Title
Risk management in a blood center: A step towards risk reduction
Authors
Sanjay Kumar Thakur1,2, Anil Kumar Sinha2, Santosh Kumar Sharma3, Arun Kumar1, Lokesh Kumar1, Aarzoo Jahan1, Ruchika Gupta4 & Sompal Singh1, 3,*
Affiliation
1Department of Blood Bank, Regional Blood Transfusion Centre, Hindu Rao Hospital and NDMC Medical College, North Delhi 110007, Delhi, India; 2Department of Zoology, VeerKunwar Singh University Ara, Bihar, India; 3Department of Pathology, Hindu Rao Hospital and NDMC Medical College, North Delhi 110007, Delhi, India; 4Department of Cytopathology, ICMR-National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research, Noida 201301, Uttar Pradesh, India; *Corresponding author
Sanjay Kumar Thakur - E-mail: sanjaykumarthakur80@gmail.com, sanjaythakur.812@mcd.nic.in Anil Kumar Sinha - E-mail: anilksinha2010@gmail.com
Santosh Kumar Sharma - E-mail: santosh13480@gmail.com,
santoshsharma.134@mcd.nic.in
Arun Kumar - E-mail: arunbagri77@gmail.com
Lokesh Kumar - E-mail: lklangian1981@gmail.com,
lokeshkumar.81@mcd.nic.in
Aarzoo Jahan - E-mail: jahanaarzoo@yahoo.in, aarzoo.jahan@mcd.nic.in
Ruchika Gupta - E-mail: ruchika.gupta79@gov.in
Sompal Singh - E-mail: sompal151074@gmail.com,sompalsingh@mcd.nic.in
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received February 1, 2026; Revised February 28, 2026; Accepted February 28, 2026, Published February 28, 2026
Abstract
Given the central role of blood bank in patient care, any risks within involving blood bank can have serious implications, potentially affecting patient outcomes. A systematic approach is presently lacking in risk management of blood centers. Therefore, it is of interest to apply techniques to implement effective risk management strategies in a blood bank, with the goal of minimizing its occurrence and enhancing overall safe transfusion. The probability of each risk event was rated on a five-point Likert scale: Very Low (1), Low (2), Moderate (3), High (4) and Very High (5). The severity of potential outcomes was similarly rated: Negligible (1), Minor (2), Moderate (3), Severe (4) and Catastrophic (5). These scores were used to calculate the unweighted Risk Priority Number (RPN) for each risk and risks with higher RPNs were prioritized for mitigation efforts. The top 10 risk with highest RPN seen in our study were: donor send without proper counselling, blood request form not filled properly, misbehaviour by attendants, wrong blood group on blood bag, wrong labelling of blood bag/sample, request from professional donor, blood bag labelling mistake, donor standing quickly after blood donation, RBC contamination in platelets preparation, sample insufficient for analysis.
Keywords
Risk management, risk priority number (RPN), blood bank, hem vigilance systems, likert scale, catastrophic
Citation
Thakur et al. Bioinformation 22(2): 1263-1269 (2026)
Edited by
P Kangueane
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
