Guidelines for Setting Up Blood Storage Centres - NRHM Tripura

Acknowledgements
The publication of guidelines for setting-up the Blood Storage Centres, the Standard Operating Procedures and the
Clinician’s Guide to appropriate use of blood and its substitutes, fulfills a long-standing need in the efforts of Department
of Family Welfare towards strengthening Emergency Obstetric Care at the First Referral facilities. I gratefully
acknowledge the encouragement, guidance and help provided by Shri J. V. R. Prasada Rao, ex-Secretary in Department
of Family Welfare. It was due to his initiative that the expert group for working on these guidelines was constituted and
has been able to complete the task within a short period. I am also thankful to Shri S. S. Brar, Joint Secretary (RCH), for
his guidance and help during the preparation of these guidelines.
I would specifically like to express my gratitude to Dr. Ira Ray, National Consultant-WHO and Chairperson of the expert
group, for her contribution and guidance. The time, effort and sharing of thoughts and experiences by the members of
the expert group, Dr. R. N. Makroo, Director, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New
Delhi, Dr. Veena Doda, Head, Blood Bank, RML Hospital, New Delhi, and Dr. P. Salil, Joint Director, NACO, New Delhi, has
been extremely valuable in putting together the guidelines and I express my sincere appreciation for their contribution.
I owe special thanks to Dr. V. N. Sardana, Consultant, NACO, and my colleagues Dr. Narika Namshum, Dr. Himanshu
Bhushan and Dr. D. C. Jain, for their help during the preparation of these guidelines.
I acknowledge the help provided by Mrs. Reeta Madan and Shri Shailendra Kumar Singh for their secretarial help in
putting together of the document.
(Dr. V. K. Manchanda)
Deputy Director General
Maternal Health & Training Division
Department of Family Welfare
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Government of India.
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