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Space Requirement for Blood Transfusion Service

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4. Space requirement for a blood transfusion service

Blood transfusion centres are graded into 3 categories for space requirements.

	working 24 hours for 7 days
	3-7 UOB / Hosp Bed. 1000-6000 UOB consumed per year	8-15 UOB / Hosp Bed. 6000-15000 UOB consumed per year	16 UOB or more per Hosp. Bed. over 15000 UOB consumed per year

UOB-UNITS OF BLOOD	100-800 Bed, Hosp., District Hospit., Health Service Hosp., Corporation Hosp., No Super-specialities., non teaching	400-1000 Bed Hosp., Medical College Specizlised Hosp., Teaching Hospital	800-1000 Bed Hosp., Apex institutes. Metropolitan Medical Colleges Hosp., All super-specialities Teaching Hosp., and Blood bank.
Donor complex (All in Square Metres)
1. Reception room	25	25	40
2. Medical examination room		15	25
3. Blood collection room	40	55	100
4. Donor rest room	15	25	30
5. Kitchen/Pantry	5	5	10
6. Apheresis room			40
7. Day care/ Therapeutic area		30	50
Laboratory area (All in Square Metres)
1. Laboratory for routine donor work	25	25	30
2. Laboratory for routine patient and Antenatal work: work Platelets, HLA and granulocyte serology		35	50
3. Laboratory for specialized			50
4. Issue counter	18	20	20
5. Emergency laboratory			20
6. Hepatitis, HIV, VDRL, Malaria	20	25	30
7. Wash room, distillation plant etc.	20	25	30
8. Component basic & coagulation work		25	50
9. Component advanced freeze drying			100
General areas (All in Square Metres)
1, Doctors office	15	15x3	20x1, 15x3
2, Donor recruiter, social worker, clerical staff	25	30	50
3. Blood bank office	15	20	25
4. Stores	20	25	35
5. Technicians� common room	15	20	25
6. Toilets	5x2	5x2	5x3
7. Trainee doctors� room			25
8. Library/Conference room			30
TOTAL	248 Sq.m	460 Sq.m	1000 Sq.m

Requirement of Staff

Decision on the staffing pattern of a blood transfusion service must take into account the specific function of the centre, It will also be influenced by the availability of qualified trained personnel.

Standard for staff in a blood transfusion service

	working 24 hours for 7 days
	5000 donors units processed per year	10,000 donors units processed per year with round the clock service	20,000 donors units processed per year with round the clock service
Blood Collection Room
1. Jr. Doctors/ Residents	2	4	4
2. Nurses	2	3	4
3. Social Worker	1	2	3
4. Attendants	1	2	3
Apheresis Room
1. Nurse	-	1*	3
2. Attendant	-	1*	1
Laboratory
1. Technician Superviser	-	2	4
2. Tech. Assistant	2	4	8
3. Technician	5 (+3 for shift works)	11	13
4. Laboratory Asst.	1	2	4
5. Laboratory Attendant	2 + (2 for shift works)	5	6
5. Laboratory Attendant	2 + (2 for shift works)	5	6
Donor Organizer
Associated clerical staff	-	1	2
Services Staff/Clerical Staff
1. ClerlclTypist	1	1	1
2. Store Keeper	1	1	1
3. Cleaner/ Sweeper	1	1	2
Medical Doctor
1. Professor	-	-	1
2. Associate Professor/Reader	-	1	1
3. Assistant Professor/Lecturer	1	2	1
4. Senior Residents	1	2	3

* If apheresis facilities are available.

The incharge of the blood transfusion service should be a medical doctor with a postgraduate degree/diploma in subject of Pathology, Laboratory Medicine or Transfusion Medicine. He/She should be well trained, qualified and interested in the speciality of Transfusion Medicine.

The numbers of the other staff working in a centre will vary depending upon the quantum of work in the centre. The staff should be adequate in number, competent and well-trained.

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