Mass blood donation

By: Tom Anthony A. Tonguia, RMT

What is the importance of
conducting a MBD?
• To provide quality blood products for the use of patients that needs it
such as: hemophilia patients, surgery, dengue patients and etc.
• Units of whole blood can be separated into three components:
• Plasma
• Platelets
• Pack red cells
• (Cryoprecipitate)
How can you donate blood?
• In good health (no coughs/fever or any other illness)
• Are between 18 and 60 yrs old
• Weigh at least 50kg or 110 pounds
• Have normal blood pressure
• Have not taken antibiotics within one month
• Have no tattoo and no open wounds
• Have enough rest and sleep the night before blood donation
• Have no alcohol intake 24 hours prior to blood donation
• Have no medications 3 days prior to blood donation
Laboratory screenings
• Weigh determination
• Blood pressure determination (less than or equal to 180mmHg-systolic, less
than or equal to 100mmHg-diastolic)
• Pulse rate (50-100 beats per minutes)
• Temperature determination
• Hemoglobin determination-(>12.5 g/dL).
• Hematocrit determination- (more than 38%)
• Blood typing determination (Anti-A, Anti-B, Anti-D)
• Blood testing (serologic testing)- includes syphilis test, hepatitis b test, HIV test,
HTLV test, hepatitis c virus, West nile virus, trypanosome cruzi antibody test
Arm Preparations methods
1. Scrub the site (2x2 inches) for 30 seconds using an aqueous iodophor
scrub solution (0.7%). Iodophor is a polyvinyl pyrrolidoine-iodine complex.
2. Apply iodophor complex and let it stand for 30 seconds. Use a concentric
spiral motion, starting in the center and moving outward. Do not go back
to the center. Removal the iodophor solution is not necessary.
3. Site is now ready for venipuncture. Cover with sterile gauze until ready for
needle insertion.
4. If the donor bends the arm, or the prepared site is touched with fingers or
other nonsterile object, the arm preparation must be repeated.