ABSTRACT
With the emergence of Transfusion Medicine Department the definition of Blood Bank has changed. Today, it is not just a bank to collect & issue blood, it prepares and supplies individual blood component, to the patients as and when the need arises during the course of treatment. The planning & management of any blood bank depends on number of functions it is required to serve and the number of units of demand of blood & blood products. This has also changed the role of nursing from skilled nursing care to managing the blood bank services. Hence, there is a need for the nursing personnel to know about the recent advances in planning and management of transfusion medicine, so that they can handle this dual responsibility as a Nurse and a manager.
Subject(s)
Blood Banks/organization & administration , Nurse Administrators , Nurse's Role , Nursing Staff, Hospital/organization & administration , Blood Donors , Blood Transfusion/methods , Blood Transfusion/nursing , Documentation , Hospital Planning/organization & administration , Humans , Nursing Staff, Hospital/trends , Transfusion ReactionABSTRACT
The article highlights the lack of training facilities for hospital management in the entire North Eastern Region, explores the quantum of need of the training in the region by identifying hospitals, other health institutions and manpower in the region which require, for their qualitative and quantitative improvement, the expertise in hospital management, and recommends suitable courses of hospital management to start with.
