth  application

24. Irradiation of blood / components

25. Stored Blood/blood components available .

A. Whole blood (450 ml)

• Storage temperature: 2-6 °C with continuous monitoring

• Shelf Life: 35 days

B. Packed Red Blood Cell (PRBC) (200-260 ml)

• Prepared from one unit donated blood (using refrigerated centrifuge machine)

• Storage temperature: 2-6 °C with continuous monitoring

• Shelf life: 35 days

C. Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP) 180-220 ml

• Prepared from one unit donated blood

• Storage temperature: -30 to - 40℃

• Shelf life : 1 year

D. Cryo precipitate (10-20ml )

• Prepared from one unit FFP

• Storage temperature: -30 to - 40°C

• Shelf life : 1 year

E. Cryo-poor plasma (140-180ml)

• Prepared from one unit FFP

• Storage temperature: -30 to-40°C

• Shelf life: 1 year

F. Platelet Concentrate/Random Donor Platelet (RDP) (40-60 ml)

• Prepared from one unit donated blood

• Storage temperature: 20 to 24°C with continuous agitation in incubator

• Shelf life: 5 days