Donor Questionnaire Flashcards
What is donor deferral?
The donor is not allowed to donate a blood product for a specified period of time
Could the blood drawn from the donor be potentially harmful to the recipient?
it can be harmful to the recipient if it doesn’t have the right or expected components in it or if it is able to transmit a specific disease to the recipient.
During the Registration part of the donor collection process, what are the four things that they check?
- Photographic identification (to check age)
- Check date of last donation
- Deferral status (all permanently deferred donors are checked)
- Constant to donate (sign statement and informed of risks)
What’s the deferral period for donating Whole blood?
In other words, how many days from the last time you donated whole blood do you have to wait till you can donate again?
56 days
What’s the deferral period for donating Double RBCs?
112 days, up to 3 times/year
What’s the deferral period for donating plasma?
2 days, up to 13 times/year
What’s the deferral period for donating platelets?
2 days, up to 24 times/year
True or False: Education process must explain the donation process and the infectious disease risks.
True
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5.2.1: Provide educational material that explain:
- the donation process
- infectious disease transmission via transfusion
What test are available but not universally used by donor centers?
- HIV group O strain
- CMV
What 3 test have NO licensed test available for donor screening?
- Babesiosis
- Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD)
- Malaria
What tests are available but may not detect early-stage or window-period infection
- Chagas disease
- HBV
- HCV
- HTLV I
- HTLV II
- WNV
- Zika
What are the 6 things that are check in the Mini-Physical?
- General Appearance (Skin & Eyes)
- Anemia ( Allogeneic: H/H= >12.5 d/dL for females & Hct > 38%. For Autologous: H/H= > 11.0 g/dL or >33%)
- Temperature ( Not exceed 37.5 C (oral) or 99.5 F)
- Blood Pressure ( FDA < 180/100 mmHg)
- Pulse (FDA 50-100 beats/minute)
- Weight (Generally greater than 110 pounds)
True or False: Donor history is examined to protect Donor and Recipient.
True
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- 5.4.3: Protect Donor - ensure mono harm comes to donor
- 5.4.2.: Protect Recipient - prevent selection of donor who may have an infectious disease transmissible by blood product or thought to compromise the suitability of the blood product.
True or False: the Donor History Questionnaire is a standard open-ended survey.
False. The Donor History Questionnaire is a standard yes/no questions to be administered to prospective donors.
Questions organized by deferral period ( today, 48 hours, 8 weeks, 16 weeks, 3 months, 12 months, ever)
What are the 4 things that are required in the Donor History Questionnaire (DHQ)?
- Questionnaire: Questions that are answered by donor
- Medications Deferral List: list required by FDA or AABB
- User Brochure: instructions for blood establishment for using the materials provided.
- Flowcharts and References: documents used in development of DHQ
What is the minimum age that one has to be in order to donate blood in Oregon?
16 years old
What is the normal blood pressure range one has to be in between in order to donate blood?
- 90-180 mm Hg systolic
- 50-100 mm Hg diastolic
What is the criteria for Pulse?
50-100 beats/min
What is the deferral period for anti-platelet agents: Piroxicam and Aspirin and anticoagulants (excluding warfarin & heparin)
48 hours
What is the deferral period for antiplatelet agents: Effient/ Prasugrel?
3 days
What is the deferral period for anti platelet: Ticlopidine and anticoagulants: Warfarin & Heparin?
7 days
What is the deferral period for Clopidogrel or Ticlopidine?
- 14 days
(serious bleeding)
What is the deferral period for Zontivity/Vorapaxar (anti platelet agents)?
1 month
What is the deferral period for acne treatment, multiple myeloma, Rheumatoid arthritis, hair loss remedy, Prostate symptoms (Finasteride)?
1 month
What is the deferral period for Immunosuppressant?
(inhibit or prevent the activity of the immune system)
6 weeks
What is the deferral period for Hepatitis B Immune Globulin, any medication taken by mouth (ora) to prevent HIV?
3 months
What is the deferral period for Prostate symptoms medication like Dutasteride?
6 months
What is the deferral period for Psoriasis (Acitretin)?
3 years
What is the deferral period for Psoriasis (Etretinate) or HIV treatment/ART?
Ever / Permanent