Per policy 4104 Skills List, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) may be used in an awake, alert patient who can maintain their own airway and complains of severe respiratory distress suggestive of which conditions: Select all that apply:

An Rh phenotyping shows the following results: Anti-D: 4+ Anti-C: 2+ Anti-E: negative Anti-c: negative Anti-e: 3+

The automated blood bank analyzer does not detect weak forms of the D antigen.  The supervisor stated that it should be acceptable since the analyzer would prevent a weak D patient from developing anti-D.  Why is this true?

A donor who donated blood a year ago tested positive for anti-HCV recently.  Donor records for this should be maintained:

An antibody was identified as anti-M.  The patient serum reacted with M+N- cell with a 3+, while a M+N+ cell was 1+.  What is the most likely cause of the varying degree of reactions?

A 68 year old female began experiencing shaking, chills, and fever of 103 degrees Fahrenheit, approximately 30 minutes after a unit of packed red blood cells.  After transfusion investigation workup is completed, the most likely type of reaction is:

A patient has a hemoglobin of 7.3g/dL.  The surgeon would like the patient’s hemoglobin to be at least 10g/dL before surgery.  How many units should be transfused to accomplish this?

A laboratory scientist is combining four single units of platelets into one large unit.  The expiration date of the newly pooled unit of platelets is:

Which of the following describe the inheritance pattern of the ABO blood group genes?

Testing with the tube method, a patient with an IgM antibody will react at: