1. Let us bridge blood shortage

2. Mission
To make “safe” and “economical” blood available to everybody, when and wherever required.
- No blood shortage
- No cancelled surgery for lack of blood
- No emergency appeal to blood donors
- Assured Quality of blood
- Optimal utilization of available blood

3. Available blood is adequate to fulfill demand for blood,
Basic Premises
Available blood is adequate to fulfill demand for blood,
provided
Componenting is used effectively
Differential demand-supply gap is balanced through networking

4. Issues
Quality of blood
Credibility of blood banks
Government regulations
Self-owned blood bank network
Co-ordination of blood banks

5. Networking

6. Basis: Information exchange
What is Networking ?
Basis: Information exchange
Understanding amongst all the blood banks to co-operate with each other through Networking
Provide all donors the same services and facilities
Regional, National and Global reach, harness amazing reach of Internet

7. How it operates ?
Stocks of blood are reported everyday to the portal
Information collation to be region-wise, country-wise to facilitate logistics
Each blood bank maintains an account of blood given to the donors of other blood bank
Periodically accounts are settled as per the mutually agreed norms (price / quantity settlement).

8. Benefits of Networking
It saves lives
It ensures optimum utilization of blood
It helps to balance demand and supply

9. Why a blood bank should be a member of this networking scheme ?
Reduced cost of mobilization and testing
Donor motivation through assurance scheme
Get help in shortage / excess supply time
Support in Quality Certification (HACCP / ISO9000)
Improved credibility, increased business

10. Experiment in Networking
Context
30 private blood banks in State of Gujarat, India
Operations
A network formed to make the banks cooperate with each other & logistics taken care
A blood assurance scheme for the donor (based on a statistical model derived from demand and supply pattern)

11. Result of Experiment
Shortage of blood reduced by about 30% immediately
Expected to reduce further with better availability of Connectivity and Componenting facilities
Conclusion: Validation of hypothesis that demand-supply gap could be bridged with the help of networking and cooperation among blood banks

12. Blood Assurance Scheme
Any donor, who donates blood once (1bag under the
scheme ) gets the following benefits:
Gets 2 bags in a year FREE, anywhere, anytime
Membership renewable every year with min. membership of 3 months to avail the benefit
The benefits can be improved substantially after analyzing the trend.

13. Nahak Overseas Limited, INDIA
Thank You
J.C.Shukla / Dr. Nirlesh Kothari
Nahak Overseas Limited, INDIA
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