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Social Challenges and Opportunities in Blood Bank Distribution in India: A Literature Review

Dhiviya Rose

Blood is an important drug in times of critical medical ailments during this pandemic. Convalescent Plasma (CP) therapy is an effective way to treat critical patients which reduce the rate of intensive care unit hospitalization. Meanwhile as Plasma Bank are coming up a review was conducted on the Blood Transfusion Systems in India which lies as the backbone of the development of Plasma Bank’s network. With the objective to improve the Blood Transfusion Systems in India, an analysis report of the blood banks in India is been presented. The blood bank data available in the Indian government portal data.gov.in is considered for this study. The study concludes that the blood banks in India is ununiformed in its distribution and not proportionate to the population of states and union territories. The blood storage units in India is not proposition to the blood banks which can leads to wastage of blood products. The blood bank distribution with equipment like Component Blood Separation Units (CBSU) and Apheresis is studied which can facilitate the convalescent plasma therapy in the current pandemic crisis.