Unit 12 Flashcards
(58 cards)
SITUATIONS THAT REQUIRE BLOOD
TRANSFUSION
Medical operations or surgeries
Blood transfusion in newborns
Injuries or accidents
done to pick up any risk factors that can be
correlated to the donor’s health state (WHO, 2012)
Interview
guidelines in every hospital (WHO, 2012)
Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
have the responsibility to collect blood only from donors who are at low risk for any infection that could be transmitted through transfusion and who are unlikely to jeopardize their own health by blood donation (WHO, 2012)
Blood transfusion services (BTS)
Enumerate the 5 blood-borne diseases
MALARIA
SYPHILIS
HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV)
HEPATITIS B
CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE (CJD)
An acute and sometimes chronic infection of the
bloodstream characterized clinically by fever, anemia, and splenomegaly, and is caused by apicomplexan parasites of the genus Plasmodium
MALARIA
Causative agents of malaria
Plasmodium Falciparum
Plasmodium Vivax
Plasmodium Ovale
Plasmodium Malariae
What type of infection or disease is malaria?
parasitic and zoonotic (vector-borne through mosquitoes)
a sexually transmitted bacterial infection caused by Treponema pallidum that may be acute or chronic
SYPHILIS
Causative agent of syphilis
Treponema pallidum
This lentivirus in the family Retroviridae and is the
causative agent of AIDS
HIV
complication caused by HIV
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
the most common blood-borne nosocomial
infection (according to CDC)
Hepatitis B
On exposure to this specific virus, the liver becomes inflamed, interfering with liver functions and possibly leading to chronic effects, such as hepatocellular cancer or liver failure
Hepatitis B
Patient with Hepa B will manifest _____________.
jaundice
Enumerate the blood-borne and food- and water-borne hepa viruses
Blood-borne: Hepa B, Hepa C, Hepa D
Food- and water-borne: Hepa A, Hepa E
a human TSE that emerged from an epidemic of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, probably as a result of entry of the pathogenic prion into the human food supply from affected cattle
CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE (CJD)
T/F:
CJD is common in the Philippines
False
T/F:
Obtaining insulin from bovine sources decreases the risk of attaining CJD.
False;
increases
PURPOSES OF BLOOD DONOR SELECTION
Protect donor health
Ensure patient safety
Identify any harmful factors
Reduce unnecessary deferral of safe donors
Ensure the quality of blood products
Minimize the wastage of resources
PURPOSE OF BLOOD DONOR SELECTION
Protect donor health
Ensure patient safety
Identify any harmful factors
Reduce unnecessary deferral of safe donors
Ensure the quality of blood products
Minimize the wastage of resources
Key tool in donor selection which is standardized,
incorporating selection criteria necessary for uniformity and consistency
DONOR QUESTIONNAIRE
T/F:
Donor questionnaire ensures that same information is collected systematically
and forms the basis for a one-tone confidential interview with a trained member of staff
True
Why are donor educational materials important?
to inform about donor suitability and to enable the potential donors to assess their own suitability and self-defer if applicable
