The primary purpose of trisodium citrate in a CPDA-1 whole blood collection is to

According to regulations, which test may have the 37oC incubation and AHG test omitted?

(2pts) Your patient is AB neg, ADT neg, and now requires 4 units of RBCs STAT in the OR.  You have no AB negative donors.  What is the best choice to provide from the inventory shown here?  Give both type and number selected.Inventory:O pos…………20O neg…………10A pos…………20A neg………….6B pos………….6B neg………….4AB pos………..4 Answer:                                                 

Which statement regarding human Rh antibodies is NOT true? 

List at least 2 requirements that must be met for a transfusion service to perform a computer (electronic) crossmatch.

Bobbie’s Doctor wants to transfuse her. What additional test may be performed on Bobbie’s plasma/serum prior to crossmatch?  For reference: Bobbie Bartok testing results

A blood donor weighs 50kg (110 lbs.).  What is the maximum amount of whole blood that could be collected from that donor?

It is January 1st and you irradiate an O-negative packed RBC that you have in inventory, which outdates February 5th. What will the new outdate be for that unit?

A patient receives 2 units of red blood cells. Four days later, the patient’s hemoglobin and hematocrit values did not rise above the pre-transfusion level. In addition, the patient’s serum bilirubin is elevated. The doctor should suspect:

When this is the ONLY symptom of a transfusion reaction, the transfusion can be stopped and then restarted again after the patient is treated.