Blood Transfusion Department

Department of Blood Transfusion Medicine The Department of Blood Transfusion Medicine of the First Medical Center of the People's Liberation Army General Hospital was established in 1953 (affiliated with the Laboratory Department in the form of a "blood bank"). In 1973, it was separated from the Laboratory Department and became an independent department. In 1980, it was the first to be renamed the "Blood Transfusion Department". In 2020, it was the first in the country to be renamed the "Department of Blood Transfusion Medicine". The Department of Blood Transfusion Medicine is a leading comprehensive department in the country and authoritative in the military that integrates blood collection, blood supply, and blood transfusion treatment. It was approved as the Clinical Blood Transfusion Center of the Chinese People's Liberation Army in 2001, and was designated as the Blood Transfusion Technology Research Center of the Chinese People's Liberation Army in 2003. It is a professional base for the national standardized training of residents (medical laboratory ). In 2010, it became the first blood transfusion department in the country to pass ISO15189 medical laboratory accreditation. The department is the elected chairman unit of the Clinical Blood Transfusion Branch of the Chinese Medical Association and the former president unit of the Transfusion Department of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association. It is the first comprehensive hospital in the country to confer a doctorate in blood transfusion medicine. It is the cradle of training personnel engaged in blood transfusion medicine inside and outside the military. The department currently has 76 staff members (including medical, technical and nursing staff) with comprehensive and reasonable technical support, including 8 staff with senior professional titles (2 senior staff and 6 deputy senior staff), 35 staff with intermediate professional titles and 33 staff with junior professional titles.The department is the first in the country to launch a blood transfusion clinic. The laboratory settings of the department include combat trauma blood transfusion research laboratory, cryogenic laboratory, blood type reference laboratory, molecular biology and cell biology laboratory, etc. The department has established multiple complete professional groups related to clinical blood collection and supply, including blood donation recruitment, blood collection, blood screening, blood preparation, blood distribution, blood transfusion treatment, etc. The annual blood supply exceeds 20 tons, more than 20,000 medical and surgical patients receive blood transfusions, and more than 2,000 blood transfusion-related treatments, mainly apheresis therapy, are performed. The Department of Transfusion Medicine began recruiting master's degree students in 1996 and doctoral students in 2001. There is currently 1 doctoral supervisor and 2 master supervisors. At present, it has trained more than 40 masters, doctoral students, and postdoctoral students. He has undertaken more than 40 major and key national, military, and provincial and ministerial level projects. It has won 13 second-class or above provincial and ministerial awards and more than 30 patent authorizations. He has published more than 500 scientific papers and more than 20 monographs, led the publication of more than 10 industry expert consensuses, presided over the formulation of two national standards, participated in the revision of 8 health industry standards, and obtained 5 NMPA approvals.