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Transfusion Medicine

The Department of Transfusion Medicine at Amara Hospitals operates a modern, quality-driven blood centre that provides safe, timely blood and blood-component support across the hospital. Backed by stringent donor screening which includes screening for transfusion transmitted diseases, donor antibody screening and round-the-clock availability of blood products, the department also offers advanced therapeutic apheresis and immunohematology services led by an experienced transfusion-medicine specialist

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Dr. Viveka Priyadharshni S

Dr. Viveka Priyadharshni S

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Immunohematology & Blood Transfusion Medicine

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Blood Component Preparation

Preparation, storage and issue of packed red cells, platelets, fresh frozen plasma and cryoprecipitate under controlled, quality-monitored conditions.

Compatibility & Antibody Testing

Blood grouping, cross-matching, DCT/ICT and antibody screening & identification to ensure safe, compatible transfusions.

Therapeutic Apheresis

Therapeutic plasmapheresis and plasma exchange for neurological, renal and autoimmune disorders, including ABO-incompatible transplant support.

Voluntary Donation & Donor Apheresis

Voluntary blood donor recruitment, counselling and single-donor plateletpheresis from healthy, screened donors.

NAT & Infection Screening

Nucleic Acid Testing (NAT) and transfusion-transmissible infection screening for the highest standard of blood safety.

HLA & Transplant Support

Serological HLA crossmatching and Class I typing, anti-A/anti-B titration and peripheral blood stem cell collection.

CLINICAL EXPERTISE

The Transfusion Medicine Department runs a NABH-standard blood centre with rigorous quality control across the entire transfusion chain – from voluntary donor recruitment,Transfusion Transmitted infectious diseases screening, component preparation ,compatibility testing to issue of blood and blood components to the patient and therapeutic apheresis. Our round-the-clock services ensures safe, appropriate and timely blood support for every clinical need.

Voluntary blood donor recruitment & counselling

Blood grouping cross-matching & antibody screening

resolution of blood grouping discrepancies

direct and indirect coombs test

investigations of incompatible crossmatches and transfusion reaction work up

Hemolytic disease of newborn and autoimmune hemolytic anemia work up

Component preparation- leucoreduction

TTI screening

Anti-A / Anti-B titration

Quality management & NABH compliance

Therapeutic plasmapheresis & plasma exchange

Single-donor plateletpheresis