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The minimum hemoglobin concentration in a fingerstick from a male blood donor is: - ANSWER
✓✓✓13.0 g/dL
-The hemoglobin for women shall be greater than or equal to 12.5 g/dL (hematocrit greater then
or equal to 38%) and the hemoglobin for men shall be greater than or equal to 13.0 g/dL
(hematocrit greater then or equal to 39%)
A cause for indefinite deferral of blood donation is: - ANSWER ✓✓✓positive test for
Trypanosoma cruzi
-Present or past clinical or laboratory evidence of infection with T. cruzi (Chagas disease) is
cause for and indefinite deferral from blood donation.
Which of the following prospective donors would be accepted for donation? - ANSWER ✓✓✓22
year old college student who has a temperature of 99.2 degrees F (37.3 degrees C) and states
that he feels well, but is nervous about donating
,-The receipt of blood products is a 12 month deferral, the deferral for travel to areas endemic
for malaria is 12 months regardless of antimalarial prophylaxis, and a person taking antibiotics
may have bacteremia. the requirement for temperature is not over 37.5 degrees C or 99.5
degrees F
Which of the following constitutes permanent deferral status of a donor? - ANSWER
✓✓✓confirmed positive test for HBsAg 10 years previously
-A positive test for HBsAg at any time is a permanent deferral
According to AABB standards, which of the following donors may be accepted as a blood donor?
- ANSWER ✓✓✓spontaneous abortion at 2 months of pregnancy, 3 months previously
-A woman who had a spontaneous abortion at 2 months of pregnancy, 3 months previously
would be acceptable. A donor is acceptable if she has not been pregnant in the previous 6
weeks. The other histories would cause for donor defferal.
In order to be a platelet pheresis donor, the platelet count must be at least: - ANSWER
✓✓✓150,000/uL
-The minimum platelet count required for plateletphereis donors is 150,000/uL. The results of
platelet counts performed before or after a procedure may be used to qualify the donor for the
next procedure.
Prior to blood donation, the intended venipuncture site must be cleaned with a scrub solution
containing: - ANSWER ✓✓✓povidone iodine
-The scrub must use povidone-iodine. Donors who are sensitive to iodine can have the area
cleaned with a preparation of 2% chlorhexidine and 70% isopropyl alcohol. Green soap must not
be used.
,A donor who has just donated 2 units of Apheresis Red Blood Cells will be deferred from further
blood donation for a minimum of how many weeks? - ANSWER ✓✓✓16
-Donation of 2 units of Apheresis RBCs will results in a 16-week deferral from blood donation
Which of the following infectious agents relies solely on donor questioning to avoid
transmission from transfused blood products? - ANSWER ✓✓✓Plasmodium falciparum
-There are no current tests to detect the presence of Plasmodium parasites in blood donors.
Protection from transfusion-transmitted malaria relies solely on ascertaining the travel history
of prospective donors.
Which of the following practices at the time of blood collection helps minimize bacterial
contamination of platelet products? - ANSWER ✓✓✓diversion pouch
-If the initial antibody screen using either the mother's or baby's serum is positive, the preferred
specimen for compatibility testing is the maternal serum as this is the source of the clinically
significant antibody. Either antigen-negative or AHG-crossmatch-compatibility units are selected
for transfusion.
-Diversion of the first 10-40 mL of donor blood that may contain contaminated skin into a
separate pouch helps present bacterial contamination in blood products. This is particularly true
of platelet products as their storage at 20-24 degree C can facilitate bacterial growth.
Which of the following travel-related responses will result in donor deferral? - ANSWER
✓✓✓residence in England for 6 months during 1990
-This deferral is intended to prevent variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob (vCJD) from entering the blood
supply. If a donor spent 3 months or more in the United Kingdom between 1980-1996, they are
indefinitely deferred from blood donation.
, According to AABB Standards, what is the minimum hemoglobin level for an autologous donor?
- ANSWER ✓✓✓11.0 g/dL
-Autologous blood donors must have a hemoglobin of greater than or equal to 11 g/dL.
What is/are the minimum pretransfusion testing requirement(s) for autologous donations
collected and transfused by the same facility? - ANSWER ✓✓✓ABO and Rh typing only
-Only ABO and Rh typing are required with the patient's sample. Each autologous unit must be
confirmed for ABO and Rh from an integrally attached segment.
Which of the following must be included on the label of a unit of Red Blood Cells Leukocytes
Reduced? - ANSWER ✓✓✓unique collection facility identifier
-The label on any blood product must include the unique facility identifier such as FDA
registration number and facility name.
All donor blood testing must include: - ANSWER ✓✓✓serological test for syphilis
-Testing for syphilis was the first mandated donor screening test for infectious disease and is
still part of infectious disease testing.
The test that is currently used to detect donors who are infected with the AIDS virus is: -
ANSWER ✓✓✓anti-HIV-1/2
-The causative agent for AIDS is the HIV types 1 and 2
Which of the following practices has been useful in reducing the incidence of Transfusion
Related Acute Lung Injury (TRALI)? - ANSWER ✓✓✓use of Fresh Frozen Plasma from male
PROTECT EXAM WITH
CORRECT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2024
The minimum hemoglobin concentration in a fingerstick from a male blood donor is: - ANSWER
✓✓✓13.0 g/dL
-The hemoglobin for women shall be greater than or equal to 12.5 g/dL (hematocrit greater then
or equal to 38%) and the hemoglobin for men shall be greater than or equal to 13.0 g/dL
(hematocrit greater then or equal to 39%)
A cause for indefinite deferral of blood donation is: - ANSWER ✓✓✓positive test for
Trypanosoma cruzi
-Present or past clinical or laboratory evidence of infection with T. cruzi (Chagas disease) is
cause for and indefinite deferral from blood donation.
Which of the following prospective donors would be accepted for donation? - ANSWER ✓✓✓22
year old college student who has a temperature of 99.2 degrees F (37.3 degrees C) and states
that he feels well, but is nervous about donating
,-The receipt of blood products is a 12 month deferral, the deferral for travel to areas endemic
for malaria is 12 months regardless of antimalarial prophylaxis, and a person taking antibiotics
may have bacteremia. the requirement for temperature is not over 37.5 degrees C or 99.5
degrees F
Which of the following constitutes permanent deferral status of a donor? - ANSWER
✓✓✓confirmed positive test for HBsAg 10 years previously
-A positive test for HBsAg at any time is a permanent deferral
According to AABB standards, which of the following donors may be accepted as a blood donor?
- ANSWER ✓✓✓spontaneous abortion at 2 months of pregnancy, 3 months previously
-A woman who had a spontaneous abortion at 2 months of pregnancy, 3 months previously
would be acceptable. A donor is acceptable if she has not been pregnant in the previous 6
weeks. The other histories would cause for donor defferal.
In order to be a platelet pheresis donor, the platelet count must be at least: - ANSWER
✓✓✓150,000/uL
-The minimum platelet count required for plateletphereis donors is 150,000/uL. The results of
platelet counts performed before or after a procedure may be used to qualify the donor for the
next procedure.
Prior to blood donation, the intended venipuncture site must be cleaned with a scrub solution
containing: - ANSWER ✓✓✓povidone iodine
-The scrub must use povidone-iodine. Donors who are sensitive to iodine can have the area
cleaned with a preparation of 2% chlorhexidine and 70% isopropyl alcohol. Green soap must not
be used.
,A donor who has just donated 2 units of Apheresis Red Blood Cells will be deferred from further
blood donation for a minimum of how many weeks? - ANSWER ✓✓✓16
-Donation of 2 units of Apheresis RBCs will results in a 16-week deferral from blood donation
Which of the following infectious agents relies solely on donor questioning to avoid
transmission from transfused blood products? - ANSWER ✓✓✓Plasmodium falciparum
-There are no current tests to detect the presence of Plasmodium parasites in blood donors.
Protection from transfusion-transmitted malaria relies solely on ascertaining the travel history
of prospective donors.
Which of the following practices at the time of blood collection helps minimize bacterial
contamination of platelet products? - ANSWER ✓✓✓diversion pouch
-If the initial antibody screen using either the mother's or baby's serum is positive, the preferred
specimen for compatibility testing is the maternal serum as this is the source of the clinically
significant antibody. Either antigen-negative or AHG-crossmatch-compatibility units are selected
for transfusion.
-Diversion of the first 10-40 mL of donor blood that may contain contaminated skin into a
separate pouch helps present bacterial contamination in blood products. This is particularly true
of platelet products as their storage at 20-24 degree C can facilitate bacterial growth.
Which of the following travel-related responses will result in donor deferral? - ANSWER
✓✓✓residence in England for 6 months during 1990
-This deferral is intended to prevent variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob (vCJD) from entering the blood
supply. If a donor spent 3 months or more in the United Kingdom between 1980-1996, they are
indefinitely deferred from blood donation.
, According to AABB Standards, what is the minimum hemoglobin level for an autologous donor?
- ANSWER ✓✓✓11.0 g/dL
-Autologous blood donors must have a hemoglobin of greater than or equal to 11 g/dL.
What is/are the minimum pretransfusion testing requirement(s) for autologous donations
collected and transfused by the same facility? - ANSWER ✓✓✓ABO and Rh typing only
-Only ABO and Rh typing are required with the patient's sample. Each autologous unit must be
confirmed for ABO and Rh from an integrally attached segment.
Which of the following must be included on the label of a unit of Red Blood Cells Leukocytes
Reduced? - ANSWER ✓✓✓unique collection facility identifier
-The label on any blood product must include the unique facility identifier such as FDA
registration number and facility name.
All donor blood testing must include: - ANSWER ✓✓✓serological test for syphilis
-Testing for syphilis was the first mandated donor screening test for infectious disease and is
still part of infectious disease testing.
The test that is currently used to detect donors who are infected with the AIDS virus is: -
ANSWER ✓✓✓anti-HIV-1/2
-The causative agent for AIDS is the HIV types 1 and 2
Which of the following practices has been useful in reducing the incidence of Transfusion
Related Acute Lung Injury (TRALI)? - ANSWER ✓✓✓use of Fresh Frozen Plasma from male
