Availability of Quality Blood in Blood Banks

for Ministry of Health and Family Welfare | Date - 13-02-2009


for Blood banks/blood and Transfusion Services on The accreditation strives to the quality and safety of collecting, processing, testing and transfusion of blood and blood products.The basis for assessment of blood bank shall include compliance with the accreditation standard and statutory/regulatory requirements.The accreditation assesses the quality and operational systems comprehensively in place with facility, before issuing accreditation certificate.

The Government of India has taken the following steps to make adequate arrangements of blood for the needy patients from blood banks and to ensure availability of virus free blood:

. , Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare in a written reply to a question in the today.



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