DONOR SELECTION & SCREENING

Question 1

TYPES OF DONATION:

Question 2

• Careful selection and screening of donors is done to ensure the recipient of the blood component will benefit from the transfusion

Answer 2

ALLOGENEIC DONATION

Question 3

• It is also done to determine:
  o If a donation of 450 mL blood at this time would be harmful to the donor
  o If the blood collected from the donor at this time may contain transmissible diseases

Answer 3

ALLOGENEIC DONATION

Question 4

GENERAL DONOR REQUIREMENTS
1. Identification Card (ID) for photographic identification
2. Donor Registration Information - Full name, date and time of donation, address, telephone, age, sex and date of birth
3. Consent form (<16 or 17 years old)
4. Donor’s physiological values should be acceptable or within range:
General Appearance: Appears Healthy
Age: 18 years old & above - can donate
16-17 years old - require written consent from guardian
60 years old and above - may donate at the discretion of the BB physician
Weight:
Hematocrit:
Hemoglobin:
Temperature:
Blood Pressure:
• Systolic:
• Diastolic:
Pulse Rate:
Athlete donors =
- In cases wherein donor weighs less than 50 kgs / 100 Ibs, adjustments can be made to the amount of blood to be collected, likewise, the amount of anticoagulant must also be adjusted.

Answer 4

> 50kg or 110 Ibs

≥38%

≥12.5 g/dL

≤37.5°C/99°F

≤180 mmHg ; ≤100 mmHg

50-100 bpm

<50 bpm is acceptable

Question 5

: a unit collected under the same requirements as those for allogeneic donation, except that the unit is directed toward a specific patient

Answer 5

Direct Donation

Question 6

Safer because it poses no risk of disease transmission, transfusion reactions or alloimmunization to WBCs, RBCs, platelets, plasma proteins

Answer 6

AUTOLOGOUS DONATION