Haematology

The diagnostic services form on integral part of the patient management in the hospital. State of the art haematology lab with fully automated equipment renders support to the clinicians for diagnosis, to assess the severity of disease and to evaluate the efficacy of treatment.

Department of Transfusion Medicine (Blood Bank)

The hospital has a licensed and NABH Accredited Blood Bank which is committed to ensure availability of sufficient quantity of safe blood / components using state of the art technology for transfusion to patients.

Includes 3 fully automated five part differential cell counters, 2 coagulometers, ESR machines and facilities for slide staining and examination and automated urine analysers.

Department of Transfusion Medicine (Blood Bank)

The blood bank is capable of processing

• Whole human blood
• Packed Red Blood cells
• Fresh frozen plasma
• Platelet concentrates
• Cryoprecipitates
• Leucocyte poor red cells
• Plasmapheresis
• Platelet pheresis

All machines are bar code enabled, carry out the tests and transfer the results online to users terminal, thus providing instant access to care providers a totally paperless transaction. OPD reports are generated at OPDs with E-signatures.

The calibration of machines / validation of results are carried out regularly to meet NABL criteria by way of External / Internal controls and meet the international standards.

A sample collection room with bar code facility is attached to the lab.

Department of Transfusion Medicine (Blood Bank)

Blood is a Drug which has to be administered with great caution.This life saving elixir can save lives but can also prove fatal for the recipient.

Effective Quality assurance is essential to ensure transfusion of safe,high quality blood and its components.

National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare providers(the highest quality assurance wing of Quality Counsel of India) ,after a thorough check of processes and procedures being practiced at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute Blood Bank appreciated the high standards  being maintained and were pleased to grant NABH accreditation.The Blood Bank was amongst the first few in the country to achieve this honour.To ensure the  highest safety of blood the blood bank carries out Leukodepletion on all the blood donated at this centre and tests the blood by NAT Technology,the highest disease markers test available in the world, in addition to mendatory regulatory requirements of testing.

Approved standard operating procedures are practised in the lab using internationally approved kits / reagents. The services of the lab are available 24x7 including Sundays / holidays.

The sample are received from wards / OPDs / collected in sample collection room attached to the lab. More than 95% of tests are completed within a stipulated period of 1 and a half hrs. and results are available on the hospital information system for the convenience of doctors / patients.

Approved SOPs / techniques are in place to maintain highest quality of service available 24 hrs a day. In addition to the in-house services, the Blood Bank provides support to other affiliated hospitals for their need of blood / blood components.