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The //minimum //hemoglobin //concentration //in //a //fingerstick //from //a //male //blood //donor //is:
a. //12.0 //g/dL //(120 //g/L)
b. //12.5 //g/dL //(125 //g/L)
c. //13.5 //g/dL //(135 //g/L)
d. /
/15.0 /
/g/dL /
/(150 /
/g/L) //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) /
/✔✔ /
/b. /
/All /
/donors, /
/regardless /
/of /
/sex, /
/require //
a/
/minimum /
/hemoglobin /
/of //12.5 //g/dL //(125 //g/L). //The //value //must //not //be //performed //on //an //earlobe //stick.
,A //cause //for //permanent //deferral //of //blood //donation //is:
a. //diabetes
b. //residence //in //an //endemic //malaria //region //
c. //history //of //jaundice //of //uncertain //cause //
d. /
/history /
/of /
/therapeutic /
/rabies /
/vaccine //- /
/correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //c. //Jaundice //is //a //sign //of //liver //impairment, //which //might //be //due //to
//HBV //or //HCV. //Infection //with //HBV //and //HCV //is //a //cause //for //indefinite //deferral.
Which //of //the //following //prospective //donors //would //be //accepted //for //donation?
a. //32-year-
old //woman //who //received //a //transfusion //in //a //complicated //delivery //5 //months //previously
b. //19-year-old //sailor //who //has //been //stateside //for //9 //months //and //stopped //taking //his //anti-
malarial //medication //9 //months //previously
c. //22-year-
old /
/college /
/student /
/who /
/has //
a/
/temperature /
/of //99.2F //(37.3C) //and //states //that //he //feels //well, //but //is //nervous //about //donating
,d. //45-year-
old /
/woman /
/who /
/has /
/just //recovered //from //a //bladder //infection //and //is //still //taking //antibiotics //- //correct //answer(s)
//✔✔ //c. //The //receipt //of //blood //products //is //a
6-
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°C //or //99.5°F.
Which //one //of //the //following //constitutes //permanent //rejection //status //of //a //donor?
a. //a //tattoo //5 //months //previously
b. //recent //close //contact //with //a //patient //with //viral //hepatitis //
c. //2 //units //of //blood //transfused //4 //months //previously
d. /
/confirmed /
/positive /
/test //for //HBsAg //10 //years //previously //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //d. //A //positive //test //for //HbsAg
//at //any //time //is //an //indefinite //deferral.
According /
/to //AABB //standards, //which //of //the //following //donors //may //be //accepted //as //a //blood //donor?
, a. //traveled //to //an //area //endemic //for //malaria //9 //months //previously
b. //spontaneous //abortion //at //2 //months //of //pregnancy, //3 //months //previously //
c. //resides //with //a //known //hepatitis //patient
d. /
/received //
a/
/blood /
/transfusion /
/22 /
/weeks /
/previously //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) /
/✔✔ /
/b. //
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.
Below //are //the //results //of //the //history //obtained //from //a //prospective //female //blood //donor:
Age: //16
Temperature: //99.0"F //(37.2°C)
Hct: //36%
History: //tetanus //toxoid //immunization //1 //week //previously
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Bank Exam Questions With Correct Answers
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The //minimum //hemoglobin //concentration //in //a //fingerstick //from //a //male //blood //donor //is:
a. //12.0 //g/dL //(120 //g/L)
b. //12.5 //g/dL //(125 //g/L)
c. //13.5 //g/dL //(135 //g/L)
d. /
/15.0 /
/g/dL /
/(150 /
/g/L) //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) /
/✔✔ /
/b. /
/All /
/donors, /
/regardless /
/of /
/sex, /
/require //
a/
/minimum /
/hemoglobin /
/of //12.5 //g/dL //(125 //g/L). //The //value //must //not //be //performed //on //an //earlobe //stick.
,A //cause //for //permanent //deferral //of //blood //donation //is:
a. //diabetes
b. //residence //in //an //endemic //malaria //region //
c. //history //of //jaundice //of //uncertain //cause //
d. /
/history /
/of /
/therapeutic /
/rabies /
/vaccine //- /
/correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //c. //Jaundice //is //a //sign //of //liver //impairment, //which //might //be //due //to
//HBV //or //HCV. //Infection //with //HBV //and //HCV //is //a //cause //for //indefinite //deferral.
Which //of //the //following //prospective //donors //would //be //accepted //for //donation?
a. //32-year-
old //woman //who //received //a //transfusion //in //a //complicated //delivery //5 //months //previously
b. //19-year-old //sailor //who //has //been //stateside //for //9 //months //and //stopped //taking //his //anti-
malarial //medication //9 //months //previously
c. //22-year-
old /
/college /
/student /
/who /
/has //
a/
/temperature /
/of //99.2F //(37.3C) //and //states //that //he //feels //well, //but //is //nervous //about //donating
,d. //45-year-
old /
/woman /
/who /
/has /
/just //recovered //from //a //bladder //infection //and //is //still //taking //antibiotics //- //correct //answer(s)
//✔✔ //c. //The //receipt //of //blood //products //is //a
6-
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°C //or //99.5°F.
Which //one //of //the //following //constitutes //permanent //rejection //status //of //a //donor?
a. //a //tattoo //5 //months //previously
b. //recent //close //contact //with //a //patient //with //viral //hepatitis //
c. //2 //units //of //blood //transfused //4 //months //previously
d. /
/confirmed /
/positive /
/test //for //HBsAg //10 //years //previously //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //d. //A //positive //test //for //HbsAg
//at //any //time //is //an //indefinite //deferral.
According /
/to //AABB //standards, //which //of //the //following //donors //may //be //accepted //as //a //blood //donor?
, a. //traveled //to //an //area //endemic //for //malaria //9 //months //previously
b. //spontaneous //abortion //at //2 //months //of //pregnancy, //3 //months //previously //
c. //resides //with //a //known //hepatitis //patient
d. /
/received //
a/
/blood /
/transfusion /
/22 /
/weeks /
/previously //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) /
/✔✔ /
/b. //
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.
Below //are //the //results //of //the //history //obtained //from //a //prospective //female //blood //donor:
Age: //16
Temperature: //99.0"F //(37.2°C)
Hct: //36%
History: //tetanus //toxoid //immunization //1 //week //previously
