Blood Donation + Donor Testing Wk5

Question 1

Safety of donor

Answer 1

17-66 years
Detailed questionare + health check
Above 50KG
Check by thumb prick

Question 2

Donor questionnaire
Group excluded:

Answer 2

High risk occupation
GH/family member with CJD
Recipient of blood products since 1980
Recent piercing or tattoo (4 months)
Drug users
Pregnant within 6 months
Recent surgery/waiting list 6mo
Medication, conditions
High risk unprotected sex
Tropical virus risk country (4-6 months)

Question 3

Donation process

Answer 3

Skin sanitised
30min blood inc, skin plug aliquoted into sample tubes
450mls into bag containing CPD-1 (citrate phosphate dextrose) stop clotting, feed cells
Labelled with donation number
Transported to blood centre
Large bore needle (shield forces)

Question 4

Mandatory donation tests

Answer 4

Antibody screen
Phenotyping Rh + K systems and others
HT screen
Further test for neonatal units
Microbiology
Detect Hep B+C+E, HIV,HLTV + syphilis
Bacterial monitoring of platelets

Question 5

Transfusion transmissible infections

Answer 5

Hepatitis C
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis E

Question 6

TTI

Answer 6

HIV - 1+2
HTLV- 1+2
Syphilis

Question 7

Reduce risk of transmission

Answer 7

Products leucodepleted to reduced risk of vCJD transmission
Effective testing of samples
Window period of infectivity

Question 8

Non mandatory tests

Answer 8

Optional: CMV antibody testing
Sickle cell trait test
Additional: malaria antibody test
T. Cruzi antibody test
West Nile virus NAAT testing