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SMS hospital Skin bank

Skin bank In SMS hospital was inaugurated by honourable chief secretary Smt.Usha sharma ,Principal Health Secretary Mr.Vaibhav galaria, Principal and controller SMS medical college Dr. Sudhir Bhandari, Head of Department Burns and plastic surgery Dr Rakesh Kumar Jain and President rotary midtown Mr. Bajaj and Ex president Rotary midtown Mr Prabhat Duggal on 18th June 2022 at 5 pm.

Overview

It is the facility where the skin is collected from eligible deceased donor, processed as per international protocol and distributed to suitable recipient.

Process of skin bank:
    Process of skin bank:
  • Taking consent
  • collection of blood sample
  • cleaning and draping of body parts
  • harvesting skin with dermatome
  • proper dressings
  • preservstion of harvested skin
  • prossesing and preservation for long term use
  • distribution to the needy
When can skin be donated?
Skin can be Donated after Death within 6 hours from the time of Death.
Any one can Donate Skin irrespective of sex & blood group, the minimum age of the donor should be 18 years but there is no upper age limit, even a 100-year-old person can donate his skin and it will be used for treatment.
The whole procedure takes only about 30 – 45 minutes.
No, SKIN BANK Team will come to the donor’s home, Hospital or Morgue wherever the donor is kept. We don’t need to shift the donor to the operating room, Hospital or Ambulance.
Skin Harvesting is performed by SKIN DONATION Team consisting of one Doctor/Trained SKIN BANK Technician, two Nurses and one attendant
A special battery-operated instrument called DERMATOME is used to harvest skin.
A. Yes, our doctor will take consent of the next of kin of the donor and also a witness is required to sign the consent form before we start the procedure. The whole procedure will be explained to you by our Doctor before we start the procedure.
Skin is harvested from both the legs, both the thighs and the back
No, there is no bleeding from the site where skin if harvested from and there is no disfigurement to the body also. After the procedure we bandage the parts from where skin is harvested in a proper way.
Skin of persons suffering from AIDS, Hepatitis B & C, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Skin Cancer, Active Skin Disease and Septicemia are considered unfit for donation. At the time of skin harvesting, blood sample from the body of the deceased is also taken and necessary test for HIV, Viral markers & Hepatitis is carried out at the SKIN BANK.
Even donors with these conditions can donate their skin.
After the skin is harvested, skin will be evaluated, processed, screened at our SKIN BANK, and then supplied to the Burns Surgeon for transplanting on burn patients.
We preserve skin in 85% glycerol solution, it is stored between 4 to 8 degree Celsius and it can be stored for a period of 5 years.
We preserve skin in 85% glycerol solution, it is stored between 4 to 8 degree Celsius and it can be stored for a period of 5 years.
. No, any one’s skin can be transplanted on any one, there is no blood matching, no color matching, no age matching required. Once all the blood reports are negative the donor skin can be transplanted freely.
No, any one’s skin can be transplanted on any one, there is no blood matching, no color matching, no age matching required. Once all the blood reports are negative the donor skin can be transplanted freely.