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Blood Safety
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Transfusion of unsafe blood & blood products accounts for 0.9% of total HIV infection in the state, which is already below the nationally set target of 1 %. To provide safe blood & blood products (HIV free). OSACS supports financial grants to 53 Blood Banks (Break –Up: 1 – Govt., 50- Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS), 1- Charitable, 1- Public Sector -Paradeep Port Trust); and HIV & HCV (hepatitis C virus) detection Kits are provided to 54 Blood Banks (1 – Govt., 50- Red Cross, 1- Charitable, 2- Public Sector -Paradeep Port Trust, & IGH, RKL) ; out of the 76 licensed Blood Banks in the state including 53 Red Cross, 1 Govt., 8 Public Sector Undertaking, 1 Charitable and 13 Private Blood Banks.
Orissa achieved 72.6% Voluntary Blood Collection in 2008 so far.
Blood Component Separation Units:
Municipal Hospital, Bhubaneswar
Capital Hospital, Bhubaneswar
IGH Rourkela
Central Red Cross Blood Bank, Cuttack
Central Red Cross Blood Bank, Cuttack has been selected by the government as a model blood bankand would be supported by the National AIDS Control Organisation for this purpose.
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