The Department of Transfusion Medicine : The Department of Transfusion Medicine in Lifeline Hospital is located at level 2, Block 16 and in close proximity to the emergency services, operation theatres and Intensive Care Unit and wards. Transfusion Medicine is a multidisciplinary area concerned with the optimum use of blood / blood products for the treatment of human diseases. Our mission is to make available appropriate adequate quantity and high quality of safe blood / blood products. We adhere to quality norms and focus on donor satisfaction. Our goals are to annihilate the scarcity for blood and ensure availability of safe blood / blood products 24 x 7 and to motivate and maintain a permanent well-indexed record of voluntary blood donors. The Department of Transfusion Medicine is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment, which enables use of advanced techniques for processing/screening of blood and its components. All mandatory screening for the transfusion transmissible diseases like HIV1 and/or HIV2, HBV, HCV, syphilis and malaria parasite are done. The risk of transmitting infection agents in blood / blood products, including HIV, is present. Our careful donor selection and accurate performance of the best available laboratory tests do not eliminate this hazard.