Blood Facts
It is the rarest blood type
What is AB-
Examples are donor first & last name, DOB, address and gender
What are donor demographics
A single car accident victim can require this many units of blood
What is 100 pints
99.5
What is the upper acceptable temperature range
An inherited disease that causes cells to be misshaped and unable to carry oxygen
What is sickle cell
This can save up to 3 lives
What is 1 pint of blood
This is how many times a unit is stripped after heat sealing
What is 2
There are trace amounts of this element in human blood
What is gold
It is considered this if it takes 11 - 15 minutes to fill
What is a slow unit
Generic term for condition of low red blood cell count. It can cause fatigue and shortness of breath
What is anemia
These have a life span of 120 days
What are red blood cells
Times documented on the DRF should be in this format
What is military time
It takes about this many weeks to replace the number of RBC lost during donation
What is 4 weeks
It is how many times the EDTA & Babesia tubes must be inverted
What is 10
This disease occurs from a mosquito bite and affects the red blood cells
What is malaria
This is how long donated red blood cells can be stored
What is 42 days
This is the correct order to fill the test tubes
What is serum (red) EDTA (purple) Babesia (blue)
The 1st ever blood bank of the world was opened in this US city in 1936
What is Chicago
13.0 g/dL
What is the minimum hemoglobin for a male WB donor
This is a genetic deficiency of certain proteins that help blood to clot
What is hemophilia
Red blood cells, plasma and platelets are made in this part of the body
What is bone marrow
This should be done immediately after filling all test tubes and before placing in tube holder
What is verifying the unit numbers to the DRF and blood bag
About 37% of the US population have this blood type
What is O+
This is the expiration date for a newly opened pack of blood bags
What is 30 days
This form of cancer causes white blood cells to become malignant and multiply in bone marrow
What is leukemia