World Blood Donor Day Celebration June 16 2025

Outdoor Blood Donation Camps and outreach activities
Rare Donor Registry

Why- Referel Centre, Daily one case with alloantibody encountered, Multiple
alloantibodies – Crossmatch with 100s of units , Wastage of resources, Precious time
lost
How-Donor centric- Individuals who are motivated and aligned with the needs of the
blood centre.
Advantages of a system centric donation culture , Remains unaffected with the change
in staff of the blood centre.
Who are recruited?
O group Donors, Voluntary, Repeat donors > 10 times, Motivated, Local residents,
Students not focused as they may go abroad, Located around ½ hour distance from blood
centre.
Registration – 1300, Sampled 400+ donors
Antigen negative donors available in one phone call
Donors reported within ½- 1 hr as warranted by the situation
Highly motivated and altruistic
Blood Units for patients with multiple allo antibodies at Trivandrum bled at GMC
Kottayam and transported to KIMS TVM also.
100 % Donors returned on call back- Success of the program
e negative rare donors recruited for patients in 1-2 days, Complex heart surgeries done
after mobilizing e negative donors across state.

Rare Donor Registry Donors bleeding for patient at Trivandrum

Apheresis Donor Registry

Why? Patients requiring transfusions – Chronic diseases like Cancer, Blood dyscrasias.
Donors brought are not motivated
How? Voluntary , Regular, Repeat , motivated donors motivated, educated, counselled,
demonstration of the procedure, CBC and TTD screened and enrolled in the Apheresis
registry.
Advantages of motivated donors who are aligned with the instituitional requirements.
Good Donor Turnaround Time and Donor Return 100%
They are extended family for the blood centre.
Blood Centre is involved in motivating and enrolling donors to the registry.
More commitment from Blood Centre staff
Good donor response to shortages
Patient bystanders relieved of finding appropriate donors.

Teaching the Teachers – Effective donor recruitment of college students

Why- Effective blood donation motivation , coordination of blood donation camps etc
affected if the NSS programme officers/ institutional administrators are not motivated.
How- Educational sessions for NSS programme officers and administrators of the
instituitions conducted at blood centre.
Good Practices of the institutions highlighted in the public forums.
Good rapport with NSS programme officers of the district.
Key outcomes
Well aware of the blood centre requirements.
Good response to blood shortages by the conduct of blood donation camps
Blood donation drives not only to satisfy the mandatory requirements
3 monthly blood donation drives organized
Blood donation becomes a culture and legacy of the instituitions
By motivating the teachers, we are motivating generations.

Teaching the Teachers-Awareness session for NSS Programme officers in the district

Networking with other Blood Centres

•Good coordination with blood centres across the state to fulfill patient requirements.
•Transport of Bombay Blood Group unit from SreeChitraCentre to GMC Kottayam with zero cost involved and blood centresand donor motivators taking the initiative.
•Effective use of social media and other resources raising the quality of services.