Donor Services and Donor Recruitment

whats the donor eligibility criteria for Double platelet donation.. also if we collect 5x 10(11) platelets do we split it? hw does it qualify in quality control?

A donor forward types as A but does not have Anti-B. Do you discard?

we are currently having a problem with our apheresis platelets....upon issue when we collect our pH and plt count we have noticed a DRASTIC decrease of the platelet count and an increase in pH (i have never seen a pH increase with storage!!!).....the products are drawn on a COBE TRIMA and the platelet counts are run on 2 different sysmex xe 2100, pH is run on abl 800 flex.....nothing seems to be amiss about the machines? my question is could this happen if there was a problem with the ACD used or a problem with the lot of kit used???? here is the most perplexing example: drawn 8/8/11 plt count 8/9/11 approx 1500 on all 3 bags of a triple pH = 7.11 plt count 8/10/11 appr…

What is the period for Look Back for HBV (HBsAg) and for NAT: HBV, HCV and HIV

what is the upper limit of cut off for hemoglobin levels in donors? Is it ok for donors with hb >17g/dl to donate?what should be the policy in such cases?

Do your computer systems check current CMV (antibody) test results vs. prior (for platelet apheresis donors especially)? If not, do you check manually as far as keep a file on each donor? Have you ever had discrepant test results, such as back and forth NEG,NEG,POS, NEG,NEG,NEG,POS, etc.?? If you had a POS result and then the donor tested NEG for multiple donations after that, would you label the products CMV NEG or not (as precaution due to prior POS result)??

Those of you who work at collection/manufacturing facilities that are not part of a transfusion service, how are you complying with the standard to test platelet count and pH at the end of storage or issue?

Those of you who work at collection/manufacturing facilities that are not part of a transfusion service, how are you complying with the standard to test platelet count and pH at the end of storage or issue?

One of our neonatal consultants came to me today asking about pH of blood for exchange transfusion. We had an exchange transfusion a couple of days ago and our unit preparation is as follows: We get a fresh unit (less than 5 days old) of CPD-SagM packed cells, then spin it down in the centrifuge to remove the supernatant containing mannitol. We then reconstitute with AB plasma to get a HCT of approx 45%. The unit in this case was used about 45 minutes after preparation . The birth weight was 1.28kg, and the reason for the exchange (as far as I know) was a high total bilirubin of 26.2 umol/L and during the exchange procedure there were some complications (I think due to…

CMS along with AABB have decided that since donors are notified of positive bacterial detection results that bacterial detection is now classified as a CLIA moderate complexity test. Has anyone else dealt with proficiency testing for their BacT ALERT system? If so, how are you handling this? We would really prefer to try to obtain something commercially if you know of anything that is available.

What is your SOP for sticking through tattoos for autologous whole blood collection? We have always avoided venipuncture directly through the tattoo for all donors and patients. However, we recently had a patient with a sleeve on one arm and a new tattoo- 2 weeks old- on the other arm over the antecubital fossa. Thanks!

Hi, I know this is a professional site, but I was hoping you might allow a blood donor to "sneak" in and ask a question. I have been donating for 37 years (more than 150 pints) and have never had any problems. I moved to a new area 6 years ago. In that time I've donated 30 pints, but in 2 of the last 10 donations, the donation had to be stopped for slow flow and eventual clotting. The nurses in both cases apologized profusely and made explanations of high platelet count or a skin plug blocking the needle. Is this plausible? Why never before? Since I've donated for so long and have never run into these issues, I'm wondering if my body is changing or if the staff is less co…

Can anonyone please comment on the system and the metod they use for the NAT?? we are in the process of implementing NAT and i need advice. Thanks alot.

Does anyone have a policy specifically regarding Plavix or Aspirin and Platelet Transfusions?

Could anybody please comment on which NAT system has better advantages, more reliable and cost effective over the others?? Thank you for sharing your experiances.

Can we stop running serological testing and run only NAT on blood donors or do we have to continue both at the same time. Thank you for your comment.

Some times we have a blood donor whose Direct Rh test is Negative but his weak Rh test (Du) positive while DCT/Rh Control also positive. We try gentle heat elution but usually it is of no benefit. What is the best technique to determine his Rh. Do u face this problem? Thanks

hi ,collegues should malaria slides examination need wearing gloves to avoid contamination or not

We had a donor that was reactive for HBc and was reactive again after the 8 week deferral for HBc reentry. We had indefinetely deferred him from future donations and the donor has been notified. While doing the "Look-back" of recipients, I traced back one year prior to his last nagative donation and found 3 recipients of 4 components. My question is this....are these recipients supposed to be notified? The medical director thinks this may cause more harm than good to notify these recipients since there is no confirmatory test. I can only find in the CFR's where it states to notify those that were HIV & HCV confirmed positive, and no other infectious disease guide…

Dear all our blood bank are thinking to change the rpr test to vdrl test "elisa" "biokit" but i heard that the rpr is more sensitive than elisa , is it true? And is aabb approved to screen syphilis by elisa based tests? Thank you

Hello everybody! i'll like to know if somebody uses infrared thermometers for donor tempeture measure? if someone does, what is your experience, do u like it, donors like it? Please let me know!!!

Hello everybody! I have a question to all of you! Do you deferral the people who come to donate who have the disease called vitiligo, and if you do, the deferral is permanent or temporary?

Hi to every one Is it possible to find D antigen negative with slide method and positive with immediate spin tube method? . thank you

Hi everybody I hope you are well what are exactly the steps in doing QC for FFP Thanks

we have started with double platelet collections recently. What is the best time to split the product?? immediately after preparing it or at the time of issue? hw to know which split shoul have how much volume and platelet count and what should be the ideal procedure for decing how to split the product?