Blood Donation

Question 1

Deferral period for use of Avodart/ Durasteride?

Answer 1

6 months

Question 2

Deferral period for pregnant women who just gave birth

Answer 2

Postpartum 6 weeks

Question 3

Deferral period for history of gonorrhea or syphilis

Answer 3

1 year

Question 4

Deferral period for Rubeola vaccine

Answer 4

Rubeola = mumps = 2 weeks

Rubella = German measles = 1 month (along with chicken pox vaccine)

Question 5

Deferral period for suspected IV drug user? Visible skin puncture marks upon examination

Answer 5

Indefinite

- also any other diseases concerning blood, apart from Hepatitis B/C,CJD,HIV,HTLV

Question 6

Dimensions of scrub site for venipuncture in blood donation, what gauge needle is used?

Answer 6

4 cm (1.5 cm) use 16G

Question 7

How long should you scrub the venipuncture site?

Answer 7

30 seconds

Question 8

Disadvantage for Blood donation that occurs more than 8 minutes

Answer 8

Cannot prepare for PLATELETS, FFP, CRYOPRECIPITATE

Question 9

Shipping blood units, _____ temp must be maintained

Answer 9

1-10 degC

Question 10

Deferral for a drunk person who wants to donate blood

Answer 10

24 hrs

Question 11

What is the ____SG of Copper sulfate - Gravimetric method that equals to 12.5 g/dL Hb which is an acceptable range to donate blood

Answer 11

1.053

Question 12

Enumerate what conditions a DONOR MUST NOT HAVE in order to donate blood

Answer 12

1. No alcohol consumption 24 hr
2. No cough, cold, etc. (good health)
3. No rabies treatment in past year
4. Not taking antibiotics
5. Not pregnant, breastfeeding, on period
6. Not treated for malaria in past 3 months
7. No dental treatment
8. No immunization in past month
9. No active disease (TB, diabetes, High BP, etc)
10. Not aspirin in last 72 hrs

Question 13

BP is 190/100, what happens to the donor next?

Answer 13

Assessed by physician

Question 14

Acceptable pulse range

Answer 14

50 or 60 - 100

Question 15

Acceptable systolic and diastolic blood pressure range

Answer 15

Systolic: 90 - 160/180
Diastolic: 60-100

Question 16

Deferral for MAJOR SURGERY?

Answer 16

6 months

Question 17

Deferral for MINOR surgery?

Answer 17

3 months

Question 18

Deferral period after tooth extraction

Answer 18

3 days

Question 19

Chronic renal or liver failure is deferred for ______

Answer 19

Permanent

Question 20

Endocrine disease such as diabetes and Hypertension is deferred for

Answer 20

Permanent

Question 21

Donor should fast before blood donation?

T/ F

Answer 21

False. They should eat a meal! AVOID FATTY FOOD

Question 22

Following a successful donation, the RMT should observe the donor twice, during ____ & ____

Answer 22

1. 8-10 minutes on donor chair

2. 10 minutes while donor is getting refreshments

Question 23

SG of RBC

Answer 23

1.08-1.09

Question 24

SG of PLASMA

Answer 24

1.02-1.03

Question 25

SG of PLATELET

Answer 25

1.03-1.04

Question 26

You observe donor is twitching/ muscle spasm. The donor is Diagnosis: _________ Action:_______

Answer 26

Hyperventilation- initial signs | Talk to donor, give paper bag

Question 27

Raising donor leg, applying cold compress, giving white flower is an action done when the donor is _________

Answer 27

Fainting

Question 28

What action must be done to a donor who is experiencing nausea and vomiting

Answer 28

Turn head to side, provide basin

Question 29

If donor has hematoma, you apply pressure for ______ minutes and apply ice for ______ minutes

Answer 29

Pressure for 7-10 min | Ice for 5 min

Question 30

90% of post-transfusion hepatitis is due to

Answer 30

Non-A Non-B Note: majority by Hepa C

Question 31

Testing for Anti-HIV 1/2 Screening test:_____ Confirmatory:_____

Answer 31

``` Screening = ELISA Confirm = WESTERN BLOT ```

Question 32

Screening for anti-HTLV 1/2

Answer 32

EIA | Note: confirmatory is NAT,Western blot

Question 33

Spirochetes cannot thrive in the blood bank refrigerator (1-6 degC) when stored for how many hours?

Answer 33

72 hrs

Question 34

FTA-ABS is _____ type of test for _______

Answer 34

Confirmatory for syphilis | Note: screening is VDRL or RPR

Question 35

For autologous donation, the final phlebotomy must be at least how many hours before scheduled surgery?

Answer 35

72 hrs | Note: single unit removed each time, 3-day interval

Question 36

Most common ANTICOAGULANT used in APHERESIS donations

Answer 36

ACD

Question 37

What blood apheresis component donation must not exceed 2x/wk and >24 times a year

Answer 37

PLT apheresis

Question 38

What is administered that acts as RBC sedimenting agent which increases yield of granulocyte separation

Answer 38

HES

Question 39

G-CSF is administered to ______ (during leukapheresis)

Answer 39

Increase harvest of granulocytes

Question 40

Deferral period for 2 unit of pRBC

Answer 40

16 weeks

Question 41

Citrate toxicity is an adverse effect of ______

Answer 41

Apheresis