Experiment 1: Study of Instruments in Blood Banking

Question 1

used for liquid phase testing

Answer 1

ordinary test tubes

Question 2

transferring and dispensing certain volume of liquid

Answer 2

pipette

Question 3

used for RCS preparation

Answer 3

graduated centrifuge tube

Question 4

size of depression in blood typing slide

Answer 4

20 by 40 mm

Question 5

for presence or absence of agglutination, but not for grading or for hemolysis

Answer 5

plain glass slide

Question 6

for saliva collection and copper sulfate hemoglobin determination

Answer 6

beaker

Question 7

extraction of low volume of blood

Answer 7

blood sampling

Question 8

parts of a single blood bag

Answer 8

donor integral tube with serial number
outlet port/ entry port

Question 9

triple blood bag is for component separation of

Answer 9

RBC
platelet
fresh frozen plasma (-18)

Question 10

to make sure blood in the blood bag has 0 skin contamination

Answer 10

diversion pouch or sampling pouch

Question 11

used to hang blig bag during transfusion

Answer 11

notch

Question 12

conponents prepared in quadruple blood bag

Answer 12

packed RBC
platelets
FFP cryosupernate/ cryoprecipitate
stable and labile clotting factors

Question 13

approximate pressure when using BP cuff as tourniquet

Answer 13

40-60 mmHg

Question 14

time of centrifuge for component separation

Answer 14

10 ± 5 mins

Question 15

time of centrifuge for enhanceent of agglutination

Answer 15

20 seconds

Question 16

for reading warm reacting antibodies

Answer 16

Rh viewbox

Question 17

Rh view box is heated at what temperature for slide method

Answer 17

45-55°

Question 18

used for incubation in tube method

Answer 18

water bath

Question 19

eliminates risk of water contamination in water bath

Answer 19

heat block

Question 20

used for storing NSS and other solutions

Answer 20

wash bottle

Question 21

used for mixing in slide method

Answer 21

applicator stick

Question 22

temperature of ordinary refrigerator

Answer 22

1-6 °

Question 23

temperature of plasma freezer

Answer 23

(-18°)