Chapter 12: Donor Selection

B

1. A 28-year-old woman; 112 lb; hemoglobin, 12.5 g/dL; miscarried 2 weeks ago

A. A = Accept

B. TD = Temporarily defer

C. PD = Permanently or indefinitely defer

A

2. A 56-year-old man; 168 lb; hematocrit, 44%; took aspirin 4 hours ago for arthritis pain

A. A = Accept

B. TD = Temporarily defer

C. PD = Permanently or indefinitely defer

A

3. A 35-year-old woman; copper sulfate screen, blood drop sinks in 5 seconds; 115 lb; temperature, 37° C

A. A = Accept

B. TD = Temporarily defer

C. PD = Permanently or indefinitely defer

B

4. A 17-year-old female high-school student; taking isotretinoin (Accutane) for acne

A. A = Accept

B. TD = Temporarily defer

C. PD = Permanently or indefinitely defer

C

5. A 75-year-old male donor center volunteer; first-time blood donor; contracted hepatitis 20 years ago following surgery

A. A = Accept

B. TD = Temporarily defer

C. PD = Permanently or indefinitely defer

B

6. A 22-year-old male; received tattoo while in the service 4 months ago, just before he returned from Iraq

A. A = Accept

B. TD = Temporarily defer

C. PD = Permanently or indefinitely defer

A

7. A 65-year-old female; has instructions from physician to donate for upcoming surgery; had syphilis and was treated 40 years ago; hematocrit, 37%; temperature, 99° F

A. A = Accept

B. TD = Temporarily defer

C. PD = Permanently or indefinitely defer

A

8. A 38-year-old male; received recombinant hepatitis B vaccine as a new employee 3 months ago

A. A = Accept

B. TD = Temporarily defer

C. PD = Permanently or indefinitely defer

C

9. A 19-year-old male first-time donor; received human growth hormone 12 years ago

A. A = Accept

B. TD = Temporarily defer

C. PD = Permanently or indefinitely defer

C

10. A 24-year-old female with a history of a positive test for hepatitis C from another blood center

A. A = Accept

B. TD = Temporarily defer

C. PD = Permanently or indefinitely defer

C

11. A 52-year-old businessman who lived in England for 1 year in 1993

A. A = Accept

B. TD = Temporarily defer

C. PD = Permanently or indefinitely defer

B

12. A 130-lb, 5 feet 1 inch female; hematocrit, 40%; would like to donate 2 units by apheresis

A. A = Accept

B. TD = Temporarily defer

C. PD = Permanently or indefinitely defer

D

13. Which of the following is a cause for temporary deferral of a whole blood donor?

a. intranasal influenza vaccine

c. oral polio vaccine 4 weeks ago

b. antibiotics taken for acne

d. rubella vaccine 2 weeks ago

B

14. A donor with a physician’s request to donate for planned surgery in 3 weeks has a hemoglobin value of 10 g/dL. She is:

a. permitted to donate as an autologous donor

b. deferred because of low hemoglobin

c. permitted to donate with the approval of the blood bank’s medical director

d. permitted to donate a smaller unit of blood

D

15. Plateletpheresis donors cannot donate more than:

a. twice a week

b. 24 times a year

c. every 48 hours

d. all of the above

A

16. Viral marker tests are not required on autologous blood to be used within the collection facility.

A. True

B. False

B

17. Autologous units may be given to other patients if they are not used for the patient who donated the units.

A. True

B. False

B

18. A unit donated therapeutically from a person with hereditary hemochromatosis cannot be used for transfusion purposes.

A. True

B. False

A

19. Donor centers are authorized to release positive test results to their state health department if the donor signs a consent form.

A. True

B. False

B

20. According to the FDA, prospective donors with a history of cancer are not permitted to donate blood.

A. True

B. False