INTRODUCTION

The blood bank at RIMS was established in 1964 in erstwhile R.M.C.H. It is presently recognized as “STATE OF ART MODEL BLOOD BANK AND DEPTT. OF TRANSFUSION MEDICINE,RIMS”. The blood bank maintains quality control of products as per the guidelines of Govt. of India.It gets assistance as NACO supported blood bank since 2006,it is licensed for whole blood supply and collection,separation of blood components and Single Donor Aphaeresis {SDP}.After Jamshedpur the RIMS blood bank is the 2nd place in Jharkhand to provide blood components like FFP, platelets and packed cells since 28,In 2011,the “STATE OF ART MODEL BLOOD BANK” was renamed as “STATE OF ART MODEL BLOOD BANK AND TRANSFUSION MEDICINE”.The blood bank started providing SDP facility with aphaeresis to its patients from 215 and has become the 1st Govt. Blood Bank equipped with APHAERESIS MACHINE.Dr. RK Srivastava is presently in charge of the blood bank.

FUTURE PLANS

To make the blood bank fully automated & computerized with online display and paperless work. The blood bank aims to provide NAAT Testing facility in near future.

STATISTICS

YEAR	NO. OF COLLECTIONS	NO. OF SUPPLY	SUPPLY INSIDE RIMS	SUPPLY OUTSIDE RIMS	NO. OF VOLUNTAY DONATIONS	NO. OF CAMPS	SUPPLY FREE BLOOD
2009	11085	10655	9901	754	1285	55	---
2010	11805	11649	10249	1400	1754	46	---
2011	14264	14379	13234	1145	2359	60	1486
2012	16767	15552	13255	2297	3538	78	1994
2013	20463	19095	15508	3587	5136	107	3810
2014	21079	20752	17002	3750	---	---	---
2015	25169	24736	21036	3700	7307	171	---