Number, please
Tools of the Trade
Fancy words
Adverse Reaction
Get to know staff
100
When performing a whole blood takeover, this amount of time is allowed until you are no longer allowed to strip lines into the primary bag.
4 minutes
100
Microcuvette
100
The BP cuff, AKA...
Sphygmomanometer
100
Blood Bank of Hawaii's term used to alert staff to a reaction
ICE!
100
This collections specialist will make 30 years with BBH this coming august
Aida Rosa
200
The 4 mL lavender top sample tube must be inverted this many times
8-10
200
The whole blood needle size
16G
200
CMV is the abbreviation for this
Cytomegalovirus
200
The abnormal pooling of blood in the body under the skin that results from a broken or ruptured blood vessel.
Hematoma
200
Owner of 3 chinchillas, Lovey, Pigeon, and Daisy
Jonette Agena
300
You selected the LTWT fail code on the DHQ because the amount of blood collected fell within this range.
> 50 mL and < 450 mL
300
When inspecting a whole blood pack unit prior to phlebotomy, you are inspecting the lines on the needle/sample pouch side of the cannula for this fluid.
Anticoagulant
300
The rupturing or destruction of red blood cells.
Hemolysis
300
Documentation of a donor's decision to leave a BBH collection site after an adverse reaction against advice of BBH personnel.
Release and Indemnification Form
300
This BBH staff member also spent time working for Sun Coast Blood Center
Todd Nishimoto
400
This is the acceptable range for Genesis Mixer QC
499-501
+/- 1
400
This sample tube is the "clot tube"
Red top tube
400
Our bright pink sticker used to designate units from donors with pregnancy history is an acronym for this.
Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury
400
Adverse reaction intervention in which donors are instructed to squeeze leg and abdominal muscles repeatedly.
Muscle Tension Exercises
400
This staff member learned English by watching Sesame Street
Kim Anh Nguyen
500
This is the donor weight range used when adjusting whole blood target volume to 470 mL
110-115 lbs
500
These small attachments are used to create hermetic seals in product lines.
Grommets
500
Transfusion of blood from a person other than the recipient.
Allogeneic
500
A reflex of the nervous system to certain triggers (i.e. sight of blood, pain, anxiety, emotional distress) that causes a sudden drop in the donor’s heart rate and blood pressure which can sometimes elicit a syncopal episode.
Vasovagal reaction
500
This staff member is planning a trip to surf in Indonesia
Nicholas Perih