There has to be a regulatory body as well for the same
Mr Kothari said that recent circulars from NACO, permitting bulk transfer of blood bags from "blood excess" blood banks to "blood deficient" blood banks, transfer of plasma for fractionation, online updating of stocks on national portals could be the only ways to prevent rampant wastage. In the past two years, between January 2014 and December 2015, 22,394 litres of all components were discarded due to delay in uغير مجاز مي باشدe. "There has to be legislation or penal provision relating to blood wastage, and appropriate changes must be made in the age-old archaic Drugs and غير مجاز مي باشدmetics Rules, 1945. There has to be a regulatory body as well for the same," added Mr Kothari.Currently, there is no legislation or penal provision to keep tabs on the expired blood.Mr Kothari’s query regarding blood collection, uغير مجاز مي باشدe and wastage of blood units from January 2011 to December 2015 found lakhs of units of Freshly Frozen Plasma (FFP), Packated Red Blood Cells (PRCB), Liquid Plasma and Whole Blood (WB) being discarded due to prolonged storage of the same.. The figures, including statistics of all 63 blood banks in the city, confirmed that while a total 41,88,077 units (14,65,826 litre) of blood has been collected in the past five years, around 1,30,000 litres of this blood along with FFP and PRCB have expired owing to not being used on time.Responding to an RTI query filed by activist Chetan Kothari, Mumbai District AIDS Control Society has revealed shocking statistics of rampant wastage of blood taking place in 63 blood banks across the city. Also, mega camps, which jeopardise the safety of blood, must be discouraged," he said. FDA, which is Blood Collection Needle Suppliers one of the regulating bodies, is tasked with the job of keeping tabs on blood banks on whether they are following norms, discarding expired blood and so on. "Social workers have to be proactive and there has to be better coordination among them.
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