- Blood Bank technicians work under the guidance of a medical or clinical laboratory technologist or manager.
- Responsible for collecting , labeling and preparing blood , plasma and other components for transfusions.
- Consistently interact with the public, conducting interviews and testing samples to screen potential donors.
- Properly store blood draws and ensure documents and records are maintained.
- Ensure take over from previous shift technicians :-
- Blood bags stock (Tested & untested)
- Reagents stock viz. Blood grouping antisera, Coombs serum, Bovine serum, etc.
- Blood stock record, Issue, Disposal record. Grouping and crossmatch, Blood Donor Cards.
- To check the temperature graphs, temperature display of blood storage equipment. Record them with initials. Change temperature graphs as and when required.
- Donor bleeding, donor screening and post donation care. Management of Adverse donor reaction
- To prepare pooled cells and Coombs sensitized cells.
- To under trace/perform HBsAg, HCV, HIV, VDRL, MP tests as per instruction mentioned in the kit.



Also carry out test like DCT, ICT etc.
- To check the equipment/ instrument before the test is started. To report the breakdown of equipment/instrument to the Medical officer or In charge and record it.
- To test recent batch of antisera for titre, avidity, specificity and record findings with initials.
- To collect/receive blood samples for grouping and cross matching.
- To separate serum/plasma for testing. To detect typical antibodies in donor/recipient blood
- To carry out cell grouping, serum grouping, and cross matching by Column agglutination method. To perform Du test on Rh-negative sample of blood. Grouping and cross matching to be done immediately, not to be kept pending.
- Separation of blood components within 6 hours of collection of blood.
- To receive Blood Bags from other Blood Banks and note the record of the Blood Bag No., date of collection and expiry, testing and record the time of receipt. The

📌 Blood Bank Technician (Yelahanka)
🏢 cytecare hospital
📍 Yelahanka