BLOOD BANK A placed where blood is collected from a donor, typed, separated into components, stored & prepared for transfusion to recipients.                                                                 INTRODUCTION Blood bank typically refers to a division of a hospital laboratory where the storage of blood product occurs and performed to save the lives & risk of transfusion-related events. IMPORTANCE A blood bank is ensuring to saving lives in emergency & promote health status by donating blood. OBJECTIVE Ø  Gain knowledge, why its necessary about blood bank services in hospitals. Ø  Why should donate blood with health benef...

                      Hospital Services Basically, hospital services are classified into three major categories. 1.Clinical Services 2.Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services 3.Support and Utility Services 1. Clinical Services OPD – Outpatient Department IPD - Inpatient Department OT - Operation Theatre ER - Emergency Department ICU – Intensive Care Unit 2. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services Laboratory Radiology Pharmacy Transfusion (Blood Bank) 3.Support and Utility Services MRD- Medical Record Department CSSD- Central Sterile Supply Department Linen and Laundry Dietary Housekeeping Mortuary Transportation System

                                   FIRE In Case Of Fire RACE  and  PASS  are fire safety acronym and protocol.  Developed for hospitals and nursing homes, RACE PASS is now used in workplaces worldwide and advocated by fire safety professionals. RACE and PASS are  designed to be very simple and safe, easy to recall even in an emergency situation and promotes maximum safety to the healthcare practitioner, patients and visitors during the fire in healthcare organisation. R.A.C.E. ACRONYM If you are part of fire safety team, you should remember R.A.C.E. to help you respond safely and correctly: R = RESCUE:-  anyone in immediate danger from the fire, if it does not endanger your life A = ALARM:-  sound the alarm by calling “2600” (oncampus locations only) and activating a pull station alarm box C = CONFINE:-  the fire by closing all doors and windows E = EXTINGUIS...

  Emergency Alert Code in Healthcare Organization Many hospital staffs, healthcare practitioner, patients, visitors have been in hospital during an emergency and incident , and whether they aware of it or not, have heard an emergency protocols set into motion. Depending on the situation, a hospital will alert staffs via an emergency codes.  Hospitals  and some small healthcare organizations are  use  various  code names to alert their staff s   and healthcare practitioners  to an emergency or other  indecent and accidental  event.  All t hese codes can be communicated through an intercom in the hospital  and organization  or directly to staff using communication devices like pagers  etc.                                                                   ...

                      Hospital Classification Health System INPUT   + PROCESS     =  OUTPUT                                              OUTCOME                                              IMPACT India's Health Care Delivery system System Health is a State Subject Mixed System: Government: Central, State, Public Undertakings Private: For Profit and Not-for Profit Public Undertakings: Railways, ESI, Armed Forces, SAIL etc. NGOs: Allopathic and AYUSH Systems of Medicine Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Levels Health Care Delivery System in Rural Areas Health Care Delivery System in Urban areas   What is a Hospital An integral part of Social and Medical Organization Prov...

                        CLINICAL AUDIT   Covers all aspects of clinical care including that provided by nursing and paramedical staff.         Purpose of Clinical Audit To plan future course of action, it is necessary  to obtain baseline information through evaluation of achievements For comparison purpose with a view to improve the service It is regulatory in nature ensuring full and effective utilization of staff and facilities available. Access the effectiveness and efficiency of health programme and put services in to practice. Describe and measure present performance. Help  developing explicit standards. Suggest what needs to be change Review the past and modify the present resources.   Types of Clinical Audit Concurrent audit- care is evaluated at the time of it taking place. Retrospective Audit- care evaluated after it has been completed through records.   Stage...

             Medical Records Department Introduction : The first  medical records  unit was established in 1667 at St.Barthlomew’s Hospital in England followed by the practice of maintaining the Patient’s register in Pennsylvania Hospital in USA in 1752. The impetus to the idea of proper medical records in the form of standardized inpatients records came in the USA from American College of Physicians and American College of Surgeons in the first part 20th century. In 1928, the Association of Medical Record Librarians was formed. Bhore Committee (1946) first stressed the importance of keeping adequate medical records, which was reiterated by the Mudaliar Committee in 1963. Subsequently, Health and Hospital Review Committees (Dr. KNRao committee 1968 and Jain committee 1968) recommended the establishment of a proper medical section in each hospital. Definition: The medical record is defined as a clinical, scientific, administrative, and legal d...