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Blood Bank – 03

October 29, 2017 peferguson

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1. A donor indicates he is taking finasteride (Propecia, Proscar). He is informed that he will have to wait one month from the last dose before he can donate blood. Which of the following also requires a one month delay from the last dose before an individual is eligible to donate blood?

Receipt of a live attenuated vaccine, Polio

Receipt of a killed vaccine

Bovine insulin manufactured in UK

Etretinate (Tegison)

Isotretinoin (Accutane)

2. What is the maximum systolic blood pressure allowed to donate blood:

160mm Hg

180mm Hg

190mm Hg

100mm Hg

200mm Hg

3. A donor should be deferred indefinitely for all of the following EXCEPT:

History of viral hepatitis after 11th birthday

Receipt of pituitary growth hormone of human origin

Family h/o Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Evidence of parenteral drug use

Receipt of plasma derived clotting factor concentrates

4. How long does a donor have to wait between whole blood donations:

4 weeks

8 weeks

10 weeks

No specific time as long as their Hb is > 12.5 g/dL

6 weeks

5. Blood can be transfused with which of the following:

Both Normal saline (0.9%) and 5% albumin are correct

5% albumin

Normal saline (0.9%)

All of the answers are correct

Lactated ringers

6. All of the following are true with respect to anticoagulant / preservative solutions and storage in packed red cells EXCEPT:

Adding AS-1 (Adsol®) to CPD lengthens the self life to 42 days

Washed RBCs can be stored for 24 hrs. at 1-6 C after washing

The addition of adenine (CPDA-1) to CPD lengthens the self life to 35 days

Frozen RBCs can be stored for 1 year at -65 C

Citrate-phosphate-dextrose (CPD) has a 21 day self life

7. All of the following are true with regards to quality control for blood products EXCEPT:

Apheresis platelets >= 3 X 10^10 platelets in 90% of tested units

RBCs -> Hematocrit <80% in all units

RBCs leukoreduced <= 5 X 10^6 WBCs in 95%

Random donor platelets >= 5.5 X 10^10 platelets in 90% of tested units

Granulocyte concentrate >= 1.0 X 10^10 in 75% tested

8. A Rh negative mother gives birth to a Rh positive son. Based on the information shown for case #1 on the website, how many vials of Rhogam should be given?