Blood Donation Flashcards
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Donor Registration
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- Donor’s full name
- Home/Work address
- DOB (>= 17)
- Reason any previous deferrals
- Date of last donation
- Gender
2
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Pre-donor screening
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- Ensure donor healthy enough to donate
- Ensure donation does not harm a recipient
3
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Process of donor evaluation
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- Abbreviated Donor History Questionaire
- Explanation of donor eligibility
- Medication list
- Prospective donors asked to acknowledge in writing that they: have read materials, given a chance to ask questions, provided accurate info
- Prospective donors can elect to leave (self deferral) at that point
- Physical exam
4
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Universal Donor History Questionaire
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- Developed by AABB in conjunction with FDA
- Current version 2.0
- Has 43 questions
5
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Cause of Permanent or Indefinite Deferral
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- CJD risk
- Repeatedly reactive serologic test for: HIV, HBV, HCV, HTLV
- Viral hepatitis after 11 y/o
- History of Babesiosis or Chagas
- History of taking teratogen Tegison
- Have received: dura mater transplant, Pituitary hormone, Bovine insuline injection
- Family history of CJD
- Live in UK > 3 months 1980-1996
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Cause 3-year deferral
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- Recovered from Malaria
- Immigrants from malaria-endemic area
7
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Cause 1-year deferral
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- Needlestick
- Sex contact with person with HIV or hepatitis
- Sex contact with person used needles
- Rape victim
- Incarcerated > 72 hrs
- Pay money for sex
- Blood transfusion
- Allogeneic transplant of organ/skin/bone
- Live with person with active hepatitis
- Tattoo/piercings
- Travel to malaria-endemic area
- Syphilis/gonorrhea
- Non-prophylactic rabies vaccination
- Travel to Iraq
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Other causes for Deferral
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- Pregnancy
- Medication list
- Heart and Lung Disease
9
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Immunization deferrals
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- No deferral for killed, toxoid, or recombinant/synthetics vaccines
- 4 weeks: Rubella, Varicella
- 2 weeks: Measles, Mumps, Oral polio, Yellow Fever, Oral Typhoid
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Smallpox immunization
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- Based on presence/absence of vaccine scab and post vaccine symptoms
- No: Until scab falls off or 21 days
- Yes: Until 14 days after symptoms resolve
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Medication deferrals
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- HepB immunoglobin: 1 year
- Unlicensed vaccine: 1 year
- Anti-PLT drugs: aspirin (48hrs), Feldene (48hrs), Clopidogrel (2 wks), Ticlopidine (2 weeks)
- Warfarin: 7 days
- Direct thrombin inh & direct Xa inh & heparin derivatives: 2 days
12
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Confidential Unit Exclusion
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- Donor can request that unit is collected but discarded wo testing
13
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Physical exam
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- General donor appearance
- Arm inspection
- Pulse: 50-100/min w/o irregularities
- Temp: less or equal to 37.5
- BP: 90-180 systolic & 50-100 diastolic
- Weight: >= 110 lbs
- HCT: women (HCT 38%), men (HCT 39%)
14
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Cause of Immune hemolysis
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Warm AIHA Cold agglutination Paroxysmal Cold Hemoglobinuria Transfusion Reaction HDFN
15
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Cause of Non-immune hemolysis
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Microangiopathic (DIC, Mechanical Heart Valve) Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria Toxins/Medication Thermal burns Infection
16
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Purpose of DAT (Direct Coomb’s test)
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- Determine if RBC coated with IgG & complement or
both - Investigation of: HTR, HDFN, AIHA, Drug Induced Anemia
17
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Principles of DAT
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- EDTA: anticoagulation blood samples
- Test freshly washed RBC with AHG containing IgG and anti-C3d
- AHG activity against: heavy chain (Fc portion of IgG) and complement components
18
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Steps of DAT
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- Wash RBC: remove plasma free globulin and complements
- Polyspecific AHG
- If positive, monospecific reagent (anti-IgG and anti-complement) - If umbilical cord —> ok to use IgG only
- -> DAT is not dx of hemolytic anemia. Need to check pt’s history