Our district blood bank aims to provide blood components to the most vulnerable population, distributing about 20% of the blood used in Bogota with the highest standards of quality and safety.
We are the only blood bank with specialized equipment for the irradiation of blood components that handles gamma irradiation with Cesium-137 with an optimal distribution of the dose throughout the blood component, which ensures that T lymphocytes do not proliferate, applicable to transplanted and immunosuppressed patients to reduce the development of graft-versus-host disease.
Reference center in immunohematology applied to transfusion with 24-hour service.
- Advantages
- Benefits
- Products and services
Advantages
- Satisfaction of the transfusion demand in different public and private institutions, allowing access to the most vulnerable population.
- National and international reference bank for training of human talent in blood banking.
- Application of molecular biology tests (NAT) for the HIV virus, Hepatitis C and Hepatitis B to 100% of the blood components.
- The only blood bank in Colombia with specialized equipment for the irradiation of blood components indicated for immunosuppressed patients and transplant candidates, to reduce the risk of the disease.
- Reference laboratory for the assembly of microbiology tests for quality control of blood components.
- Reference center in immunohematology applied to transfusion.
- Line of investigation in transfusion medicine.
Benefits
- Ongoing support to transfusion services for continuous improvement.
- Support to the different institutions in the construction of an adequate transfusion therapy.
Products and services
- Leukocyte-poor Red Blood Cells
- Fresh Frozen Plasma
- Standard platelet concentrate
- Cryoprecipitates
- Unit Platelet Concentrate by leukoreduced apheresis (UPCs)
- Unitary Platelet Concentrate by apheresis filtered
- Red blood cells filtered by apheresis
- Filtered Pediatric Red Blood Cell Aliquots
- Irradiated blood components
- Immunohematology testing for resolution of blood group discrepancies and compatibility testing
- Platelet, red blood cell and apheresis product irradiation service.
- Blood reconstitution
- Plateletpheresis Aliquots
- NAT confirmatory test set-up for blood banks
The District Tissue Bank - IDCBIS, is a Latin American reference in rescue, processing and storage of tissues for transplantation.
It currently has highly qualified personnel, with high quality standards and state-of-the-art technology infrastructure. It is the only Colombian public bank that processes several tissues and favors access to the most vulnerable population with transplant requirements.
- Advantages
- Benefits
- Transplant products
Advantages
- Multipurpose tissue bank, highly specialized with quality and advanced technological development, which contributes to satisfy the existing demand for tissue in the public and private hospital network, thus improving the quality of life of patients.
- The only tissue bank with skin availability for the entire country.
- Amniotic membrane processing for use in plastic surgery, ophthalmology and dentistry.
- Cryopreservation room for human tissues.
- State-of-the-art facilities that meet the highest international quality standards.
- Experienced and qualified tissue salvage group for the handling and processing of different tissues.
- Certified by INVIMA in GMP for ocular tissue, skin and amniotic membrane.
- First bank in Latin America with development and standardization in glycerolized acellular dermis to favor the regeneration of the dermis and thus improve the quality of scars, mainly in burn patients.
Benefits
- Human tissues analyzed under a platform for screening infectious tests (HIV, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Chagas, Core, Syphilis, Cytomegalovirus, Toxoplasma and HTLV) and microbiology tests.
- Scientific marketing activities and relations with specialists in different medical disciplines in which tissue implantation and transplantation are applied.
Transplant products
- Skin
- Cornea
- Sclera
- Amniotic membrane for plastic surgery
- Amniotic membrane for ophthalmic surgery
- Musculoskeletal tissue: structural, powdered and lyophilized bone, cartilage, tendons, ligaments, heart valves and vascular segments.
- Glycerolized acellular dermis
The IDCBIS Public Cord Blood Bank is a center responsible for the selection of donors and the collection, processing, analysis, storage, typing and distribution of umbilical cord blood, under strict quality criteria, for patients who require a transplant as part of a specific treatment.
- Advantages
- Products and services
Advantages
- The only public umbilical cord blood bank in the country, for allogeneic transplantation of hematopoietic progenitors.
- The only technological platform for the search and distribution of compatible units for allogeneic transplantation of umbilical cord blood units of Colombian genotype.
- Quality standards following NetCord FACT (Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy) recommendations for cord blood banking processes.
- Determination of cell count by flow cytometry.
- High resolution HLA typing of the collected units.
- The IDCBIS has the Cordial Program in cooperation with public hospitals and private clinics for the promotion and collection of umbilical cord and umbilical cord blood for the development of advanced therapies.
Products and services
- Search and distribution service for allogeneic transplantation in the registry of hematopoietic progenitor cell donors.
- High resolution HLA typing service for hematopoietic transplant candidates and their relatives, through an international laboratory accredited by ASHI (American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics).
- Flow cytometry for immunophenotypic characterization and clonogenic cultures for estimation of progenitor cell viability and functionality.
- Umbilical cord blood stem cells for research use.
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