At Jeevan we are strict about donor eligibility, donor screening, and take great care in collecting blood under sterile conditions, testing the blood carefully and storing them under proper conditions.

To give blood, donors must be least 18 years old, weigh at least 45kgs and must be of good overall health. All donors are put through a physical check and health history examination.

Blood from potential donors is tested for ABO group (blood type) and Rh type (positive or negative). Screening tests also are performed to detect infections such as hepatitis virus B and C, HIV, Malaria, syphilis and Leptospira. To sort out true infections from false-positive tests, more specific tests, called confirmatory tests, are conducted.

Sometimes potential donors could be temporarily disqualified, such as in the case of people with anaemia, which is usually reversible with treatment. Such donors who are temporarily disqualified are treated as "deferred donors". Whether a person is deferred temporarily or permanently depends on the reason for the disqualification.

Jeevan is taking great care to make blood safer today than it has ever been possible and as safe as modern science & medicine can make it. Donors cannot acquire any disease through donating blood because new, disposable, sterilized equipments are used for each donation. It is absolutely safe to receive blood transfusion from blood obtained via Jeevan blood bank. In fact, the risks of contracting a blood-borne disease through transfusion are far less than the risks of not receiving that transfusion at all.