Functions of the Authority:

• Adopt or develop uniform policy covering all aspects of safe blood transfusion throughout Sindh.
• Register and issue licenses to blood establishments, blood center, hospital blood bank in the prescribed manner.
• Ensure the standards for processes performed by blood establishments, related to collection, testing of human blood and blood components, whatever their purpose, and to their preparation, storage, distribution, issuance and administration when intended for transfusion, are undertaken only by institutions that have been licensed and by professionals certified for that purpose.
• Prescribe the standards and specifications in the form of rules and regulations to give effect to the provisions of SBTA Act.
• Take all necessary measures to ensure that each blood centre establishes and maintains a quality system.
• Ensure that any serious adverse events related to the collection, testing, processing, storage and distribution, issuance and/or administration of blood and blood components, which may have an influence on the quality and safety of blood and blood components or on the donors’ and staff safety, as well as any serious adverse reactions observed in donors that may be attributed to the donation or in patients that may be attributed to the transfusion are notified to the Authority.
• Take all necessary measures to ensure that blood and blood components collected, tested, processed, stored, released, distributed and/or issued can be traced from donor to recipient and vice versa.
• Take all necessary measures to ensure the system used for the labeling of blood and blood components complies with the identification system prescribed by regulations.
• Manage and report data for planning, implementation and evaluation of services.
• Take all necessary measures to ensure that access is provided to documents (operational procedures, guidelines, training, reference manuals and reporting forms) for officials entrusted with inspections and control measures.
• Hold regular meetings with the authorities designated by Government, delegations of experts and other relevant parties to exchange information on the experience acquired with regard to the implementation of SBTA Act.
• Set up minimum requirements for record keeping for blood establishments, categorize the blood establishments indicating which process the blood establishments are entitled to perform, and keep records of the data received from the blood establishments with regard to registration and licensing, inspections, responsible person and notification of serious adverse reactions and events.
• Exercise such other power and perform such other function as may be necessary for achieving the objectives of SBTA Act.