7719 - Definition of terms

Question 1

refers to human blood, processed or unprocessed and includes blood components, its products and derivatives;

Answer 1

Blood/blood product —

Question 2

— a laboratory or institution with the capability to recruit and screen blood donors, collect, process, store, transport and issue blood for transfusion and provide information and/or education on blood transfusion transmissible diseases;

Answer 2

Blood bank/center

Question 3

— a blood bank that exists for profit;

Answer 3

Commercial blood bank

Question 4

— a blood bank which is located within the premises of a hospital and which can perform compatibility testing of blood;

Answer 4

Hospital-based blood bank

Question 5

Hospital-based blood bank can perform????

Answer 5

compatibility teseting of blood

Question 6

— an institution or facility duly authorized by the Department of Health to recruit and screen donors and collect blood;

Answer 6

Blood collection unit

Question 7

Blood collection unit — an institution or facility duly authorized by the _______to recruit and screen donors and collect blood;

Answer 7

Department of Health

Question 8

— one who donates blood on one’s own volition or initiative and without monetary compensation;

Answer 8

Voluntary blood donor

Question 9

• diseases which may be transmitted as a result of blood transfusion, including AIDS, Hepatitis-B, Malaria and Syphilis;

Answer 9

Blood transfusion transmissible diseases

Question 10

— an individual included in the list of qualified voluntary blood donors

Answer 10

Walking Blood Donor