Hyderabad, March 1 -- The Drug Control Administration (DCA) during February 2025, conducted inspections at 28 blood centres across Telangana and initiated action against four blood banks for various violations.

The teams conducted the inspection focusing on the proper screening (testing) of blood and blood components for transmissible diseases, including HIV and Hepatitis, storage conditions of blood and components, and the processing charges collected by blood centres.

"Risk-based inspections were conducted without prior notice at nine blood centres by special teams formed by the DCA. The inspections were carried out with a focus on screening/testing the blood collected from donors for various transmissible diseases such as HIV, hepati...