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What We Do

Sindh Blood Transfusion Authority (SBTA) as a regulatory body at provincial level regulates the collection, testing, processing, storage, distribution, issuance, transfusion of human blood and blood components, ensuring health protection and prevention of transfusion transmissible diseases. The main categories of actions are:

Register & Licensing

The Sindh Blood Transfusion Authority undertakes the registration and licensing of blood establishments engaged in any stage of the vein-to-vein transfusion chain, based on applications submitted by these establishments. In accordance with the law, only institutions holding valid licenses are authorized to engage in the collection, processing, testing, storage, and issuance of blood. Licenses are exclusively granted to establishments that adhere to the prevailing laws, rules, and regulations.

Blood Safety Data Collection

The Authority has established a set of minimum data requirements that must be consistently provided by all blood establishments at regular intervals. This data collection serves dual purposes: firstly, for effective planning; and secondly, for surveillance and estimation of transfusion-transmissible infectious diseases prevalent in Sindh. By systematically gathering this essential information, the Authority aims to enhance its ability to strategically plan and allocate resources while simultaneously monitoring and estimating the prevalence of infectious diseases associated with blood transfusion activities within the region.

Development of Standards & Guidelines

The SBTA (Sindh Blood Transfusion Authority) has formulated minimum licensing standards and provided guidelines for blood establishments to meet these standards. Additionally, the committee has designed template standard operating procedures (SOPs) for blood banks, which establishments can either adopt as-is or customize for the development of their own SOPs.

Hemovigilance

Hemovigilance (HV), designed as a systematic surveillance system encompassing the entire blood supply chain, serves as a robust quality management tool. Its primary objective is to enhance safety and elevate the quality standards throughout the process of blood donation and transfusion, spanning from the blood donor to the recipient of blood and blood components.

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Registration/Renewal of Licenses

The Authority registers and licenses blood establishments performing any of the processes in the vein-to-vein transfusion chain. To get the new registration or for the renewal of your licenses.

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Blood Donor Registration

First Name

Last Name

Date of Birth

Gender

Blood Group

District

Taluka / Town

CNIC

Mobile No

I am willing to donate my blood and provide above details to be included in the Blood Donors Registry.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who can donate blood?

A blood donor must:

Be in good general health
Be aged 18 years or older but less than 60 years
Weigh at least 45 Kg
Have a hemoglobin level of at least 12.5 g/dl
Not have donated blood in the last 3 months

Who cannot donate blood?

Blood must not be donated if a person is suffering from any of these conditions:

Cold/ fever in the past 1 week
Under treatment with antibiotics or any other medication
Cardiac problems, hypertension, epilepsy, diabetes (on insulin therapy), history of cancer, chronic kidney or liver disease, bleeding tendencies, venereal disease
Major surgery in the last 6 months or minor surgery in the past 3 months
Jaundice or hepatitis or positivity for Hepatitis B or C viruses
Tooth extraction less than 3 days back or dental surgery less than 1 month back
Fainting attacks during the last donation
On therapy with regular blood transfusions
Sharing needles to inject drugs/ having history of drug addiction
Sexual relations with different partners or with a high risk individual
Been tested positive for antibodies to HIV
Any endocrinal problem
Females should not donate blood during pregnancy. They can donate after 6 months following delivery and when they are not breast feeding
Females should not donate blood if they are having heavy menstrual flow or menstrual cramps
Miscarriage in the last 6 months

How does one make sure that the blood is safe for patients?

Some diseases can be transmitted through blood transfusion. Therefore, all donated blood is screened for transfusion transmissible diseases such as HIV, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Syphilis and Malaria. Even with testing, sometimes infections are not detected, although the rate of detection is extremely good with better methods of testing (e.g. NAT).

How often can I donate blood?

It is safe to donate blood once in every three months.

Why do I have to wait 3 months before donating again?

Since blood contains iron (which is essential for making new red blood cells), donating blood more often than every 3 months causes the body to lose iron faster than it can be made up from iron-containing foods in our diet. As a result the donor could develop iron deficiency anemia, causing him/her to feel weak and tired.

Why is it important to donate blood?

Blood can be a life-saving therapy for patients. One unit of blood can save 4 lives (if it is separated into components). Healthy people should donate blood regularly and voluntarily to overcome shortage of blood for patients. It has been proven worldwide that voluntary donations are the safest of all kinds of donations.

Why are replacement/directed and paid donations not safe?

Replacement donations are donations in which the patient is asked to arrange blood for him/herself. If the blood group of the donor and the patient match, the blood is transfused (directed donations). If they do not match, the blood is stocked and a group-match blood is issued (replacement donations). Replacement donations have a higher rate of transfusion transmissible infections than voluntary donations.

Paid donations are highly unsafe because they are usually given by people for ulterior motives (e.g. drug addicts) and have a very high rate of transfusion transmissible infections.

Even the most sophisticated methods of testing available may fail to detect such infections. Therefore, it is important that voluntary donations by anonymous donors, for altruistic reasons are promoted.