Now, registration of blood banks on e-RaktKosh must
| Date :06-Jun-2022 |
By Rajendra Diwe
Now, all licensed blood centres across the country are required to register on e-RaktKosh to enter their data regarding blood stock availability and update the same on daily basis, in addition to data related to blood donors, monthly reports, etc. Dr V G Somani, Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has issued a notice of advisory on June 3, appealing stakeholders for the registration of blood centres on e-RaktKosh.
The notice advisory says, “Registration of all the licensed blood centres across the country would benefit existing blood centres in the long run by increasing the number of available voluntary blood donors.”
DCGI has mentioned the steps for registration and requested all licenced blood centres to register themselves on the above platform with in next one week (means by June 10) from the date of issue of this notice of advisory. For any query regarding registration, the blood centres may call on 9650816031 or write to [email protected]
When contacted, Dr Ravi Wankhede speaking about the notice of advisory, welcomed the decision by the Government and said, it would help common people to get safe blood.
DCGI, in its guidelines regarding the registration of blood banks on e-RaktKosh, has stated, “As per the directions of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Blood Banks need to register on e-RaktKosh to provide Blood Stock Availability, Monthly Report and Donor details.”
“e-RaktKosh enforces Drug & Cosmetic Act, National blood policy standards and guidelines ensuring proper collection & donation, effective management and monitoring the quality and quantity of the donated blood,” the guideline stated.
Considering the national roll-out, e-RaktKosh has been developed with modular and scalable approach with configurable rule-based architecture, allowing customisation to easily incorporate specific requirements from nationwide stakeholders.
e-RaktKosh has six major components for management of the blood donation lifecycle:
The bio metric Donor Management System for identifying, tracking and blocking donors based on donor’s health, donation history, etc.
It provides features such as blood grouping, TTI screening, antibody screening, component preparation, etc. as per the defined processes and rules.
A centralised Blood Inventory Management System for keeping track of the blood stock across numerous blood banks.
Bio-Medical Waste Management System for disposal of discarded blood and other waste generated during this process.
Generation of rare blood group donor registries and the generation of regular repeat donors
Alert and Notification System