blood donation and testing Flashcards
who regulates blood donation
FDA
what made blood safer
charitable donation and paid donation
who writes testing protocols
AABB and CAP
goals of blood donation
-donation does not harm donor
-transfusion does not harm recipient
hemoglobin requirements
> 12.5 female
13 male
NOT MORE THAN 20
> 13.3 for 2x RBC
hematocrit requirements
> 38% female
39% male
40% 2x RBC
blood pressure requirements
systolic: 90-180
diastolic: 50-100
temp requirements
<37.6 (99.6)
pulse requirements
50-100 bpm
< 50 if athlete
weight requirements
> 50 kg (110lb)
age requirements
> 16
height requirements for 2x RBC
female: 5’5
male: 5’1
at registration required to confirm
donor ID and link to existing records
-must check ever donor against list of deferred people
collet: phone #, etc.
malaria
living or traveling from area with endemic Plasmodium
babesiosis
parasite carried by ticks in northeastern USA
leishmaniasis
trypanosoma carried by phlebotomus sandflies endemic to north africa and middle east (iraq vets)
creutzfeldt-jakob disease
prion disease; beef standards in europe were weird
-long incubating
medications that affect product quality
aspirin
anticoag
medications that indicate donor in risky group
PrEP
Hep B Ig
bovine insulin
HGH
medications cause issues for recipient
immunosuppressive drugs
teratogens
allergens
frequency for whole blood
56 days
frequency for platelets
every 7 days (24x a year)
frequency for plasma (occasional)
every 28 days (13x per year)
frequency for plasma (serial)
up to 2 donations/ 7 days ; 48 hrs apart