Transfusion Medicine

Taikang Xianlin Gulou Hospital’s Department of Transfusion Medicine was established in 2018 and is a blood storage site of the Nanjing Red Cross Blood Center. In addition to being responsible for in-hospital clinical blood procurement, blood supply, transfusion-related technical testing and consultation on clinical blood use, as well as publicity on voluntary blood donation and transfusion-related laws and regulations, it also undertakes emergency blood supply support for nearby small medical institutions. The department currently has 6 staff members, including 1 with a senior professional title, 2 with intermediate professional titles, and 3 with junior professional titles. In Phase I and Phase II of the hospital, the department respectively has functional rooms including transfusion compatibility testing laboratories, blood storage and issuing rooms, and treatment rooms, and is equipped with instruments and equipment such as a fully automated blood typing analyzer, thromboelastograph, blood cell component separator, and dedicated blood storage refrigerators. The department currently routinely performs laboratory procedures including ABO/Rh blood group identification, irregular antibody testing, blood group antibody titer testing, difficult crossmatching tests, and thromboelastography testing, as well as therapeutic procedures including therapeutic blood cell apheresis (platelet-rich plasma collection) and plasma exchange.