THINGS TO REMEMBER - IMMUNOHEMATOLOGY

BLOOD DONATION & DEFERRAL

Notes:
• Amount of blood that can be collected:
o 450 mL = 63 mL of an4coagulant
o 500 mL = 70 mL of an4coagulant
• Ra4o of blood to an4coagulant : 7:1
• Blood is replenished within 24 hours
• Frequency of Blood dona4on: 2 – 3 months
• Laws:
o RA 7719 – Voluntary blood dona4on
o RA 10173 – Data Privacy Act of 2012
o RA 1517 – Regula'ng the Collec'on, Processing, and Sale of Human Blood, and
the Establishment and Opera'on of Blood Banks and Blood Processing
Laboratories
• FDA limits platelet apheresis: No more than 24 Ames in a year

Deferral:
48 hours O Aspirin
O Piroxicam
O Apheresis dona4on
14 days O Plavix
O Ticlid
14 – 21 days (2-3 weeks) O Small pox vaccina4on
2 weeks O Live aJenuated or bacterial vaccine for
measles (rubeola), mumps, oral polio, typhoid, or yellow fever
4 weeks O Live aJenuated vaccine for German measles (rubella) or chickenpox
6 weeks O Termina4on of pregnancy
8 weeks O Donated blood, platelets, or plasma
P Interval for Allogeneic whole blood dona4on
16 weeks O 2RBC using apheresis
1 month O Proscar
O Propecia
O Accutane
6 months O Avodart
12 months O Received blood transfusion
O Received Organ dona4on / transplant
O Accidental needles4ck injury
O TaJoo or ear/body piercing
O Sexual contact with anyone with HIV/AIDS (posi4ve test)
O Sexual contact with anyone taking drugs or steroids / sharing needles
O Sexual contact with a male (male donors)
O Sexual contact with anyone who has hepa44s
O Treated for Syphilis or gonorrhea
O Been in prison for more than 72 hours
O Person returned from malarial endemic area
O Rabies / HB immune globulin
O Rape vic4ms
O Alcohol intake
THINGS TO REMEMBER - IMMUNOHEMATOLOGY

3 years O Soriatane
O Immigrant from malaria endemic area
O Has a malarial infec4on
Permanent O Tegison
O HIV posi4ve
O HbsAg posi4ve
O An4-HBc posi4ve
O HCV posi4ve
O Injected Bovine Insulin
O Pituitary hormone administra4on
O Dura Mater GraZ
O Hemophiliacs
O History of Babesiosis and Chagas’ Disease (American
trypanosomiasis)
Indefinite O A blood rela4ve diagnosed with CJD or vCJD

DonaAon Frequency
Apheresis Component Collected Frequency Of DonaAon
2RBC 16 weeks (4 mos.)
Every 2 days
Plasma (frequent)
(no more than two 4mes in 7 days)
Every 4 weeks
Plasma (infrequent)
(no more than 13 4mes/year)
Every 2 days
Platelets, single apheresis unit
(no more than 2 4mes in 7 days; no more than 24 4mes in 12 months)
Platelets, double or triple
Every 7 days
apheresis unit
Granulocytes Every 2 days