The modern health care system depends on an efficient and dedicated blood transfusion service. Proper selection of healthy donors is the first step to ensure delivery of healthy blood products to the health care system. However, healthy donor recruitment and retention is a real challenge that faces the health industry today keeping in mind the various socio–economic and environmental factors. It has been noted that the health care system in the private sector predominantly depends on blood collection from replacement donors.

This study was done to evaluate the blood donor profile in the population of Durgapur with initiatives to improve the voluntary blood donor pool.