EX 4 Virtual Blood Bank Visit (Answer Sheet)

Complete Name: Mary Raffaele G. Veloso__Section & Group/Table #: D- Table 5

Laboratory Preceptor: Ma’am Bana-ay

PART I-A (30 points)
1. Classify the type of blood service facility visited and its category.
• Hospital Based Blood Bank with additional functions – Category B
• HBBB+

2. Enumerate the blood bank services offered by CVGH Blood Bank.

• Recruitment of Voluntary Blood Donors
• Health education and counseling
• Donor screening and selection
• Blood collection
• Basic blood screening and testing (Compatibility Testing/Testing for Transmittable
Diseases)
• Provision of whole blood and packed RBCs
• Storage of Blood and Blood Products
• Issuance, Transport, and distribution of Blood/Blood products
• Investigation of transfusion reactions
• Reso9lution of incompatible crossmatches

3. Describe the Donor Selection process.

• Pre-Donation Screening
o Interview using uniform donor history questionnaire
o Physical Examination of Donors – Vital Signs,Weight
o Donor health education and counseling
o Hemoglobin and Hematocrit Levls
o ABO and Rh typing
• Proper Screening
o Testing for transfusion of transmissive infections/diseases
• Post-Donor Care

4. Identify the Proper Screening Tests performed on Donors’ Blood.

• Test for Transfusion Transmissive Diseases (Principle for testing: Chemiluminescent
Microparticle Immunoassay)
o HIV
o Hepatitis B and C
o Malaria
o Syphilis (serologic test)
• Compatibility testing
o Antibody screening
o Crossmatching
o Blood typing
• HGB and HCT
 5. Specify the blood components processed in the CVGH Blood Bank and provide their a)
corresponding storage temperatures and b) lifespan.

Blood Components Processed Storage Temperatures Lifespan

CPDA-1= 35 days
Whole Blood 4°C
CPD = 21 Days
Packed RBC 1-6°C CPDA-1= 35 days
Washed RBC 1-6°C CPDA -1= 24 hours (Open System)
Fresh Frozen Plasma <18°C CPDA-1= 1 Year/12 months
RT (22-24°C) with constant CPDA-1= 5 days/24 hours (Open
Platelet Concentrate
agitation System)
Cryoprecipitate <18°C CPDA-1= 1 Year/12 months

PART I-B (30 points)

1. Identify and illustrate the different types of blood bags and label its parts.
(No need to do this part but study this for Long Laboratory Quiz and Practical Exam)
2. Compute for the expiration date on the anticoagulant or preservative used. (Show solution and
provide the expiration date corresponding to the collection date of February 21, 2022).

2a. CPD or CP2D

Lifespan = 21 days
Solution = 21 + 21 = 42 – 28 days = March 14, 2022

2b. CPDA-1
Lifespan = 35 days
Solution = 21 + 35 = 56 – 28 days = March 28, 2022

2c. CPDA-AS
Lifespan = 42
Solution = 21 + 42 = 63 – 28 = 35
March 31 + 4 days = April 4, 2022

3. Enumerate the labelling requirements on blood and blood products.

• Barcode/Product ID
• Production Facility/source
• Anticoagulant used
• ABO and RH type (Blood Type)
• Collection and Expiry date
• Screening result
• Component type and volume