DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2016.v04i03.082

Pages: 1049-1051

After every transfusion patient is getting a rebirth so, transfusion department and its staff and their service gaining much importance in hospital. A mismatch blood transfusion can easily kill a patient due to transfusion reaction and transfusion in turn depends on blood grouping serology.Common blood group we come across in India are A(22.88%), B(32.26%),AB(7.74%)and O(37.12%). Distribution of ABO blood group among donors in South India O (38.75%) B (32.69%) A (18.85%) AB (5.27%), Bombay blood group (0.004%). The objective is to find the incidence of Bombay O blood group In Sree Balaji Medical College Hospital blood bank and thus to prevent transfusion reaction. The material and methods were Blood grouping and typing done for all samples from donors and patients of Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital Blood Bank from July 2014 to January 2016 was included in our study. Serological test done with tube agglutination method and further confirmed by gel card method. In Results Of total 8903 grouping and typing done we had 22%A, 32%B 7%AB 38%O of which 0.02% Bombay blood group in O was detected , one was from patients blood and other one was a donor blood. Conclusion: Vigilant screening for Bombay blood group in O group plays a vital role, though it appears rarely it has to be diagnosed for prevention of transfusion reactions and also it is important to intimate to donor about his specialised blood and to be reserved only for Bombay blood group patients.