SAFE BLOOD TRANSFUSION

What is safe blood Transfusion?

• Blood component free of all pathogens.

• Blood component free of HBV, HCV and HIV.

• Blood Component appropriately collected, stored and cross matched.

• All of above

What is the shelf life of a red blood cell parent component after the system has been open for pediatric transfusion in a chamber?

• 2 Weeks

• 7 days.

• 24 hours

• 7 hours

Under what conditions a Plasma unit should be thawed?

• at 37 ⁰ C

• should never come in contact with water

• thawed and checked for micro leaks before issuance.

• All of above

Where the cross match tube should be labelled?

• At the bed side.

• At the counter before collection.

• at the counter after collection

Concerning blood component receiving in clinical area, if patient is not ready to receive transfusion and is sent for radiology, what is the right approach for blood component?

• should be left at bedside until patient comes back

• should be returned to blood bank within 30 minutes.

• should be stored in clinical area refrigerator.

After getting a blood component cross matched, how long the cross match is valid for?

• 24 hours or 1 day

• 72 hours

  or 3 days

• 7 days

• 10 days

What are the indications for transfusing freshly collected red cells (less than 10 days old)?

• Cardiac patients

• Routine patients

• Obstetric patients

• genetically inherited anemias such as thalassemia and sickle cell anemia