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Blood Program
Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) started its blood program with the assistance of Swiss Re Cross and Finish Red Cross in 1981. In 1983 Japanese Red Cross came forward to strengthen blood services with a 4 (four) years co-operation agreement. After 1998, BDRCS expanded blood programme by establishing 5 (five) new blood centers in Chittagong, Sylhet, Dinajpur and Jessore .
Total yearly demand of blood and blood component in Bangladesh is about 400,000 units. BDRCS yearly supplies about 50,000 units of whole blood / blood components, which is about about 14% of the total need. BDRCS is trying to eliminate commercial donors and to convert family / replacement donors into voluntary donors. Key activities of BDRCS Blood program are motivation for voluntary blood donation, donors recruitment, blood collection (indoor & mobile), blood screening (HBs Ag, HCV Ab, syphilis, malaria), counselling, blood component separation, blood preservation, sepation of blood component (PC, FP, FFP, Platelets, Cryoprecipitate), blood transfusion for thalassaemia patients, Donor recruitment & retention. BDRCS has adopted policy to run the blood program smoth with uniformly. BDRCS has a plan as shown below to increase blood services in the country.
Plan of BDRCS blood program
Description Present position ( in 2010 ) Future plan by 2012
Blood collection 50,000 units 100,000 units
Blood component supply 12,000 units 60,000 units
Number of blood centers 05 07
Meet national demand 14% 25%
Blood donor club - 0 10
Blood transfusion center (For Thalassaemia patient) 03 07 |
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(BDRCS)