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2. Source: Union Ministry of Health (Govt. of India) | Reported by Times of India
India
records 70
lakh burn
injury cases
annually, of
which 1.4
lakh people
die every
year
Around
70% of all
burn
injuries
occur in the
most
productive
age group
(15-35 yrs)
As many as
80% of
cases
admitted
are a result
of accidents
at kitchen-
related
accidents
Around four
out of five
burnt cases
are women
and
children

3.  Body’s first line of defense
 Acts as a water proof and
prevents infection from
entering the body
 When severely damaged,
the defense mechanism
breaks down
 If untreated, bacterial
infection, dehydration, loss of
protein and electrolytes takes
place
 Ultimately the victim dies

4. INCREASES
THE SURVIVAL
RATE
REDUCES
INFECTION
SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCES THE
PAIN
LESSENS
HOSPITAL
STAY
COST OF
TRATMENT
REDUCES
COST
EFFECTIVE
TEMPORARY
DRESSING

5. Process involving
skin collection from
eligible deceased
donor
which is then
processed,
preserved and
distributed as per
INTERNATIONAL
PROTOCOLSRCBN SKIN BANK, NBC, AIROLI

6. RCBN SKIN BANK, NBC, AIROLI
Skin is harvested within 6 hours after death
Thighs
Back
Harvested within 45 mins
No donor matching is needed
No bleeding No disfigurement

7. Skin
cannot be
harvested
from donor
if…
HIV | HCV
| HB’s | Ag
+
Skin
infection
Malignanc
y
JaundiceSTD
Sepsis |
Bacteraemi
a
Pneumoni
a
Respirator
y infection

8.  Donation
Procedure
 Processing
 Storage
 Transplantation

9. Consent taken

10. Collection of blood sample
Body is cleaned with betadine scrub
Liquid paraffin is applied

11. Skin harvesting with
the help of dermatome
Body is dressed
after harvesting

12. Harvested skin is
preserved in glycerol
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13. Trimming the skin sample

14. Glycerol is added to
skin sample
Skin is stored at
4-80 celsius

15. RCBN SKIN BANK, NBC, AIROLI
Skin bank – Cold Room (outer view)

16. Meshed skin

17. Burn injury Skin transplantation
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18. Who does skin harvesting?
When, where and how?
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Skin Harvesting Team - one Doctor, two Nurses
and one attendant
A special battery-operated instrument called
DERMATOME is used
Skin Bank Team will come to the donor’s home,
hospital or morgue wherever the donor is kept.
The whole procedure takes only about 45
minutes

19. Where is the skin removed from?
RCBN SKIN BANK, NBC, AIROLI
Skin is harvested from both the legs, both the
thighs and the back
Only the uppermost layer of the skin is harvested
No bleeding or disfigurement occurs at the site
where skin is harvested from
After the procedure we bandage the parts from
where skin is harvested in a proper way

20. What are the documents required for
skin donation?
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A doctor will take consent of the next of kin of the
donor and also a witness is required to sign the
consent form before the start of the procedure
You need to produce the DEATH CERTIFICATE
and its photocopy that will be evaluated by the
Team Doctor before starting the procedure

21. What happens after skin donation?
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After the skin is harvested, it is processed,
screened and stored at the skin bank and then
supplied to the Burns Surgeon for transplanting on
burn patients as and when required
NO DONOR-RECIPIENT MATCHING REQUIRED
FOR SKIN TRANSPLANT (eg. Color, Age, HLA
typing, etc)

22. What do I do to donate skin?
RCBN SKIN BANK, NBC, AIROLI
Register online skindonation.in
It is not compulsory to pledge
or register to donate your skin
Without pledging, even if the
relatives inform Skin Donation
team, after death, skin can be
harvested.

23. What if I pledge to donate my skin?
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Register online skindonation.in
A Skin Donor Card is provided
to you along with a Skin
donation Magnetic Sticker and
Pocket card for future
reference
“I AM A SKIN DONOR”

24. Mumbai city
alone
needs 2000 skin
donations a year
i.e. 167 a
month!!
Present supply is 20 a
month!!
Many precious human
lives could have been
saved, if ENOUGH
donor skin was
available.
So many
patients are
dying!!

25. “You give but little when you give of your
possessions,
It is only when you give of yourself that you
truly give”
- Khalil Gibran
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26. RCBN SKIN BANK, NBC, AIROLI, NAVI MUMBAI
Burns / Skin Donation
Helpline: 0222779 3333
www.skindonation.in
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