INTRODUCTION TO IMMUNOHEMATOLOGY
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
BLOOD BANKING - Correct Answers -encompasses activities, procedures, and tests
done to ensure that blood for transfusion is properly collected, preserved, stored, and
dispensed for later use in blood transfusion.
TRANSFUSION MEDICINE - Correct Answers -is a multidisciplinary branch of medicine
concerned with the transfusion of blood and blood components, including proper
selection and utilization of blood components as well as removal of blood or blood
components in the treatment or prevention of disease.
Blood bank refrigerator - Correct Answers -it maintains cold chain to avoid bacterial
contamination which can cause sepsis
○ Polycythemia vera
○ Hereditary Hemochromatosis - Correct Answers -Diseases that needs Therapeutic
phlebotomy:
Polycythemia vera - Correct Answers -general increase in red blood cells
Hereditary Hemochromatosis - Correct Answers -caused by a missense mutation in the
HFE gene, resulting in excessive intestinal iron absorption and organ damage (cirrhosis,
diabetes, cardiomyopathy, arthropathy) due to iron accumulation.
Pope Innocent VII - Correct Answers -First recorded unsuccessful blood transfusion
donors were three young men in the hope of curing the stricken ___________________
William Harvey - Correct Answers -discovered the circulation of blood.
Richard Lower; dogs - Correct Answers -The first recorded successful blood transfusion
occurs in England Physician _____________ kept dogs alive by transfusion of blood
from other _________.
James Blundell - Correct Answers -performs the first successful transfusion of human
blood to a patient for the treatment of postpartum hemorrhage.
postpartum hemorrhage - Correct Answers -James Blundell, a British obstetrician,
performs the first successful transfusion of human blood to a patient for the treatment of
_________________.
Samuel Armstrong Lane (aided by consultant Dr. Blundell) - Correct Answers -performs
the first successful whole blood transfusion to treat hemophilia.
, Hemophilia - Correct Answers -deficiency of a coagulation factor
Joseph Lister - Correct Answers -used antiseptics to control infection during
transfusions.
1. Alcohol
2. Povidone Iodine
3. Alcohol - Correct Answers -3 steps of antiseptic technique during blood donation:
Drying time is Dying time - Correct Answers -Principle to allow antiseptics to dry to
properly kill possible contaminants
Braxton Hicks - Correct Answers -recommended sodium phosphate in attempt to find a
nontoxic anticoagulant as clotting was the principal obstacle to overcome.
sodium phosphate - Correct Answers -Braxton Hicks recommended
__________________ in attempt to find a nontoxic anticoagulant as clotting was the
principal obstacle to overcome.
Saline infusion - Correct Answers -replaces milk as a " blood substitute " due to the
increased frequency of adverse reactions to milk.
Saline - Correct Answers -has been used in different procedures in the laboratory, one
of it is that it is use to avoid overloading the patient's system during blood transfusion.
Karl Landsteiner - Correct Answers -an Austrian physician, discovered the ABO blood
groups. He received the Nobel Prize for Medicine for this discovery in 1930.
1901 - Correct Answers -When did Karl Landsteiner discover the ABO blood groups
ABC group system - Correct Answers -ABO blood groups were primarily known as the
_________________________
H antigens - Correct Answers -precursor of A & B Antigen
codominant pattern - Correct Answers -Blood groups exhibit a _________________
pattern
Alfred Decastello and Adriano Sturli - Correct Answers -Karl Landsteiner colleagues
______________________ add AB, the fourth blood group.
AB - Correct Answers -the fourth blood group
Hektoen - Correct Answers -suggests that the safety of transfusion might be improved
by crossmatching blood between donors and patients to exclude incompatible mixtures.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
BLOOD BANKING - Correct Answers -encompasses activities, procedures, and tests
done to ensure that blood for transfusion is properly collected, preserved, stored, and
dispensed for later use in blood transfusion.
TRANSFUSION MEDICINE - Correct Answers -is a multidisciplinary branch of medicine
concerned with the transfusion of blood and blood components, including proper
selection and utilization of blood components as well as removal of blood or blood
components in the treatment or prevention of disease.
Blood bank refrigerator - Correct Answers -it maintains cold chain to avoid bacterial
contamination which can cause sepsis
○ Polycythemia vera
○ Hereditary Hemochromatosis - Correct Answers -Diseases that needs Therapeutic
phlebotomy:
Polycythemia vera - Correct Answers -general increase in red blood cells
Hereditary Hemochromatosis - Correct Answers -caused by a missense mutation in the
HFE gene, resulting in excessive intestinal iron absorption and organ damage (cirrhosis,
diabetes, cardiomyopathy, arthropathy) due to iron accumulation.
Pope Innocent VII - Correct Answers -First recorded unsuccessful blood transfusion
donors were three young men in the hope of curing the stricken ___________________
William Harvey - Correct Answers -discovered the circulation of blood.
Richard Lower; dogs - Correct Answers -The first recorded successful blood transfusion
occurs in England Physician _____________ kept dogs alive by transfusion of blood
from other _________.
James Blundell - Correct Answers -performs the first successful transfusion of human
blood to a patient for the treatment of postpartum hemorrhage.
postpartum hemorrhage - Correct Answers -James Blundell, a British obstetrician,
performs the first successful transfusion of human blood to a patient for the treatment of
_________________.
Samuel Armstrong Lane (aided by consultant Dr. Blundell) - Correct Answers -performs
the first successful whole blood transfusion to treat hemophilia.
, Hemophilia - Correct Answers -deficiency of a coagulation factor
Joseph Lister - Correct Answers -used antiseptics to control infection during
transfusions.
1. Alcohol
2. Povidone Iodine
3. Alcohol - Correct Answers -3 steps of antiseptic technique during blood donation:
Drying time is Dying time - Correct Answers -Principle to allow antiseptics to dry to
properly kill possible contaminants
Braxton Hicks - Correct Answers -recommended sodium phosphate in attempt to find a
nontoxic anticoagulant as clotting was the principal obstacle to overcome.
sodium phosphate - Correct Answers -Braxton Hicks recommended
__________________ in attempt to find a nontoxic anticoagulant as clotting was the
principal obstacle to overcome.
Saline infusion - Correct Answers -replaces milk as a " blood substitute " due to the
increased frequency of adverse reactions to milk.
Saline - Correct Answers -has been used in different procedures in the laboratory, one
of it is that it is use to avoid overloading the patient's system during blood transfusion.
Karl Landsteiner - Correct Answers -an Austrian physician, discovered the ABO blood
groups. He received the Nobel Prize for Medicine for this discovery in 1930.
1901 - Correct Answers -When did Karl Landsteiner discover the ABO blood groups
ABC group system - Correct Answers -ABO blood groups were primarily known as the
_________________________
H antigens - Correct Answers -precursor of A & B Antigen
codominant pattern - Correct Answers -Blood groups exhibit a _________________
pattern
Alfred Decastello and Adriano Sturli - Correct Answers -Karl Landsteiner colleagues
______________________ add AB, the fourth blood group.
AB - Correct Answers -the fourth blood group
Hektoen - Correct Answers -suggests that the safety of transfusion might be improved
by crossmatching blood between donors and patients to exclude incompatible mixtures.
