Who is authorized to do donor physical/clinical examination

[umeshkumar]

Dear all,

 

Is it mandatory that a physician make the clinical examination for determining eligibility of a donor?

Some centres recommend that it can be done by a Blood bank technologist or by a RN.

 

Who is really responsible for this? FDA mentions that a physician or a staff trained by him provided the physician is in the premises when examination is done. If the staff trained is doing it the center should have the SOP for donor examination approved by the FDA authority.

 

Where in the AABB standards is this referred to? what is the AABB recommendation for the same

 

thanks