Chapt 1 Blood Collection & Processing

Question 1

Allogeneic

Answer 1

genetic dissimilarity within the same species

Question 2

Autologous

Answer 2

self

Question 3

Chagas

Answer 3

tropical parasitic disease caused by the flagellate protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi

Question 4

Confidential unit exclusion

Answer 4

a method whereby a donor may confidentially ask that his/her blood not be used for transfusion, this may be accomplished by the use of a barcode system in which the donor privately selects an appropriate barcode stating to use or one stating not to use the donation

Question 5

Deferral

Answer 5

prevention of donation, either temporarily or permanently, because of failure to meet donor acceptance criteria

Question 6

Directed donor

Answer 6

donor chosen by the potential recipient, such donations have been proven not to be any safer than transfusions from the general population

Question 7

Donor processing

Answer 7

testing and preparation of donor blood before it is considered available for distribution, including ABO, Rh, antibody screen, & infectious disease testing

Question 8

Good manufacturing practices

Answer 8

GMPs, 200 & 600 series of the Code of Federal Regulations that regulate blood banking practices

Question 9

Hematocrit

Answer 9

measure of the volume of RBCs as a percentage of the total volume of whole blood

Question 10

Hemoglobin

Answer 10

iron-containing pigment in RBCs that functions to carry O2 from the lungs to the tissues

Question 11

High-risk donor

Answer 11

donor who belongs to a particular group with lifestyles condusive to or genetic predisposition for a particular condition, for example, IV drug users are a high-risk group for infection with HIV

Question 12

Infectious disease markers

Answer 12

substances in the serum/plasma that indicate exposure to or presence of a particular disease

Question 13

Intraoperative blood salvage

Answer 13

procedure in which blood is salvaged, usually through a suction device, & re-infused with or without filtration to a patient during a surgical procedure

Question 14

ISBT 128

Answer 14

International Society for Blood Transfusion

Question 15

Mobile operation

Answer 15

collection operation which is not a fixed site

Question 16

Nucleic acid testing

Answer 16

sensitive laboratory testing which tests for DNA/RNA

Question 17

Paid donor

Answer 17

donor who receives payment for his/her donation

Question 18

Post operative salvage

Answer 18

procedure in which blood is salvaged from a draining wound for re-infusion, useful in some forms of cardiac surgery

Question 19

SOP

Answer 19

statement of the exact process used to establish a task

Question 20

Surrogate markers

Answer 20

disease markers that are indicators of potential for infection with other, often more serious, infectious diseases

Question 21

Syncope

Answer 21

fainting, vasovagal response

Question 22

Traceability

Answer 22

ability to trace back to a source

Question 23

Uniform donor history questionnaire

Answer 23

list of donor interview questions developed by the AABB & recommended for use in screening blood donors

Question 24

Volunteer blood donors

Answer 24

person who donates blood/blood components with no compensation readily convertible into cash

Question 25

Window period

Answer 25

period of time in serologic testing when the markers usually indicating disease are not detectable, although disease is present