blood donation

Retention time of medical director approval for donation interval

5 years

Retention time notification of abnormal results

10 or indefinite

Duration of bleeding a donor

7-10 mins

Duration of blood transfusion to prevent bacterial contamination

4 hrs (60 drops/ min)

Post transfusion blood specimen should be kept stored at 1-6 degrees celsius

Atleast 7 days

Cause of majority of hepatits transmitted through blood transfusion

Hepatitis C

The component most important for the viability of RBC

ATP

The component in additive solutions used for rbc preparation serve as stabilizing agent

Mannitol

Problems that may arise in massive transfusion

AOTA

Amount of time for complete apheresis

60-150 mins

Specimen requirement for pre transfusion testing

If a patient has been transfused or pregnant within the past 3 months of is the patient’s history it unknown, specimen must be collected every ___ days

3

Storage of pretransfusion specimen and donor segment

2-8 degrees celsius

The pretransfusion and segment must be stored for atleast ___ days

7