ETRU Statistics

Statistics - 2024

In-Service Training Conducted 2024

In-Service Training Conducted 2024
Category	In Service Training Program	Statistics 2024
Medical Officers	4 weeks ± 2 weeks TPE training	85
Nursing Officers	6 weeks	39
Medical Laboratory Technologists	8 weeks	4
Public Health Inspectors	6 weeks	0
Health Assistants	1 week	51

CME Programs Conducted in 2024

CME Programs Conducted in 2024
No.	Topic	Participants	Number
1	Formulation of National Blood Donor Selection Guideline (Webinar Series on Blood Banking)	Consultants Medical Officers Nursing Officers Medical Laboratory Technologists	* 360 registered participants
2	Getting around antibodies – Case based Discussion (Webinar Series on Blood Banking)	Consultants Medical Officers Nursing Officers Medical Laboratory Technologists	* 360 registered participants
3	Workshop on Plasma Fractionation	CTP PG MOIC/MO	14 25 16
4	How to improve quality of a Donation Testing Laboratory (Webinar Series on Blood Banking)	Consultants Medical Officers Nursing Officers Medical Laboratory Technologists	* 360 registered participants
5	Hemovigilance in Sri Lanka (Webinar Series on Blood Banking)	Consultants Medical Officers Nursing Officers Medical Laboratory Technologists	* 360 registered participants
6	Strategies to achieve 100% Voluntary Donations – Sri Lankan Experiences (Webinar Series on Blood Banking)	Consultants Medical Officers Nursing Officers Medical Laboratory Technologists	* 360 registered participants
7	Rational use of blood (Webinar Series on Blood Banking)	Consultants Medical Officers Nursing Officers Medical Laboratory Technologists	* 360 registered participants
8	New Goals In Donor Recruitment & Strengthening in House Blood Donation	Consultants MOIC PHI	20 110 40
9	Quality Assurance Blood Component Production (Webinar Series on Blood Banking)	Consultants Medical Officers Nursing Officers Medical Laboratory Technologists	* 360 registered participants
10	Preventive strategies of TTI & follow-up of reactive Donors (Webinar Series on Blood Banking)	Consultants Medical Officers Nursing Officers Medical Laboratory Technologists	* 360 registered participants
11	New Goals In Donor Recruitment & Strengthening in House Blood Donation	Matron Nursing Sister Nursing Officer	1 19 76
12	Why we should Felicitate Donors? (Webinar Series on Blood Banking)	Consultants Medical Officers Nursing Officers Medical Laboratory Technologists	* 360 registered participants
13	Introduction to Quality Management System, Organisation, Management & Introduction to ISO 15189 (2022)	Consultants Medical Officers Nursing Officers Medical Laboratory Technologists Junior Staff Lab Orderly	78
14	Personal & Safety	-	22
15	Incident Management & Corrective Action	-	45
16	Biosafety & Waste Management	-	29
17	Sri Lanka Stem Cell Donor Registry & Praana Program	Consultants Medical Officers	121

Other Staff Categories

Other Staff Categories
No.	Staff Category	Number of Trainees
1	Nephrology MD Trainees	03
2	Hematology Diploma Trainees	06
3	Microbiology MD Trainees	00
4	Medical Students University of Colombo	244
5	MLT Students • MLS Undergraduates	234
6	Navy Health Assistants	23

The National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS), under the Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka, is a centrally coordinated system. It serves as the sole provider of blood and blood products to all government hospitals and most private hospitals. Headquartered at the National Blood Centre (NBC) in Colombo, NBTS operates more than 108 blood banks island-wide.

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