Blood Donation Flashcards

1
Q

Deferral period for use of Avodart/ Durasteride?

A

6 months

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2
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Deferral period for pregnant women who just gave birth

A

Postpartum 6 weeks

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3
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Deferral period for history of gonorrhea or syphilis

A

1 year

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4
Q

Deferral period for Rubeola vaccine

A

Rubeola = mumps = 2 weeks

Rubella = German measles = 1 month (along with chicken pox vaccine)

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5
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Deferral period for suspected IV drug user? Visible skin puncture marks upon examination

A

Indefinite

- also any other diseases concerning blood, apart from Hepatitis B/C,CJD,HIV,HTLV

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6
Q

Dimensions of scrub site for venipuncture in blood donation, what gauge needle is used?

A

4 cm (1.5 cm) use 16G

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7
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How long should you scrub the venipuncture site?

A

30 seconds

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8
Q

Disadvantage for Blood donation that occurs more than 8 minutes

A

Cannot prepare for PLATELETS, FFP, CRYOPRECIPITATE

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9
Q

Shipping blood units, _____ temp must be maintained

A

1-10 degC

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10
Q

Deferral for a drunk person who wants to donate blood

A

24 hrs

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11
Q

What is the ____SG of Copper sulfate - Gravimetric method that equals to 12.5 g/dL Hb which is an acceptable range to donate blood

A

1.053

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12
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Enumerate what conditions a DONOR MUST NOT HAVE in order to donate blood

A
  1. No alcohol consumption 24 hr
  2. No cough, cold, etc. (good health)
  3. No rabies treatment in past year
  4. Not taking antibiotics
  5. Not pregnant, breastfeeding, on period
  6. Not treated for malaria in past 3 months
  7. No dental treatment
  8. No immunization in past month
  9. No active disease (TB, diabetes, High BP, etc)
  10. Not aspirin in last 72 hrs
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13
Q

BP is 190/100, what happens to the donor next?

A

Assessed by physician

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14
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Acceptable pulse range

A

50 or 60 - 100

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15
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Acceptable systolic and diastolic blood pressure range

A

Systolic: 90 - 160/180
Diastolic: 60-100

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16
Q

Deferral for MAJOR SURGERY?

A

6 months

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17
Q

Deferral for MINOR surgery?

A

3 months

18
Q

Deferral period after tooth extraction

A

3 days

19
Q

Chronic renal or liver failure is deferred for ______

A

Permanent

20
Q

Endocrine disease such as diabetes and Hypertension is deferred for

A

Permanent

21
Q

Donor should fast before blood donation?

T/ F

A

False. They should eat a meal! AVOID FATTY FOOD

22
Q

Following a successful donation, the RMT should observe the donor twice, during ____ & ____

A
  1. 8-10 minutes on donor chair

2. 10 minutes while donor is getting refreshments

23
Q

SG of RBC

A

1.08-1.09

24
Q

SG of PLASMA

A

1.02-1.03

25
Q

SG of PLATELET

A

1.03-1.04

26
Q

You observe donor is twitching/ muscle spasm. The donor is
Diagnosis: _________
Action:_______

A

Hyperventilation- initial signs

Talk to donor, give paper bag

27
Q

Raising donor leg, applying cold compress, giving white flower is an action done when the donor is _________

A

Fainting

28
Q

What action must be done to a donor who is experiencing nausea and vomiting

A

Turn head to side, provide basin

29
Q

If donor has hematoma, you apply pressure for ______ minutes and apply ice for ______ minutes

A

Pressure for 7-10 min

Ice for 5 min

30
Q

90% of post-transfusion hepatitis is due to

A

Non-A
Non-B

Note: majority by Hepa C

31
Q

Testing for Anti-HIV 1/2
Screening test:_____
Confirmatory:_____

A
Screening = ELISA
Confirm = WESTERN BLOT
32
Q

Screening for anti-HTLV 1/2

A

EIA

Note: confirmatory is NAT,Western blot

33
Q

Spirochetes cannot thrive in the blood bank refrigerator (1-6 degC) when stored for how many hours?

A

72 hrs

34
Q

FTA-ABS is _____ type of test for _______

A

Confirmatory for syphilis

Note: screening is VDRL or RPR

35
Q

For autologous donation, the final phlebotomy must be at least how many hours before scheduled surgery?

A

72 hrs

Note: single unit removed each time, 3-day interval

36
Q

Most common ANTICOAGULANT used in APHERESIS donations

A

ACD

37
Q

What blood apheresis component donation must not exceed 2x/wk and >24 times a year

A

PLT apheresis

38
Q

What is administered that acts as RBC sedimenting agent which increases yield of granulocyte separation

A

HES

39
Q

G-CSF is administered to ______ (during leukapheresis)

A

Increase harvest of granulocytes

40
Q

Deferral period for 2 unit of pRBC

A

16 weeks

41
Q

Citrate toxicity is an adverse effect of ______

A

Apheresis