MD, Consultant Transfusion Medicine
Caritas Hospital, Kerala, India
Dr. Priya Prasad, MD, is a Consultant in Transfusion Medicine at Caritas Hospital, Kerala, India, with subspecialty expertise in therapeutic apheresis, patient blood management, and transplant transfusion support. She has pioneered advanced apheresis procedures in Kerala, including the state's first pediatric therapeutic plasma exchange and first therapeutic platelet depletion. Her work spans complex critical care transfusion, stem cell harvesting and cryopreservation, hemovigilance programme leadership, and NABL/NABH accreditation. She is an AABB member with active interests in transfusion safety, evidence-based blood utilization, and clinical education.
Every blood unit has a unique identity that can be followed from donor to recipient and back again. This article explores how end-to-end traceability underpins modern transfusion medicine, enabling...
