The Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion (IHBT) provides clinical services to support patients in need of blood component therapy, therapeutic apheresis, and specialized laboratory diagnostics. In addition, it collects and prepares the blood components used in patient care, and act as a Reference Lab for the region and offers  Post graduate program in Transfusion Medicine.

Key Features

• Our blood bank is considered as state of art blood bank and widely appreciated by the experts in the field
• Only institution in the state to offer Postgraduate program in the field of transfusion medicine
• Organize blood donation camps annually and meets the demand of the Udupi district
• Has best in-class infrastructure with adequate faculty with the qualification of Transfusion medicine
• Curriculum is designed and updated to facilitate students perform better.

About the Area of Study

Transfusion medicine is the branch of medicine concerned with the transfusion of blood and blood components. There has been enormous progress in transfusion medicine which has developed into a specialist area of its own in the last decade. It now encompasses many important areas of medicine including haematology, immunology, transplantation science, microbiology, epidemiology, clinical practice and research and development.