Giving blood back to yourself is known as:

What color tube is used to check for Syphilis?

Plasma can be stored up to _______________?

Detects rheumatoid arthritis, celiac disease, and other autoimmune conditions.

Provides amino acids for your body tissues and stops fluid leaks

A blood test that checks for foreign invaders like bacteria, yeast, and other microorganisms in your blood.

A process of removing a specific component of the blood and returning the remaining components to the donor

What element of blood is used to treat iron deficiency?

A form of anemia in which a mutated form of hemoglobin distorts the red blood cells into a crescent shape at low oxygen levels. Common among African-Americans.

What color tubes are used to check for HIV Testing?

This blood component must be infused within 24 hours of donation.

What are these?

This blood level is often checked when someone exhibits signs of heart attack.

A blood culture can also be used to detect conditions such as myocarditis.

When is the Order of Draw MANDATORY?

Protein Plasma Tests check for Leukemia.

High levels of Abnormal Plasma Protein involve all of the following, EXCEPT:

In the US alone, someone needs blood every 3 seconds

An inherited blood disorder in which the body makes an abnormal form of hemoglobin.

This blood component is stored for a maximum 42 days or may be frozen for up to 10 years

What element of blood is used to control bleeding?

Malformed Red Blood Cell (Pop Tart)

Reverses or counteracts the symptoms of jaundice or other blood diseases, such as sickle cell anemia

Cough, shortness of breath, high fever, muscle pains, headaches, nausea, vomiting. 10% who are infected, die. Considered the worst form of pneumonia

Pus-forming, grows in clusters like bunches of grapes; can cause abscesses, pustules and boils

Bacteria that causes Syphilis or Borrellia Burgdorferi, depending upon the subgroup it comes from.

Spherical bacteria that grow in pairs and cause diseases such as pneumonia:

Fungal infection of the skin (Ring Worm):

Pus-forming, arranged in curved lines resembling a string of beads; causes infections such as strep throat and blood poisoning

Contagious skin disease caused by an itch mite burrowing under the skin:

Parasitic fungus that can infect the mouth or the skin (Yeast):

Rod-shaped, produces diseases such as tetanus, typhoid fever, tuberculosis, and diphtheria

What is pediculosis?