Donor Selection and Deferrals Flashcards
What scrub is used to prepare the venipuncture site for blood donation?
Providine-iodione scrub
What is the maximum collection of whole blood?
No more than 10. mL of whole blood per kg of body weight
Donor interval for whole blood
8 weeks
Allogenic Donor Criteria: Age?
> or equal to 16 yrs old
Allogenic Donor Criteria: Temperature?
< or equal to 37.5C or 99.5F
Allogenic Donor Criteria: Blood Pressure?
< or equal to 180/100
Systolic/Diastolic (SKY is above DIRT)
Allogenic Donor Criteria: Pulse?
50-100 bpm
Allogenic Donor Criteria: Hemoglobin
> or equal to 12.5 g/dl
Allogenic Donor Criteria: Hematocrit
> or equal to 38% (Bottomline)
I’ve also seen Labce say > or equal to 36% for females, and 39% for males
What if a person is taking aspirin and wants to donate platelets?
Aspirin affects platelet function. Blood may not be used as the only source for platelets but can be part of a platelet pool.
Donor deferral: positive for Hepatitis B Immune Globulin (HBIG)
1 year
Donor deferral: Possible exposure to hepatitis, HIV, and malaria
1 year
Donor deferral: Person got a tattoo 9 days ago.
1 year
Donor deferral: Person got a tattoo 2 years ago
Ok to donate (deferral 1 year)
Donor deferral: Person is taking aspirin, and donor is the sole source of platelets
2 days
Donor deferral: Person received measles, mumps, polio, typhoid, yellow fever vaccine that day
2 weeks
Donor deferral: Donor is currently pregnant
6 weeks after birth
Donor deferral: Whole blood donation
8 weeks
Donor deferral: Person donated 2 units of packed red blood cells
16 weeks
Donor deferral: Person’s mucous membrane was exposed to blood
1 Year
Donor deferral: Person has syphillis
1 year
Donor deferral: Person is living with or having sexual contact with a person positive for HbsAg or HBV NAT or symptomatic for viral hepatitis
1 year